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Kragthorpe: BYU’s Kalani Sitake is kidding around, and that’s a good sign on signing day

ProvoKalani Sitake’s wry nature resurfaced. That development may have said as much about the vibe of BYU’s football program as anything else that emerged Wednesday as the second phase of recruiting ended.

A couple of months after presiding over the Cougars’ first losing season in 13 years and having completed the biggest coaching staff overhaul in school history, Sitake joked about his undefined job description of working with the defense. How, exactly, will anyone recognize his influence in a game?

“If they’re a really good player, doing good things on defense,” Sitake said playfully, “then I probably coached them.