The team is doing well. The students are having fun. Does it always have to be about making money?

Something unusual is happening in Mānoa.

The University of Hawaiʻi football team is winning.

Not only that, their games are really fun to watch.

Freshman quarterback Micah Alejado, who is 5 feet,10 inches tall and looks like he’s still in high school, has a remarkably accurate left arm and plays with a kind of happiness that is endearing. Wide receiver Pofele Ashlock has sticky hands and bounces around the field like his legs are made of rubber.

The team is full of talent, but there’s also a soulfulness to this year’s crew. After last week’s drubbing of Utah State, the entire Hawaiʻi team joined with the entire Utah team on the field to kneel together in prayer. In this current era of ra

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