After BYU defeated Utah Saturday night in Provo, Kalani Sitake could have opened his postgame press conference any way he wanted to.

But after a quick opening statement, he chose to take some time to praise Kyle Whittingham.

“I think a lot of times people misunderstand him because of the competitiveness that that we have,” Sitake told reporters after the game. “And if we’re all getting judged on our our competitiveness, I think sometimes that makes it hard for for people to understand. I’m just going to tell you that he’s a mentor of mine. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for him, and there’s a lot of us on this coaching staff that wouldn’t be here it weren’t for him.

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