BYU QB Hall apologizes for remarks
November 30, 2009
PROVO, Utah (AP)—BYU quarterback Max Hall is apologizing for comments hemade after the Cougars beat in-state rival Utah.
After BYU’s 26-23 overtime win on Saturday Hall called the University ofUtah and its fans classless and said the school deserved to lose. He made theremarks in the midst of complaining about the way his family was treated by Utahfans at the 2008 game at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium. Hall said fans dumped beeron his family and did a “whole bunch of nasty things.”
Hall issued a statement Sunday saying that in the heat of the moment he madecomments about the entire university and all its fans that were really directedat the fans from last year’s game.
The Mountain West Conference issued a public reprimand for Hall on Monday.