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BYU football: Big Max beefier, quicker for senior season

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Conejo | 12:24 a.m. March 22, 2009

I have yet to see an article saying that a player or team is not working harder than the previous year. Hopefully it is true. I suspect most of the time players are just repeating well rehearsed lines they have heard growing up.

The name of this article | 1:03 a.m. March 22, 2009

Is really awkward. I can see what they're trying to get at as far as the subject matter but just a really, really awkward name for the article.

Brother Hall | 3:32 a.m. March 22, 2009

shut up and let your playing talk. Good grief.

I don't care if you're slower and weaker, as long as you're winning. BYU didn't lose because of your speed and strength. In my mind BYU lost because of your arrogance and inexplicable resistance to change.

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re: Brother Hall | 6:38 a.m. March 22, 2009

Chill baby. Seasons still a few months away. I assure you--you wouldn't want him slower and weaker.

Bear Laker | 7:13 a.m. March 22, 2009

You three idiots kill me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grow up Brother Hall | 7:29 a.m. March 22, 2009

What idiotic statements from Brother Hall. Hmm, it is March so how can he let his playing talk? And, I'm pretty sure Max didn't call a press conference to say these things but was helping a reporter do his job by answering a question when a microphone was shoved in his face. Lastly, maybe YOU didn't make any mistakes as a 24-25 year old because you're perfect but most of us do. Fortunately for us, our mistakes weren't made on TV and in front of hundreds of thousands of people. As a parent, I would want my child learning from his mistakes and working harder to improve rather than wallowing in self pity and caving in to his critics. Max is doing exactly what you would hope he would do in March so he can then show you and all his idiotic critics in September how one learns from his mistakes and gets better! Until then, lay off!

Rick | 8:20 a.m. March 22, 2009

Hey Max, its probably best if your receivers use red scout jerseys this year. You seem to have a hard time finding those blue jersey's.

Stop This! | 8:28 a.m. March 22, 2009

Myself or no one else wants to talk football right now. This still basketball season followed by baseball so just quit the out of season sport talking. Enough is enough. Hall- what are you trying to do with him and this talk? Who cares?

Dave | 8:34 a.m. March 22, 2009

Krueger and Dale are still open!!

sob | 8:37 a.m. March 22, 2009

sure a lot of I I I I I I I's in this article
big part of the problem.

Is he smarter? | 9:57 a.m. March 22, 2009

Is he smart enough to get rid of the ball quicker, and not telegraph passes, through to the Blue and White?

Can he hold onto the football, instead of get stripped a dozen times like he did last year?

I don't care if he is ten feet tall, fast as lightning, and ways 800 pounds. If he can't hold on to the ball and make better decisions, he'll be as bad next season as he was last, and anyone who doesn't think Max was the reason for the losses was looking through funny glasses.

Why does the fastest player on the team -- Stephen Covey -- never see action, when half the teams on the country bring someone like him into the game in the read zone? Florida used Tim Tebow that way when he was a freshman.

Football rules | 10:05 a.m. March 22, 2009

To mr. Stop This! I would just as soon skip basketball season and begin football season. Lets talk football all year round.

Morgan | 10:16 a.m. March 22, 2009

Re Dave: Paul Krueger went to the NFL draft and Joe Dale is still open however Hall just completed a pass to McKay Jacobsen who is 10 yards behind Dale . Ha! Ha! Ha!

Meridian Coug | 10:17 a.m. March 22, 2009

I love that Hall is leading his team with the right words - "go out and do your very best and have fun playing the game". Hopefully, this marks an end to unrealistic scripture slogans perfect for Sunday School manuals but not a football team.

I see Hall's senior season a lot like John Beck's was - his last chance to leave a strong legacy at the Y. I remember that, despite big numbers, a lot of fans were down on Beck at this time in his career too. The key is going to be how the Cougs end the season because it is very likely they will start it 1-2 even with a very solid team. Hall has a ton of playmakers around him. Our young receivers, Pitta, George, Unga, Tonga - we are more talented offensively on paper than we have been in years. But a lot will probably come down to how well and quickly the new o-line gells.

