You know perfectly well that I'm not better, BYU fans are not better, and Max is not better. (From the seemingly endless negative comments on cougarboard made these past few days about BYU's administration and Board, a casual observer might conclude that BYU fans are substantially worse.) All of us have so much to learn, and so much to become.

Max did the right thing and apologized for saying that he hated our alma mater, and he retracted that statement. He apologized for saying he hated all of our alma mater's fans, and he retracted that statement. But he never retracted the statement that certain UofU fan behavior is classless. He was right about that, and always will be right about that until fan behavior improves, improvement which he encouraged for fans of both schools at the end of his statement of apology given the day after the game:

"I want to take the opportunity to clarify and apologize for a few of my remarks after the game yesterday.

"Last year at RES my family was spit on, had beer dumped on them, and were physically assaulted on several occasions. They had to endure extremely vile comments personally attacking my wife, my mother, other family members, and our religion. They had to be escorted to their car by local police.

"As a result of what happened to my family last year this rivalry became personal, and in the heat of the moment yesterday I made comments toward the entire university that were really directed specifically at those fans in RES. It was not intended to be directed at the entire organization and all of their fans and I apologize that it came out that way.

"I have the utmost respect for Kyle Whittingham, his coaching staff, and the Utah football players. I apologize to them and other members of the university for my comments.

"I'm also sorry if my comments took anything away from my teammates and coaches and our victory Saturday. The BYU-Utah game is a great rivalry, but no one should be treated the way my family was last year. I'm hoping that BYU and Utah fans can take steps to prevent future incidents at the game."

In other words, you and I are welcome to be a classy part of the solution by staying above the hatred that is expressed by too many Latter-day Saints. I might suggest forwarding to your sacrament meeting friend this apologetic statement by Max to show him an example of a Church member trying to correct his mistakes, but I suspect you would refuse to follow this suggestion because of your hatred for Max and BYU.