Comments about ‘BYU football: Hall is more prepared this season’

I am not worried about Max Hall, I am worried about the defense. BYU can score, but historically they can't play defense. We need the offense to score often or we will be in trouble. It is just a fact.

Max seems to have found that critical rythum and timing that all great QBs have. Best to the Cougars this Saturday!

Duh,
what happened to the BYU defense that completely shut down Oklahoma?!?!
How do we stop the perennially over-rated, but good OK and let San Diego St. run all over us?

poses a lot of problems for any team. But I like what I see with the offense, I think they'll put up some good numbers. But...so might the Frogs. I'm tired of the bend don't break defense, seems there's got to be a better way. C'mon Bronco, lets cover someone, enough of the 15 yard cushions, give Bradley and Logan a chance to stay with someone....it can't be any worse.!!!

interceptions will Hall throw? I'm certain there will be at least two. This defense is way too fast and (similar to Utah) was recruited to beat BYU.

...oh please. I think the Deseret News reporters have started drinking Bronco's cool-aid. Hall looked marginal against Oklahoma. He looked horrible against FSU, USU and CSU (decent to horrible teams). He has looked great against three high school teams; Tulsa, UNLV, San Diego State. In the past two years, when it counted, he looked horrible against Washington, TCU, Utah, Arizona, and Florida State.

How about we start reporting how great Max Hall is when he can truly be responsible for a victory against a legit team like TCU or Utah? Not where the defense saves his bacon...but where he manufactures the victory.

Max Hall will go down in the BYU history books with impressive stats but no real legacy of being one of the greats.

Hall is ready for this one. People say, he folds in big games. What about OU? He delivered in the clutch and I believe he'll do the same on Saturday. A Conference Championship means you're the best in your league. TCU should have two by now since '05 but they missed three chip shot field goals at Utah. Now, the most relevant fact concerning all three excellent head coaches is Bronco has won two titles compared to one apiece for Whittingham and Patterson. How will BYU win? With great execution while playing more physical than the Frogs all game long. It's time for sweet revenge. BYU 24 TCU 21

How do you stop DE Jerry Hughes? If you can't stop him, you can slow him down immensely by a five letter word. TONGA. Manase is the best blocker in the MWC. Hughes has great speed but Tonga can handle him and he might as well prove it now cuz he'll have plenty of chances to block similar guys next year in the NFL. Manase is a terrific all-around back and will help Max out big time in this game. Tonga's play is absolutely critical in this one folks and he's more than ready after sitting out last year and watching the O-line surrender six sacks to TCU. Manase is hungry and will play a huge role on Saturday. GO COUGS!!!

It always seems to be forgotten that Hall has already beaten Utah and TCU. Two years ago he led the BYU team through the conference undefeated. Granted, last year was also his responsibility and this year will go a long way to show his mettle but, don't underestimate him. He has shown that he is able. He is the only MWC qb right now that has won a conference title before.

Hope that the Frogs will not bring their A game. Hope that Dalton does not out shine our Hall of Fame QB. Hope that we will not shed tears of defeat again at the the hands of faster, stronger and smarter athletes. Hope that the officials will finally see it our way. Hope that our defence will not tire from the onslaught of relentless determination and exicution, directed from one of the best coaches in the country. Hope that the best defensive player can be neutralized by our disguised plays and mis-direction. Hope that we will not be embarrassed by refusing to select the right players, the right plays, the right coaches from long ago. We can only learn how to take our team to the next level, by imitating our better conference brothers. Visions of Kruger not tripping at the 5 yard line. Visions of a sea of red engulfing the field at the end of the game. Visions of a sea of Black and Purple engulfing the field at the end of the game. No, not 2008. Rather, 2009.

Germany, you are wrong. He will be a great.

Hughes is getting a huge billing, but take a closer look. According to the NCAA, he only has SEVEN (7) official sacks (sorry MWC record keepers), and he got FOUR(4) of those against SMU (1) and Texas State? (3). He had ONE (1) against Clemson, and TWO (2) against CSU.

Hughes is no doubt a disruptive force, but compared to a player like Jeremy Beals (starting DL for Oklahoma that is also an NFL shoe-in) who has played tougher competition than TCU, I have to say I like the chances BYU has to handling Hughes and still moving the ball on this defense.

What a fluff piece. Hall plays well against the two of the worst teams in the conference and all of the sudden he's Jonny Unitas? He's still in the top ten in INT's for the season (tied for 8th) out of 120 NCAA teams.

Look at how he plays against even half decent offenses. Oklahoma? 14 pts. That last drive was nice, but where was he the other 58 minutes? Florida? please. And TCU is head and shoulders above any of the teams BYU has played so far this season. Part of it is the offensive coordinator not putting him in good situations, the rest is his gun-slinger mentality that makes him think he's better than he is.

For BYU to win this one (and they definitely can) the D has to play as good as it's played all year, the offensive line has to give Max 4 seconds minimum, Hall has to not feel consistently pressures, and Anae (?) has to call plays that play to BYU's strengths (Like Pitta and George). They do that and they can win. I'll predict a 24-21 BYU win, if...

Go back to the Newt forum troll! "Our" team? You are a newtie and stop pretending to be a cougar fan,"Your team", the might leap frogs will lose this weekend just like the horned frogs!

dude re hope, talk to utefan im sure he'll be here soon he keeps on using "the mighty utes" plus some other ute bloggers, if i'd know better i'd call you a hyporcrie

go byu

Have OUR team beat those frogs!

Hall will need a great game as the entire offense because it is our defense that will not be able to perform. No pressure on the QB spells big trouble for the Y. Last week the SD QB had all day to look and pass, a dropped pass and some costly penalties our we may have come back with a loss. Cougs need to have a complete game to win this one.

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Spot on!

Offensive player of the week last week, give me a break, he was in Romper Room Stadium.'Reminds me of Barack Obamas Pulitzer Prize win!
Honors should have gone to TCU's running back.

Maxine; Over rated

Hall looked great against FSU.

No QB is perfect. Max didn't look horrible in those games. He had some mistakes, but many of the interceptions were fault of receivers. The one game he looked really bad in was Utah last year. They totally figured him out, but he has learned not to focus on a single receiver (i.e. Collie). He is a great athlete. Ranked #5 in national power ratings. He'll do fine if the blockers can keep a very talented TCU team at bay.

OBviously you wrote this as you knew you would get many replies back to you, so good for you, your like the ballon boy, you are getting the attention you wanted because of the ignorant comments you made. I was at the OU game, Max Hall won us that game at the end with the gurry up offense when he got the 1st down with Pitta with 2 mins left and then threw the TD to Mckay, nice try on that one, also Max Hall is 2nd in the nation right now for ratings with QB's, BYU's offense is 6th int he nation, the argument is invalid and most likley a bored comment from you in snowy Germany. Go back to the snow you bitter insecure UTE fan...

What happened to the BYU defense that shut down OU? Well, that's a pretty simple answer. BYU's D did play as well as they could that night, but were greatly aided by the loss of Heisman QB Sam Bradford in the 2nd quarter. After that, a redshirt freshman was left to jump in the game, and take his first DI snaps without getting any reps during preparation for the game. At that point, OU could do nothing on offense and played right into BYU's hands. Their strength on D is the front 7, and when you can't throw the ball, the front 7 can dominate the line of scrimmage.

On the other hand, SDSU cannot run the ball, and doesn't really try. They throw all game long, which matches the weakness of BYU's D.

I suspect TCU will have little trouble moving the ball down the field with their offensive personnel. Dalton is similar to Ponder from FSU, except he's a better passer. He can move out of the pocket when needed, and doesn't make mistakes.