WOW! WHAT? | 10:26 a.m. March 22, 2009

BYU please don't let Max talk to the press. I know this is merely a blog site, and we the ignorant public, i.e. part of the great unwashed don't understand the complexities of talking into a microphone. However, Max I luv you guy's and I want only success for the "MIGHTY COUGS" so please keep your comments about Bigger, Stronger & Faster between you and your trainers, team mates and coaches. I agree with the guy that pointed out the "bromances awkwardness" of the title of this interview. Who in there right mind is not working on speed, strengh, & agility? You have those things just like any other "D 1" Q.B. your problem is keeping focues under pressure. I am glad to see you finally seem to see that flaw and you are man-ing up and taking steps to correct these area of your game. Hang in there and lets "GO Cougars" in "09" I am excited for the up coming season.

akk | 10:30 a.m. March 22, 2009

Die hard Ute fan here. There is no reason for this article... its Basketball season!!!! Max Hall is working hard.... great so are thousand of other football players across the country... its what athletes do. Why do we have to read about this in March? What is the point?

Max is back at it... | 10:32 a.m. March 22, 2009

It's Spring football time and Max is back to throwing interceptions!!!

Even my grandma intercepted Max Hall.

BlueBoy | 10:36 a.m. March 22, 2009

Being beefier or quicker isn't what was wrong with Max to begin with. If you bothered to watch HIM play, you'd have seen that he constantly zeroed in on his receiver, very seldom looking off. That's why he was so interception prone later in the season when everyone realized that--and that's thanks to TCU's coaches.

Wonder if Bronco even knows this? He certainly never corrected the problem after the TCU game. Makes you wonder about BYU's coaching staff.

Max had better mature as a QB this year or Bronco will end up with his worst year: 7-5.

Re: Football rules! | 10:52 a.m. March 22, 2009

AMEN! Basketball blows who cares about basketball.
The only reason basketball exists is to give us something to watch while football has an off season.
Football year round baby!!!

Oh Brother | 10:54 a.m. March 22, 2009

has the ice melt yet at the high mountain lakes? Can't wait to go fishing. I will promise you that I will do better catching bigger trouts. Oops I am talking fish story than TRYING to catch the big ones. Johnny Harlene where are you when we need you which you have answered our prayers. Johnny is open - TOUCHDOWN COUGARS!

08 Repeat | 11:17 a.m. March 22, 2009

I read this article with some puzzelment. Who wrote it? There is no tag line associated with it that I can find. I suppose its probably an article written this time last year with a couple of cosmetic changes to prop up the Courgar faithful regarding how much improved Hall will be this year. I remember reading a Harmon article this time last year where he quoted Hall as saying he was going to be "more composed" this year (2008 season). If anything he let the Courgar faithful down, after all two personal foul penaltites (Utah State and Utah) doesn't demonstrate composure. It is way too early to determine if Hall will make the necessary improvements to his mental game. His passing skills are adequate for the schemes BYU runs, but his team would benefit from some signs of mature leadership as opposed to emotional outburst when things don't go his way. Perhaps he and Mendenhall could learn from each other, one shows no emotion and the other needs to control his. No news here.

ITS FOOTBALL !!!!!!! | 11:24 a.m. March 22, 2009

Hey, you don't want to talk about football, but you are commenting on a footbal story? Wierd Very Wierd?!#$!@!! Football is "King" and if you do not get that get out and off of a FOOTBALL STORY BLOG SITE!! How goofy can you be. Hey , Die hard Ute fan and you Cougar people do you get these brain numb complainers? GEZZZZZ get a FOOTBALL Life...Krueger dud very funny, I luv all this banter, can you feel the gridiron frenzy building, cool huh....

Yeah, Right | 12:26 p.m. March 22, 2009

Yeah, right, Maxi. I'm sure you have turned yourself into Donovan McNabb the past three months. We read these stories every off season after TDS failed to live up to their inflated egos the prior season. Don't buy it, folks.

Sick | 1:21 p.m. March 22, 2009

If you can gain weight, speed and quickness after an illness, let's pass that bug out to the D backfield and the whole basketball team.

