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Speaker 2: So a couple of things here.
Speaker 3: This is from the on three report Klinis Stocky indicates
plans to were turned down and turned down. Penn state
he'll stay at BAU. So this was reported just an
hour ago or so. And the Nitney Lyons had Colani
in their in their crossair. They wanted him, They were
willing to give him everything that he needed, wanted and desired.
BYU was able to somehow, some way.
Speaker 2: Lure him back.
Speaker 3: And this is what lucrative offer that Kilani received and
the promise from BYU which he will ultimately sign contractually
in the process.
Speaker 2: BYU is preparing to commit ten million and fifteen million and.
Speaker 3: Nil dollars on top of the revenue sharing commitment in
place under the house settlement as from Pete Nacos. Sataki
is expected to receive a new deal worth roughly nine
to nine and a half million annually over the course
of the contract. Sataki emerge is the top target in
Penn State's coaching search this week. When asked directly about
the position ahead of the Big Twelve Championship, he made
it clear his focus was on the task at hand,
which is beating Texas Tech in Saturday's conference title game.
He stated this yesterday, all about the Big Twelve Championship
and keeping our team focus on that. We're going to
avoid all the distractions. Sataki took over at by in
twenty sixteen. He's accrued an eighty three and forty four
record with the Cougars. He's also helped the program transition
to the Big Twelve and BYU will play in its
first conference championship game Saturday afternoon against Texas Tech. In
the cougars three years in the league, they have a
seventeen and ten record after going eight to one in
the conference in conference play this season. Once the news
broke of Penn State's interest in Kalini Shataki, Jason McGowan,
a BYU booster, the CEO of Crumble Cookies, took to
social media made it clear he was willing to help
keep the coach in provo. After initially saying it was
time for me to get off the sidelines, he offered
another passionate message Tuesday about how much Sataki means to
the program.
Speaker 2: Why do you love Khalani?
Speaker 3: He asked, Kugarnation, What does it mean to you to
have Kilani as your head coach at bou Right now
is the moment to let Kilani feel the love, respect,
and gratitude of Kugarnation. He has given everything to his program.
Let's show him how much he means to all of us.
To make it fun, I'm giving away four four fifty
yard line seats and airfare to the Big twelve Championship
game for two incredible responses. Share your heart, Let's lift
Kilane together. In the meantime, Penn State's coaching search will continue.
It will go through a national signing day, which will
mark the fifty second day of the quest to replace Franklin.
The team that I feel were like somewhat sorry for
his Penn State, but this is karma. They got what
they deserve. They dismissed They fired one of the glassiest
guys in college football, one of the good guys in
college football, because he couldn't win consistently versus top ten foes.
The grass is not always greener, and they've found that out.
They've left around and found out. Unfortunately, the Nitney Lyons
have followed. They have. Man, they're too late, going on
fifty two days now without a head coach, and they're
recruiting has seen a deva has experienced a devastating impact.
I think they're sitting at you know, like one hundredth
or worse than that in the two four seven on
three arrivals recruiting rankings for the twenty twenty six class. BYU,
on the other hand, has a top twenty five program.
Speaker 2: That twenty twenty five class is going to be one
for the record books.
Speaker 3: Right, twenty twenty six class, excuse me, is going to
be one for the record books for BYU. Look at
the crew that has committed to BYU. Pretty impressive. Their
overall ranked twentieth, their composite ranking twentieth, ryder Lions. They
have a nineteen hard commitsans a four star should be
a five star since he committed to BYU, they gave
him a drop in star rating.
Speaker 2: That tells you everything you needed to know about that.
Speaker 3: You know how Byu is viewed in the college football world.
Bot Mulitalo four star offensive lineman, Brock Harris four star
tight end, Adam Bywater linebacker, four star, ty go Cha
Jerry Creek tight end, four star, Lopetti Muaala four star
d N Jax Tanner should be a four star. He's
a high level three star, almost a four star offensive lineman.
