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Landon Hemsley
By Landon Hemsley

There are seven players in Super Bowl XLVII with ties to Utah, and five of them will play for the Ravens. For the purposes of a robust debate, we chose to focus on just three.

Namely, Paul Kruger, the former Ute; Dennis Pitta, the former Cougar; and Haloti Ngata, the former Oregon Duck and Highland Ram.

Earlier today, from the official Deseret News Sports Twitter account, we asked our staff and readers:

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Thursday afternoon, the Deseret News sports staff and a few readers contributed to the discussion by speaking out and answering the question.

Follow @desnewssports on Twitter for the next #DNHuddleUp and voice your opinion the next time around!

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Landon Hemsley is the sports content manager for DeseretNews.com. Email: lhemsley@deseretnews.com. Twitter: @EarlOfHemsley

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