According to his official BYU bio, Sitake was born in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, and raised in Laie, Hawaii and Provo, Utah. He also played high school football for two seasons in Kirkwood, Missouri, where he was recruited to BYU. That gave him an appreciation for the run game.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are facing criticism for ignoring a prime candidate in their ongoing head coaching search.

I for one am thankful for this bye week. I needed a break from the week-in-week-out craziness that is Nebraska football. And all I do is sit behind a computer and write about it. So I can only imagine how the players were feeling leading into this bye week.

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule has decided to fire his defensive coordinator following a pair of ugly losses to end the season.

Kalani Sitake’s name has been swirling around the Penn State coaching vacancy all weekend. And BYU’s head coach says it is a “great distraction” heading into the Cougars’ most consequential game in at least a decade.

As things pick up, let's take an updated look at the hot board. The close of the regular season was immediately followed by a wild day of coaching moves within the SEC, and that has led to the quick removal of some notable names in our ongoing Penn State coaching search conversation.