Cougs motivated to face Aggies, Hall says
Just filed a story about the progress BYU quarterback Max Hall is making. It should be online later this afternoon and in tomorrow's newspaper.
Earlier this afternoon, Hall participated in a conference call with five or six reporters from around the state.
Mostly, he talked about the kind of challenge the Cougars expect to get from the Utah State Aggies on Friday.
"I would imagine [the Aggies] are pretty intense about it. I don't know for sure, but I would think this is a big game for them, to play us.
The game between Utah State and BYU is always a battle. It is always a fight, and that would sure pump up their season, if they could get a win. So we also knows what it means to us, to keep our season going, and to reach our goals. So like I said, it is going to be a great game, a great battle, and a good test for us. So we are looking forward to the challenge."
Hall was asked if the Cougars "got frustrated" in the second half of last year's game.
"No, I don't think so," he said. "Maybe our productivity wasn't quite where it was in the first half. But to go down there in that environment, and win an instate game was a good deal for us. So we got a lot of criticism from people who think we kind of sputtered in the second half, or whatever. But the bottom line is we won the game, and we are excited to play them again, and to play them at home."
While acknowledging that Utah State is always motivated when it plays BYU, Hall said the Cougars will also be up for the game.
"I think we get up for every game. I think right now we just love playing football. We love coming out on a Saturday, or this week a Friday night, and competing and playing the game. And we are just having a blast doing it.
"It is an instate game. One of our goals is to win the instate battle, and it starts with Utah State. So they are going to be gunning for us. You know they are going to do everything they can to win the game, and it is going to be a battle. So we look forward to the challenge and to play a good Utah State team this year."
Finally, Hall was asked about Riley Nelson, the former USU quarterback who is now his backup at BYU.
"Riley is a stud," he said. "I think he learned the offense really fast, and he has been very good as a backup quarterback. We challenge each other to memorize scripts and plays, and coverage recognition. And we do a lot of things together. I think he is going to be a great quarterback here in the future. It would be awesome if we could get him in and play against Utah State on Friday night."
Earlier this afternoon, Hall participated in a conference call with five or six reporters from around the state.
Mostly, he talked about the kind of challenge the Cougars expect to get from the Utah State Aggies on Friday.
"I would imagine [the Aggies] are pretty intense about it. I don't know for sure, but I would think this is a big game for them, to play us.
The game between Utah State and BYU is always a battle. It is always a fight, and that would sure pump up their season, if they could get a win. So we also knows what it means to us, to keep our season going, and to reach our goals. So like I said, it is going to be a great game, a great battle, and a good test for us. So we are looking forward to the challenge."
Hall was asked if the Cougars "got frustrated" in the second half of last year's game.
"No, I don't think so," he said. "Maybe our productivity wasn't quite where it was in the first half. But to go down there in that environment, and win an instate game was a good deal for us. So we got a lot of criticism from people who think we kind of sputtered in the second half, or whatever. But the bottom line is we won the game, and we are excited to play them again, and to play them at home."
While acknowledging that Utah State is always motivated when it plays BYU, Hall said the Cougars will also be up for the game.
"I think we get up for every game. I think right now we just love playing football. We love coming out on a Saturday, or this week a Friday night, and competing and playing the game. And we are just having a blast doing it.
"It is an instate game. One of our goals is to win the instate battle, and it starts with Utah State. So they are going to be gunning for us. You know they are going to do everything they can to win the game, and it is going to be a battle. So we look forward to the challenge and to play a good Utah State team this year."
Finally, Hall was asked about Riley Nelson, the former USU quarterback who is now his backup at BYU.
"Riley is a stud," he said. "I think he learned the offense really fast, and he has been very good as a backup quarterback. We challenge each other to memorize scripts and plays, and coverage recognition. And we do a lot of things together. I think he is going to be a great quarterback here in the future. It would be awesome if we could get him in and play against Utah State on Friday night."
3:48 PM
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2 Comments:
Jay, you said, "Just filed a story about the progress BYU quarterback Max Hall is making. It should be online later this afternoon and in tomorrow's newspaper."
That must be the shortest story you have every written since he has not progressed or improve much at all; in fact, he is throwing more interceptions and making more bad decisions than ever. I sure hope someday Max will improve but he first needs to stop getting worse.
Hey Denver, cut Jay and Max some slack. Remember the OK game and don't give up on Max yet.
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