JD | 1:38 p.m. March 22, 2009

Hey Yewt fans, there's a lot of us who want to hear about spring football, Max Hall etc. If you don't like the article, don't read it and then don't comment on it. I say thanks DN for the story. I enjoyed it.

Engeman for Heisman | 1:47 p.m. March 22, 2009

At least Max is trying manage expectations. It will not stop the hype from y fans as the cougs go for another preseason National Championship. Fruthermore; they do not need Max to be 215 and run a 4.6 they need him to perform under preasure and control the ball when playing more athletic teams.

1:47pm | 2:09 p.m. March 22, 2009

furthermore

Turnovers | 2:31 p.m. March 22, 2009

6 against the Utes!!!!!!
I love Max Hall!!!!!!
Please give him more years of eligibility!!!!

Nervous... | 2:45 p.m. March 22, 2009

I'm nervous that our first game of the year is against a team wearing red jerseys. Maybe I'm over analyzing but after all the fumbles and interceptions Hall had against Utah and AZ to end the season, red might be in his dome a little and OK wears red.

Tru Blu BYU | 3:08 p.m. March 22, 2009

Surely some of you very critical fans must be much better quarterbacks than Hall based on your abusive comments. Perhaps, you are all perfect and never had a bad day at anything you ever tried. Either that, or you are all a bunch of Yewt fans that don't know beans about anything and have to while away their time criticizing BYU instead of using blogs about their own school. If you cannot begin to come close to matching Hall's performance, please leave the football critiques to the coaches. I am sure that Bronco and crew are quite adequate on making corrections and choosing who should be quarterback.

Kruger will be open | 3:08 p.m. March 22, 2009

on the field and off on the side line for Max on November game.

No "Y" Hype in 09 | 3:12 p.m. March 22, 2009

Dude the "Y" fan know's all to well about over inflaited expectations. Cougar fans saw first hand Max Hall go from Fame to No-Game by the end of the season, and then watch disapointingly, Max show his immaturity by playing the blame game. So your pre-season, pre-judgment of the Cougar faithful I do not get ??? Yea there is always the whack job that has know idea what he is even cheering about but who cares what he thinks. It makes you look very arrogant when you lump all "Y" fans together. But who cares what I have to say..

What's is the slogan/motto ? | 3:13 p.m. March 22, 2009

For this year, what is it? Anyone knows?

1) "Quest for BCS"
2) "This is our year!!!"
3) "No more 'Wait till next year'!!!"

Has Bronkie chosen one yet?

Bryan | 3:40 p.m. March 22, 2009

Max Hall you are a freegin' STUD. Just reading this article me and the rest of my friends are getting STOKED for this season. Tons of support behind you. You are nothing less than the next Steve Young in the program. GO COUGARS! We are behind you all the way.

Ignore the haters from Slum-lake City. No one kicks a dead dog. Greatness can be measured by how much the opposition howls.

Now get out there and get ready to light up Oklahoma.

Maxi | 6:07 p.m. March 22, 2009

I wish max hall would shut up and play ball, instead of telling us how great he is again. This is what got byu in trouble last year, too much talk and arrogance. I think we can all see now how stupid "quest for perfection" was and how it blew up in our faces. Hey bronco, you're right - perfection is the ultimate goal that we should all be striving for, but we don't need to wear it on a t-shirt. Byu is seriously lacking in the humility dept. If we could shut up, go about our business, and quietly live righteous on and off the field we could be really good. That goes for all you byu fans looking at this board too. Its no wonder that every fan west of the mississippi hates our guts. We have become an overconfident, arrogant, self-righteous bunch of people who are constantly beating on our chests and looking down on others. I once read about something like this in a great book. The pride cycle hit the cougars and their fans last year, and we still haven't learned our lesson. Be humble cougars.

re: Bryan | 6:13 p.m. March 22, 2009

'Light up Oklahoma.' Good one Bryan. Thanks for the laugh. You made my day.

