Max Hall leads BYU past Oregon State 44-20

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the only bowl game he knows, leading No. 15 BYU past No. 16 Oregon State 44-20 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Tuesday night.

Hall gave the Cougars (11-2) their third win in five straight bowl appearances in Sin City, ending a streak of five consecutive bowl wins for the Beavers.

Hall threw touchdown passes to Luke Ashworth, Dennis Pitta and Manase Tonga.

Oregon State (8-5) appeared troubled by cold, windy weather and the lingering sting of missing the Rose Bowl. Sean Canfield completed only four passes in the first half as the Beavers struggled to sustain drives.

The normally dangerous Rodgers brothers fumbled once each for Oregon State, and the first led to BYU’s go-ahead touchdown.

Kelly: Some things need fixed

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Coach Brian Kelly inherits a Notre Dame program that has finished the past two regular seasons at 6-6, is losing its two best players and only has one scholarship quarterback — he’s recovering from knee surgery — on the roster.

Not exactly the recipe for quickly turning around a program that’s been mired in mediocrity for more than a decade. Still, Kelly feels good about what he sees in the Fighting Irish.

“This program is not broke, but some things need to get fixed,” he told a small group of reporters he met with Tuesday, less than two weeks after being hired from Cincinnati.

“The things that I need to fix are some of the things that I believe held this program back from winning. That’s what they brought me here for is to help this program win.”

That’ll be harder with quarterback Jimmy Clausen and star receiver Golden Tate both leaving for the NFL draft.