Terrence Serion three star High Level, three star wide receiver,
Braxton Lindsay High level three star and he plays linebacker
and probably d N kaway Akana athlete at a ORUM
high level. Three star Legend Glasker wide receiver athlete, three
star High Level, Matthew Mason safety, three star, High level
eighty seven, Graham Livingston wide receiver, three star, Parker ord
tight end.
Speaker 2: I believe he's tight end, yeah tight end.
Speaker 3: Three star, Seph and Il ten athlete, three star, Antonio
Johnson cornerback, three star, Neomyah Cologne defensive line, three star,
Justice Braithwaite Legacy player, cornerback, three star, and then Devon
Eica three star running back out of Lehigh. You see
that class, you see the momentum. B Yu's got their
guy for the foreseeable future, and all is well in
Cougar Country, all as well in Zion. Once again, Ronald,
your thoughts here takes your reaction to the dollar amount.
Did you think nine and a half million would ever
be paid to a head coach of Brigham Young University?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 5: I did think I got a I got bugged last
night by someone who I mean bugged, got pinged of
a could be this.
Speaker 4: It's like I was like, yeah, I was like he
deserves that.
Speaker 5: Like, look, you're in the age of market rate's gonna
go up, right, Ben, you want to talk about inflation.
Speaker 4: Inflation of college coaches goes up.
Speaker 2: You mentioned it. If you want.
Speaker 4: It goes back to the Michael Parsons thing. I hate
to connect the NFL term.
Speaker 5: If you wanted to sign him early, a guy that
wants to be there and you don't get it done,
his stock only goes up. So I'm not gonna ever
feel bad for a person for signing a guy later
if you hold out when you could always done it early,
because guess what, that's what their market rate is. Maybe
in October you know or March or like you were
saying earlier, maybe it's not that. But if you wait,
guess what his pay goes up and he's worth that.
So Klowney's worth the reported nine nine point five. He
should the nil should be allocated. Look, I've said this
multiple time. It has been I'm the basketball guy, right,
Like I am amazed by what Kevin Young has done.
But like you guys missed in the last segment, if
it drives the ship, how can the basketball coach make
more or have more allocations in the football plug the
coach that just doesn't sit right. You can't let that be. Look,
he's one of the highest paded coaches, rightfully, so he's
earned it. He's backed it up in a conference. And
if you go out and win the title Ben on Saturday,
it validates that you gotta go get your money sports.
Speaker 4: You got to and I believe Colone is the right man.
Speaker 5: So yes, I assumed at some point a coach would
make you know upwards to ten million that BA.
Speaker 4: You didn't think it'd be this soon. But now that
they're in a conference.
Speaker 5: Everything changes, and il changes donorship, revenue, share, prices for tickets,
but fans and people beg for this for a while.
So here we are so sailor hacked, you know, sailor
kug tip of the spear, you know. Shout out to Kilane,
happy for you, the staff, everybody else, and I look
forward to see what they do. And Ben, you just
mentioned the recruits. That's great. You know you got Rider
coming in. They signed tomorrow. Ben, we're gonna find out
all the people that signed early for National Signing Day.
Rider could be one of those people. And if he's
on that list, still got to give him the provo.
But after the mission, you have to give Colonie a
lot of credits. So he deserves everything that he's got
and that he will get in the future. Ben, And
this is being honest with your fellow men. Second your point.
My thoughts on that, I don't think I can take
anything away. Colanius earned his money and the staff has too,
and if he says that they don't, then you're not
being honest in your doings with your fellow men. And
be honest to yourself, because this man deserves to be
paid and paid which he got.
Speaker 3: Gotta love the process here in all of this, it
was dramatic, It was taxing, it was stressful for kugarnation,
it was stressful for everyone involved there at BYU, I'm sure.
But congratulations to Brian Santiago, Keith voor Kink, Shane Reese.
Speaker 2: Elder Gilbert.
Speaker 3: They got their guy, they retained him, They did what
was necessary. Shout out to the sponsor or, all the
donors that support corporate sponsorships that support BYU athletics, because
otherwise Klae would have walked, Klatate would have went obviously.