Favorite Max Moment... | 6:40 p.m. March 22, 2009

It's very hard to choose just one of many Max moments but for me, there is no question which one it is. Near the end of the 1st half last NOV against the Utes there was a play that summed up everything there is to know about Hall. It's a close game, kittys are driving and Maxie throws one of many picks to a Ute defender and THEN, and this is my favorite moment, he loses all composure and after the play is dead he pushes a Ute defender down. We get 15 yards extra for the senseless penalty and then BJ goes house to David Reed.
I love Max Hall at QB for the Y. No composure and when playing a team w/ a winning record with speed and talent, he absolutely folds.
Go UTES!!!!!!

Don't offend... | 6:59 p.m. March 22, 2009

a Cougar fan...they might spell Utes wrong!!

Casual fan | 7:10 p.m. March 22, 2009

All I care about is if Columbia can beat Fordham this year.

re:maxi | 7:11 p.m. March 22, 2009

Yah really when was the last time you cheered for the Y? When they lost? Please your red skirt is showing, have some class and at least post under your true colors.

Y Grad / Y Dad | 7:34 p.m. March 22, 2009

You know, a lot of you guys are just plain cruel and abusive, and definitely not any fun any more.

DN, keep the stories coming, it's a long, long time till kick-off. Faithful blue will read them all, scan the comments for the very rare intelligent opinion and just wait for it, play by play.

Utah, you had a great season a few years back, then the program imploded and coach jumped ship. Or coach jumped ship and then the program imploded. You choose. Now you've had another great season and a coach who is sticking around. We'll see.

Re: Tru Blu BYU | 8:15 p.m. March 22, 2009

I am afraid that Bronco and crew need to be much better than adequate. They certainly are paid to be better than adequate. Their play calling needs to be better than adequate. Their on field coaching needs to be better than adequate. Their judgement of players and talent needs to be better than adequate. Adequate won't beat the Utes this rebuilding year. Adequate won't beat TCU this year. And adequate certainly won't beat Oklahoma or a down Florida State. BYU doesn't represent adequate. BYU football must be better than adequate. That begins with coaching, then talent and execution. We deserve better than adequate!

Howard | 8:16 p.m. March 22, 2009

All of you need to get a real life.

Suprise AZ Cougar | 8:18 p.m. March 22, 2009

Ute fans...didn't you just get burned talking smack this past weekend? Karma. Hall is a winner, 22-5 over the last two seasons. Keep running your mouths.

RE: Suprise AZ Cougar | 10:21 p.m. March 22, 2009

Hey, don't spoil the fun. Let the Yoots keep talking. It makes the thud sound better when they crash and burn like they did against Arizona.

haha | 11:00 p.m. March 22, 2009

That's right y fans, try to turn this into a utah losing to arizona thread. Too bad that weber st has three times the amount of tourney wins that you do in the last two decades.

Hall | 6:32 a.m. March 23, 2009

Your right. He is 22-5 over the past 2 years. Problem is he just can't win on the big stage. He implodes and once again magic happens!

Go Utes

Re: re: Tru blu | 8:14 a.m. March 23, 2009

You sound like one of those fair weather bandwagon fans. Just jump off now, because we don't need or want you, and you make the school look bad.

Can Max Hall have one interview without receiving constant criticism from "fans." What is he supposed to say, "yeah, I'm trying to get slower and weaker so that I can suck more." Of course he is going to try to get faster and stronger, and where I believe help is needed is in good decision making the way Beck was able to make quick decisions. That's why Brandon Doman is his QB coach and so if anyone can help him out I think he will be able to. And quit acting like Max Hall hasn't accomplished anything. Good crap he's 22-5, 7th all time for passing yards for BYU QB's, and has the 11th highest QB efficiency rating in the country, even after the turnovers from last year. So all you Madden playing, use my beer gut as a pop can holder, network marketing, never played one flipping down of real football in my life "fans" need to shove it and show some freakin support.

Yeah! | 8:50 a.m. March 23, 2009

A bigger and beefier bad quarterback.
He'll need the extra size because of all the sacks he's going to take.
Mike

So what? | 8:53 a.m. March 23, 2009

That means he's even SLOWER. He could lose a footrace with Lavelle Edwards as it is.
He'll need to be bigger to absorb all the pounding he will get.
Steve in Orem

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