Penn State thought their seven-week coaching search would finally end with Sitake, but in bold Texas A&M style, mirroring their massive move of signing a six-year extension with Mike Elko to save him from going to other teams, even BYU pulled a massive move to keep Sitake in.

“There has been a rapid growth in optimism on BYU’s side that they got Sitake to stay,” Barstool Sports’ Liam Blutman said on X. “A number around $8-9 mil plus the NIL benefit is I spoke about earlier. Sitake also advocate for a bigger assistants pool.”

Multiple sources suggest that Kalani Sitake intends to stay at BYU, despite Penn State’s continued optimism about hiring him. As per Blutman, Penn State’s confidence comes in from a handshake agreement allegedly made the day before BYU made a strong push to retain it

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