From Deseret News archives:
BYU football: Hall shows no effects of first-game bell-ringer
The junior quarterback, who completed 34 of 41 passes for 486 yards and two touchdowns, felt nauseous during a postgame interview the result of absorbing a ferocious hit in the end zone during the third quarter.
Hall was at practice Monday, showing no ill effects of the hit.
"I feel great," Hall said. "It was a football game. I got hit a couple of times, and I was tired. It's part of the game. I got my bell rung, and I needed it. I needed it last year in the first game, and I got it this year. It was more of a violent hit than I got last year. Obviously, I had a little bit of a headache after the game. I got my bell rung. But I woke up the next morning and felt good."
Mendenhall quickly put the issue to rest. "It was not a concussion. It is not a concussion," he said. "It's not even a significant bell-ringer at this point. There's nothing to report there. Max is completely fine."
The only injury from the game was a slight ankle sprain sustained by safety David Tafuna.
Yet Mendenhall is concerned about his team's four fumbles. He pointed out that three of them occurred because of mistakes by young or less-seasoned players. Junior Wayne Latu, who has had relatively few carries in his career, fumbled in the third quarter, as did redshirt freshman J.J. DiLuigi (on his first and only carry of his young career). And freshman left tackle Matt Reynolds gave up the sack on the play that saw Hall fumble in the end zone, which resulted in a UNI touchdown.
"We were able to narrow in a little more on who needs more work," Mendenhall said. "But overall, I was encouraged. I think we have a good football team."
Mendenhall is also glad that running back Fui Vakapuna will be available this week at Washington. He was held out of Saturday's game because he missed practices to catch up on summer school work so he could become eligible.
"Fui is back and ready to play," Mendenhall said.
PITTA'S CAREER DAY: Saturday, BYU tight end Dennis Pitta caught 11 passes for 213 yards both were career highs for the 6-foot-5, 250-pound junior.
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