No fewer than a half-dozen reporters gathered around Zach Wilson as the freshman quarterback paused for interviews after football practice earlier this week.
Tanner Mangum strolled past the throng, head down a little bit, and casually glanced over at the attention that used to belong to him on Wednesday afternoons when offensive players are made available to the media.
Then a member of BYU’s sports information staff stepped in front of the senior and told him that some reporters wanted to talk to him as well.
Mangum is handling his benching “like a pro,” Aaron Roderick said, and I agree wholeheartedly with the quarterbacks coach who has said the midseason quarterback change has caused him to lose sleep at night.