You know I mentioned this yesterday. What are some of
the reasons why Alani would entertain offers? Why would he
want to leave? Well, could be that you know, he's
getting to the point in his career he's like, I
want a new challenge. Maybe I've taken this team to
its peak, to its height.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: I don't know if that's the case, but you do
see that in highly competitive individuals in corporate America and entrepreneurship,
and even in college football and just coaching in general.
Could be that generational money, right, it's so impactful, it's
so lucrative that you can't say no to generational money
because it'll impact obviously your children and their children's children
and their children's children. Okay, so understand that number three
he he felt somewhat disgruntled, unhappy, disrespected at the form
and fashion in which the football department, the football organization
was being operated, the athletic department, how they view BYU football.
Speaker 2: We saw kind of.
Speaker 3: This undercurrent for I believe for a while as soon
as BYU spent the amount of money that they did
internally right as an institution and then from a corporate
sponsorship and nil support for BYU basketball.
Speaker 2: I'll continue to harp on this.
Speaker 3: That set the bar for BYU football when Brian came
over and became the athletic director of BYU football in
the entire athletic department. Now, I mean, you have to
raise the bar for football too.
Speaker 2: And so you.
Speaker 3: See, you know that that increase in investment, you know, Yeah,
the arm had to get twisted a little bit. Probably
thought you could get it on a budget. Not this time,
got some leverage. Killane leveraged it. He got what he wanted.
He got what he wanted for obviously himself, his family,
for his coaches, and for his players. He always advocates
for his coaches and his players. I've heard that time
and time again from the coaches that work under him,
the master delegator, yes, but the advocate, the master advocator
for his coaches and players as well. Guys, we gotta
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Welcome in, Schehan jer Rajah, national football writer for CBS
Sports colleg Football Inside of Shahan, how are you.
Speaker 6: I'm doing great, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Hey, always a pleasure talking ball with you.
Speaker 3: Were you like to see the chronology of this Kalani
Satake saga play out? Wasn't it all surprising to you
that Kilani was flirtatious and received an offer from not
only Penn State. I heard there was multiple schools that
had been interested in Kilani, but the Penn State offer
was the biggest, the biggest offer on the table. Give
me your synopsis of what you've seen over the last
week or so regarding the chronology of this.
Speaker 6: Well, first, I think it's very smart that a lot
of other programs took their shot, because I think Klanis
is one of the best coaches in college football. I mean,
obviously I don't need to tell you guys, but twenty
one and three over the past two years, the success
that he's had, the ten win seasons, and certainly at BYU.
You know, you have some i'll call them complications you
have to work around in terms of, you know, academics
and recruiting and all this stuff. So I think that
he's done a tremendous job. But you know, by the
same token, you know, it's it's definitely an experience to
get outside of that tree, right if you are Kilanie,
because you know, for most of his career he's been
at BYU and Utah kind of in that same environment
and that same place. He's never coached east of the
state of Utah, So it definitely was interesting to me
that Penn State kind of came at him with everything
that they had. Now, look, I think that if you're
coach Tataki, like you have to evaluate these offers and
take them seriously. It is a serious amount of money,
it's a serious opportunity. It's a chance to coach at
one of the great programs in college football. But you know,
I think that also he said before he wants to
be like a Lavelle Edwards at BYU, and I think
that he's well on his way to being that. So
obviously at this point it sounds like he's staying puts
and I'm very excited for BYU and for him, and
I'm certainly hopeful for his sake that he managed to
get some long term aid when it comes to obviously
his own salary, but also investment in the program.
Speaker 3: So the amount of investment is robust, it's aggressive, nine
to nine and a half million and ten to fifteen
million in nil. On top of that, they're gonna rev
rev you know, distribution from the TV money. That seems
like a pretty competitive offer. Where does that stand comparative
to the other power for conferences, would you say, or
power for head coaching jobs that are out there on
the market.
Speaker 6: No, it's very competitive, and obviously, you know it's it's
always hard a little bit to parse through what the
roster money stuff looks like past revshare because you know,
technically none of it is quote unquote on the table
in that in that way. But I mean that's very competitive, right,
I mean, when you're talking about, you know, more than
ten million dollars in additional money on top of of
course what's coming through revshare, that's pretty significant. That's that's huge.
