Three things to watch for at BYU football’s spring game

BYU football’s spring game is on Saturday. Here are three things to watch for that might tell a story about the upcoming season.

Oh, rise and shout the Cougars are out, along the trail to fame and glory. Every year, that trail to fame and glory for BYU football begins with spring practice.

The end of that first section, the culmination of four weeks of practice, the first chance for fans to observe the new-look Cougars is the spring football game.

Luckily for BYU football fans, the spring game is just a few hours away.

While this spring had fewer story lines than last spring, there’s still plenty of information to gather from the Cougars’ early work on the football field.

Here are three things to watch for during BYU football’s spring game.

Tanner Mangum‘s chemistry with the wide receivers

This team is Tanner Mangum’s now. All the reports that he struggled in Ty Detmer‘s offense seem to have faded. There are times where he’s still holding the ball a little too long, but overall he’s taking command of the offense.

What to watch for on Saturday will be his chemistry with the wide receivers. Last season’s passing offense looked like a follies film. Routes cut short, passes off target, receivers not looking for the ball, no touch on throws.

This season, it’ll be important (especially without Jamaal Williams to shoulder the offensive load) to watch how Mangum and the receivers look.

And speaking of the wide outs…