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Podcast: Locked On Big 12 | Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast
Episode: SOURCE: Kalani Sitake STAYING at BYU After... briefly... LEAVING for Penn State | Crumbl Cookies Dub
Description: The closest Brigham Young University came to losing head football coach Kalani Sitake occurred in late 2025, just as the Cougars were completing one of their most successful seasons and preparing for the Big 12 Championship game. The crisis was triggered by the vacancy at Penn State, a Big Ten "blue blood" program that aggressively targeted Sitake as its next leader.The pursuit became very public, with flight trackers and reports of contract negotiations creating intense anxiety in Provo. The core issue was a stark financial discrepancy: Sitake, an alum who had piloted BYU’s transition into the Big 12, wa...