Kalani Sitake is banking that the youth movement will be an investment that will pay dividends down the stretch in 2018 and beyond.
It started out that way with playing freshmen on the offensive line. It gained momentum when he began inserting freshmen receivers and backs in starting roles as the six weeks ran on. And it culminated in a win over Hawaii when freshman quarterback Zach Wilson replaced veteran senior Tanner Mangum.
Progress is hard. And it isn’t always kind. You will not meet a finer person than Mangum, whose determined, almost heroic comeback from Achilles tendon surgery in the offseason was a triumph of major proportions.