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Add to FavoritesBYU has had some great ones in there illustrious history. However, Max Hall is not one of them and here are the reasons why...
1. To be good at BYU you have to be great. To be great, you have to be legendary and Max Hall just doesn't show me legendary. Yes, I understand he is only a Sophomore, but if you look back at the great quarterbacks in BYU history, you will see that BYU as a team did a lot better than they are now. Number 19 in the nation isn't bad, don't get me wrong, but they would need to schedule someone in the national spotlight.
2. He does not have the natural talent to do so. Hall is a hard worker and good player, but he is no Colt Brennen and to put him on the same pedestal as Steve Young and Ty Detmer is football blasphemy.
3. He doesn't have the surrounding talent. His wide receiving corps is lacking, in size, strength, experience, and ability.
4. The Cougars have more success running the ball. Let's face it, this isn't your father's BYU Cougars. A Freshman by the name of Unga is lighting thing up in the backfield in a passing dominated system. Maybe it would be wise to play to your strengths instead of trying to force the passing game. They may have been 12-0 and in the BCS if they had.
5. He doesn't have the speed to open things up. He is moderately fast for a pocket passer. He would do a lot better 20 years ago, but in this day of super fast ends and a million different blitz packages, he would do better to get a little bit faster.
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The BYU Cougars have been known for their prolific passing attack. The school's annals are full of record setting quarterbacks and their names read like a who's who of the NCAA's top rated passers. Included in this list are the likes of Gifford Nielson, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Robbie Bosco, Ty Detmer, and John Beck. In time, the name of Max Hall might just be a welcomed addition to this fabled list.
So who is Max Hall you might ask? A product of Arizona high school football and the nephew of former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Danny White, Max had a storied career at Mountain View High School where he was named All-Arizona quarterback his senior year. It was a year that saw the prolific Hall throw for 35 touchdowns. In a twist of irony, Mountain View High was also the alma mater of former BYU quarterback John Beck, and by the time Hall was done with his tenure there, he had taken down Beck's record for most lifetime touchdowns. Hall also led his team to a state championship his junior year and to the state title game his senior year.
By the end of his senior year most of the major scouting services had him listed as one of the top 25 high school quarterback recruits in the nation. Ultimately Hall decided on Arizona State University, where he red shirted his freshman year, and served a two year religious mission, before transferring to BYU. The decision to leave ASU was not an easy one, since the school was 10 minutes away from home, and was the place where both his uncle and grandfathered played.
Forced to sit out a year because of the transfer, Hall worked with BYU's scout team all of last season. This season with the departure of John Beck to the NFL, Head Coach John Mendenhall has tapped him to be the starting quarterback for the Cougars. Naturally, being from the same high school as Beck has fostered plenty of comparisons between the two. Yet unlike Beck, Hall is entering into an established football program. Helping him get a good start as the Cougar's quarterback is an experienced offensive line which features some NFL quality players, and a trio of talented running backs, Harvey Unga, J.J. Diluigi and the highly regarded fullback Fui Vakapuna. These are luxuries that Beck did not have when he first started for the school. And while it might be a bit too early to expect Hall to be the prolific college passer that Beck was, it should be noted that this kid brings an added dimension that was missing from Beck's game, namely the ability to run with the ball. The 6-1, 200 pound Hall is said to run a 4.5 40, and can take off with the ball when he needs to.
With BYU opening up its season with two Pac-10 opponents (Arizona and UCLA) during its first three weeks, look for Max Hall to be tested early and offend. If he passes these early season tests, there is no reason to believe that he won't continue the tradition of great passers who have come from this school.
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