The sun hadn’t yet risen over the Wasatch Range when Kalani Sitake decided to bust a move.
Standing alongside Cosmo, the Brigham Young University mascot, the head football coach shimmied and shook ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew to commercial break, mixing steps from his native Tongan ritual dances with straight-up club vibing.
On the other side of daylight, Sitake and his BYU football team would welcome No. 2 Notre Dame for arguably the biggest home game on campus in two decades. The Cougars are no beggars at the football feast. Jumpstarted by LaVell Edwards, the true father of the air raid offense, BYU has maintained national relevance through various conference iterations and even a dalliance with independence.