And when you talk about the investment in salary, I mean,
this makes coach Totaki one of the highest paid coaches
in the Big Twelve. He's nearing that ten million dollar number.
You know, we'll kind of have to wait and see what.
You know, what they release about staff salary pools as well,
but you'd imagine that that would also be something that
increases so they can ensure to keep some of the
great coordinators and assistant coaches that they've had around. So
I think that it's it's big, it's wholesale, it's it's
competitive with anybody, I mean in the Big Twelve. I
think that BYU and Texas Tech right now are moving
to kind of a different level than almost everybody else.
And again, when you see the results, you see why.
Speaker 3: Chean Jered Raja's CBS Sports colleg Football Insider discussing the
recent news that Kalani Sutake will be retained. He's keeping
his talents in provo. He will not be going to
Penn State. What's the status right now of Penn State? Like,
are they just in dire straits? I mean, craft swung
for the Fencers with Kilane. It seemed like it was
a done deal by you at the last second, was
able to produce an offering that retains him.
Speaker 2: But they have to be reeling after this.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it is honestly in a pretty bleak place because
you know, you obviously invest a lot in this offer
with coach otake you obviously, you know, kind of missed
that first wave of hires. Be it, of course, some
of the ones who go to the SEC, be it
getting into something like the Land Kimpton sweepstake. Though he
was likely always going to pick an SEC school, especially
was likely to pick LSU. But now you're kind of
sitting here on December second, after not having a coach
for the better part of two months, without an obvious
direction to go. Now we've heard that Louisville coach Jeff
Brahm could be one who is part of the conversation.
Brian diabol the former head coach of the Buffalo Bills
and Alabama offensive coordinator, is one that we've heard a
little bit. But they're kind of starting from square zero
after missing on a candidate like this, So it is
a messy search. And certainly, I mean we felt at
the time that they might be a little optimistic to
think that they can clearly improve on James Franklin. It's
looking pretty dire right now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's unfortunate, right, but they also made this bed
and they got a sleep in it.
Speaker 2: Like, we talked about the good guys of the industry
a lot.
Speaker 3: Scott Frost after the loss versus by You stated as much.
He said, Look, I'm really happy for Kalane. I think
he's one of the good guys. I asked him to
elaborate on that. He said, he's just genuine. I like
being around him. I think he does it the right way.
And I felt the same way about James Franklin, one
of the good guys, one of the guys that still
was an advocate for his players in the new you
know this new transfer portal anil world. He wasn't transactional,
he was transformational, unlike maybe some others out there, Lane
Kiffen and others.
Speaker 2: And so when I when I.
Speaker 3: Evaluate this, I felt like James was in that same realm.
Obviously couldn't win the top ten matchups, but that's hard
to do as well.
Speaker 2: Would you say James is one of those good guys?
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know one thing that's interesting, right, So first
I would say that maybe nobody's Kalani Sataki. He is
kind of one on one, which is why I think
the YU fan should be so excited about keeping him.
But what I'll say is this is that I think
that James Franklin, especially in the industry among his players,
is really really well liked. Like he is, he is
somebody who again you see the players who kind of flipped,
you know, from Penn State to Virginia Tech. You look
at the quality of people who are following him. You
talk about the coaches you want to be a part
of his staff. I mean, he is definitely one of
those people who I think has that kind of reputation.
Somebody that you want to work for, is somebody that
you want to play for, is somebody that builds strong
relationships in the building. Now, I will say this, I
will say this, I don't think that he is very
well liked, certainly. I don't know that he's somebody, though,
who is necessarily as visible in the community as some
of these other coaches. He's somebody who maybe, you know, again,
like one of the reasons that I think Penn States
fit him is, yes, you have a lot of attention,
but you're kind of left alone. It's not like being
in the SEC or you're kind of under a microscope
at every single moment, and you have to be a
politician at every single moment. So that is one thing
that I have heard for now. Again, everybody after a
coach is fired certainly changes their opinion just a little
bit about them as well. But that is definitely something
that I think, you know, going to Virginia Tech, it's
going to be really interesting. I think that James Franklin
certainly will be somebody who comes in and immediately builds
a lot of great relationships with the people in the
building and the important people and the donors and boosters
and all that sort of stuff. But it'll be interesting
to kind of see, hey, this is a moment where
you really need to go to the community and help
them lock in. I think that's going to be an
interesting challenge for him.
