Kalani Sitake’s BYU cruised past Iowa State yesterday with a dominant 41-27 win. But the head coach wasn’t ready to hand out pats on the back. Instead, the HC issued a challenge to his whole team. Why? Despite the scoreline, Iowa State played neck to neck until the end of the third quarter, tying 27-27.

The performances weren’t without some errors from the defensive players. Kalani Sitake, in his recent press conference after the game, outlined how BYU allowed too many big plays. “ We gave up a bunch of big plays, and so, if we can limit the offensive big play production. And not get as many big plays, I think we’d be better as a team .” Managing the Cougars team in his 10th season, Sitake was stern to his defensive players, since the next opponent is quite formidable in Texas Tech.

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