Provo • Having dusted off the final scrimmage of BYU’s preseason camp the other day, ready to turn his full attention to the first real matter at hand Aug. 26, Tanner Mangum’s comfort zone looked about as wide as Jimmy Kimmel’s, as though he could do or say anything and it would draw an approving reaction.
Last August, the on-again-off-again quarterback was more than a tad bit confused about who and what he was, within the boundaries of BYU football. The coach was new. The offensive coordinator was new. The attack was new. The circumstance was new.