And the apology is in.

[SpiffCoug]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=498&sid=8847214

[Sammich]

I'm glad he didn't back down on the reasons for his response and merely focused his comments at a more specific group. A watered-down, just-saying-I'm-sorry response would have been a good from a PR angle, but the real problem needs to be brought to light. I don't like the utes being able to hide behind their self-righteousness about our supposed self-righteousness while crap like this is going on.

[hawkwing]

Good, well thought out apology. You can even tell it came from him and not some PR hack who just had Hall sign it. I think this just shows how classy the guy is.

[Italics]

I'm glad he didn't back down on the reasons for his response and merely focused his comments at a more specific group. A watered-down, just-saying-I'm-sorry response would have been a good from a PR angle, but the real problem needs to be brought to light. I don't like the utes being able to hide behind their self-righteousness about our supposed self-righteousness while crap like this is going on.

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[BroncoBot]

Good move. I just hope this provides the closure that this topic desperately needs.

Did anyone else notice that the BYU team was fired up for the game yesterday? I haven't seen them like that for a long, long time. We also saw a fired up BYU team for AFA but yesterday was great. I loved the emotion spilling out of the players during the game. It's just too bad that Max let off a little too much steam and painted too broad a stroke. Let's hope that Bronco doesn't feel the need to tone everyone down again because of Hall's ill chosen words.

Like I said before, Hall just isn't the best with PR. He's no Bryan Kehl or John Beck or Cameron Jensen. He talks first and thinks later. He is honest though, which I can appreciate unless it is in front of the media after the hardest fought game of the year. He should have just mentioned the scoreboard, two of three Wins vs Utah, or even just smiled and given some lip service to the game utah played, heck he could have even mentioned something about how easy it is to score on the u in OT. Oh well.

Like I mentioned, I hope this whole "fiasco" doesn't lead Bronco to water down the emotional side of the BYU team we saw, cause that was exactly what I've been wanting to see.

[Wickchad]

Good move. I just hope this provides the closure that this topic desperately needs.

Did anyone else notice that the BYU team was fired up for the game yesterday? I haven't seen them like that for a long, long time. We also saw a fired up BYU team for AFA but yesterday was great. I loved the emotion spilling out of the players during the game. It's just too bad that Max let off a little too much steam and painted too broad a stroke. Let's hope that Bronco doesn't feel the need to tone everyone down again because of Hall's ill chosen words.

Like I said before, Hall just isn't the best with PR. He's no Bryan Kehl or John Beck or Cameron Jensen. He talks first and thinks later. He is honest though, which I can appreciate unless it is in front of the media after the hardest fought game of the year. He should have just mentioned the scoreboard, two of three Wins vs Utah, or even just smiled and given some lip service to the game utah played, heck he could have even mentioned something about how easy it is to score on the u in OT. Oh well.

Like I mentioned, I hope this whole "fiasco" doesn't lead Bronco to water down the emotional side of the BYU team we saw, cause that was exactly what I've been wanting to see.

I like the emotion, but they need to play smarter with emotion. Playing with emotion is never an excuse to get a stupid personal foul call that keeps a drive alive.

[BroncoBot]

Good move. I just hope this provides the closure that this topic desperately needs.

Did anyone else notice that the BYU team was fired up for the game yesterday? I haven't seen them like that for a long, long time. We also saw a fired up BYU team for AFA but yesterday was great. I loved the emotion spilling out of the players during the game. It's just too bad that Max let off a little too much steam and painted too broad a stroke. Let's hope that Bronco doesn't feel the need to tone everyone down again because of Hall's ill chosen words.

Like I said before, Hall just isn't the best with PR. He's no Bryan Kehl or John Beck or Cameron Jensen. He talks first and thinks later. He is honest though, which I can appreciate unless it is in front of the media after the hardest fought game of the year. He should have just mentioned the scoreboard, two of three Wins vs Utah, or even just smiled and given some lip service to the game utah played, heck he could have even mentioned something about how easy it is to score on the u in OT. Oh well.

Like I mentioned, I hope this whole "fiasco" doesn't lead Bronco to water down the emotional side of the BYU team we saw, cause that was exactly what I've been wanting to see.

I like the emotion, but they need to play smarter with emotion. Playing with emotion is never an excuse to get a stupid personal foul call that keeps a drive alive.

If they had played with that same emotion we saw against OU through the season, penalties wouldn't have been a problem because the players would know how to act appropriately in those situations. Problem is, they looked like zombies half the season and then tried to turn it on yesterday for the rivalry.

[mormonrasta]

Good, well thought out apology. You can even tell it came from him and not some PR hack who just had Hall sign it. I think this just shows how classy the guy is.

100% agree. He didn't back down from what he said. He owned it. Apologized to the appropriate people. And told the other people who owed HIM an apology to go to outer darkness.

[BroncoBot]

Good, well thought out apology. You can even tell it came from him and not some PR hack who just had Hall sign it. I think this just shows how classy the guy is.

100% agree. He didn't back down from what he said. He owned it. Apologized to the appropriate people. And told the other people who owed HIM an apology to go to outer darkness.

What a self righteous prick.

[Florwood]

Good, well thought out apology. You can even tell it came from him and not some PR hack who just had Hall sign it. I think this just shows how classy the guy is.

100% agree. He didn't back down from what he said. He owned it. Apologized to the appropriate people. And told the other people who owed HIM an apology to go to outer darkness.

I get the feeling that neither administration has been quite able to own up to the fact they have some out of control fans. If this topic helps them wake up and explore steps to control rowdier elements (RES, hello? Maybe you shouldn't sell beer at your game?), then this will all be for the good.