Kalani Sitake assembled an all-star cast of advisers while Penn State furiously tried to lure him from BYU to the Big 10.

The team included Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young , who did the impossible: earn himself an even more hallowed place in Cougar Nation by saying, on a national program, that if Penn State wanted BYU’s coach, it would “have to rip him from our bloody hands.”

Just as influential was the wife of Kalani’s beloved mentor, the late LaVell Edwards .

Patti Edwards, now 93, spoke several times with Sitake, which is normal for them since LaVell Edwards died in 2017.

“I get advice from Patti quite a bit in the program,” Sitake said, “and so I sought her advice during this time, too. She was amazing. She wasn’t trying to make a dec

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