Minima Template in Blogger = no comments?

     I am getting nothing on my blog. I have installed, removed, reinstalled, twisted and tweaked & no option is showing up that allows users to post comments. The URL is http://www.fatherade.blogspot.com. I'm using the minima template on Blogger that is pretty straight forward. Please help, I really need to get this thing back up, but I do NOT want to use the standard blogger comments (because they stink). Thanks for any assistance.
     I did not install the widget, only going through the template install. It was only set up for NEW posts & I disabled posts on new blog in Blogger dashboard. I am not using the "classic" blogger layout (there is no "template" option on my dashboard).
~ND~