The coaching carousel has finally slowed to a crawl. But one domino remains tantalizingly upright in State College, Pennsylvania. BYU head coach Kalani Sitake has emerged as Penn State’s top target to replace the fired James Franklin. The program is reportedly prepared to offer Sitake a contract approaching $10 million annually, more than triple his current $3 million salary. But there’s a massive problem waiting for him that has nothing to do with money or resources.

College football analyst Landon Tengwall laid out the issue bluntly on social media: “If Kalani Sitake comes to Penn State, it may be difficult for him to bring a lot of BYU’s players with him. Of the 85 scholarship players on BYU in 2024, 55 of them already completed a 2-year mission trip as members of The Church of Jesus C

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