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Utah Utes football: Kicker makes the most of his opportunity

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Way To Go Joe! | 1:02 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Great story. He and Kepa Gaison, they represent everything that's right about Utah football.

Excellent | 7:31 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Great story about a great young man.

Keep up the good work!

Knowwhat | 8:31 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Joe the TOE, U da man.

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Janet | 8:48 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

A very enjoyable article about an outstanding UTE WARRIOR.......

Disco | 9:33 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Great story...this guy has potential. Keep it up Joe and make us proud!

I'm Red | 9:48 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Thank you Joe! You answered the call again in your life. Keep up the good work and practice!

Way to go! | 11:21 a.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Great story about a kid who never gave up even when the coaches would hardly give him a chance! Great inspiration to a lot of kids!!

Provo Dad | 12:04 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

The Utes are the top program in the state.

Searce | 12:04 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Great story - shows how hard, dedicated work pays off. Go Utah. As a BYU fan, may the best team win in Nov at LES.

Coach L | 1:16 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Joe: Best of wishes to you and the Utes. I am so glad to see you start to reach your dreams and hopes. The best to you and your family. I know you have done this through very hard work. Remeber Once a Knight always a Knight. Go luck to you from Virginia/SVU

SWOOP | 2:55 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

I have really enjoyed the stories about Kepa Gaison, Joe Phillips, and Shaky Smithson - keep up the inspirational stories - on any of the local teams - I love to have my boys read about how different people have achieved their goals or like in Shaky's instance taken on a huge responsibility. GO UTES!

Darla | 6:10 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

You go Joe. I am so happy to be able to read about how you are doing. Miss you.

As the saying goes..... | 7:26 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009

Practice does not make perfect. But.... Perfect practice makes perfect. Keep those steps taped to your floor.

re: Provo Dad | 2:11 a.m. Oct. 2, 2009

Not really, but you can believe anything you want.

Great attitude... | 9:43 p.m. Oct. 2, 2009

of sticking it out and never giving up!

Regabuns | 9:55 p.m. Oct. 4, 2009

Joe Phillips is my hero! The way he kicks pretty much knocks my socks off...and I think that by the time he walks off the field for good he will leave a bigger legacy than any other Ute Kicker ever to play the game!

Great lesson | 11:14 a.m. Oct. 5, 2009

He could have just said, "Oh well, no D1 schools want me." But instead he was proactive and went after his dreams. Think about how hard it would be to call a coach at a major program (let's hear it Y fans) and ask him to come watch you play.

JOEY | 7:29 p.m. Oct. 17, 2009

DUDE-too bad you're not a lefty, they're way cooler. but you're still pretty good i guess. do work, cuz.

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