Mangum got off to a slow start this season after showing how productive he could be as a freshman two years ago. He threw for 3,377 yards just a few months off an LDS Church mission. Nobody does that. Yet his arm was live enough, his talent great enough to step right in when Taysom Hill got injured and led BYU to some big victories and a solid season.
This time, with a different set of athletes around him, he’s struggled more and taken a lot of heat from outsiders who say he’s a lousy quarterback.
But he is not a lousy quarterback.