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Monson: Tanner Mangum owns BYU football now

The untouched one fully gets the deal here. The BYU quarterback deal, on the field and off it.

"There's a lot of responsibility that comes with this," Mangum said. "I used to worry about it. But now, I've kind of embraced and accepted it as a chance to do some good things. I just want to go on being myself. I have flaws, I'm human, I make mistakes, and that's OK. I remember that this isn't about me. Kids look up to college athletes, they're watching us, so we might as well do some good."

And indeed, Mangum was cooperative with everybody that day who approached him, trying to be as normal and natural as possible and doing a damn fine job of it.