Speaker 2: Where do you think BYU goes from here?
Speaker 3: Now that they have their guy, I think the hope
is that they retain the rest of their staff and
they don't get tempted and offered something too lucrative to
to turn down. Guys like a Rod and Jay Hill
and Brady or excuse me, Kelly Pipingga.
Speaker 2: These are their coordinators. They've done great, great things.
Speaker 3: They are the ultimate complimentary college football team. What's the
potential that BYU has right now, in the near future
and in the you know, the next few years. Now
that Kilani's sticking around, they got a top twenty clients
coming in at twenty twenty six signing class.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, one thing to really pay attention to
is that, I mean, when you look at stuff like
the two four seven Talent Composite, when you look at
things like obviously they're recruiting rankings. In the past couple
of years, they have not been an especially elite recruiting program.
They've been a very good recruiting program. They've done a
great job of finding guys who fit them, who develop
at a high level. But they aren't necessarily a program
that's been in that elite group of recruiting. They've mostly
been in the forties and fifties when you look at
high school classes since they joined the Big Twelve until
this twenty twenty six class. Of course, I mean the
fact that they're about to start getting some real, real
recruiting talents on campus, that's pretty scary to think about
when you're talking about them competing in the Big Twelve.
I mean, like you said, number twenty class right now.
I mean what they're they're looking at five or six
top two four seven kids, a couple of other blue
chip level kids, obviously Lions, the quarterback, the headliner. Like
it is really really intriguing to see what they've built there.
I mean when you look at their record over the
past few years. I mentioned, of course twenty one and
three at this point, or twenty two and three. I guess,
actually they won last week, Like this is an elite
program that's only on the upswing. And by the way,
it's not going to hurt you whatsoever. That when you
go into any living room in America, you get to say,
Penn State came after me with everything they had, and
I chose to stay at BYU. You should do the same.
I mean, I think that there is so much excitement
for the next couple of years, and I expect BYU
to not only maintain this level of success, but maybe
even continue to build on it.
Speaker 2: Love that perspective.
Speaker 3: Cheyanji Raja here on ESPN the Fan Shan, what have
you been working on over that CBS Sports that we
could peruse on your platform?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, obviously our team has had a lots
going on with the coaching search world. You know, we've
got a couple of stories up in the past couple
of days on BYU and how this search has gone,
hoping to put something together now after you know, obviously
coach Tacky State put We got a lot also from
the Lane Kiffen search. We've got a lot leading up
to the conference championship games. So it's about as hectic
a week as it's ever been. Overd cdsports dot com.
Speaker 2: Love that.
Speaker 3: Let me get a prognostication of prediction, maybe a little
scouting report on the Big twelve championship game BYU versus
Texas Tech. Texas Tech handled BYU pretty pretty pretty easily.
They're in loving There was some you know wind that
maybe contributed to it. I mean, Lubbock was very loud.
I think they were even injecting some sound into that stadium.
It was rock as it was wild, and man, they
definitely had a competitive vitage BYU. You know, they lost
by twenty two, but that was the closest game minus
the SU game, right.
Speaker 2: That Texas Tech had experienced all season long. So I'm
wondering what happens this game in.
Speaker 3: Our Lindon neutral setting, And I hope BYU fans show
up obviously, but how do you see this game playing out?
Speaker 6: Well, first, I'll challenge BYU fans listening right now, I
want to see the first sellout in the history of
the Big Tel title game at AT and T. I
think that Texas Tech versus YU is going to be
an incredible scene. Obviously, tons of fans about those programs
in Texas in the Metroplex. It's also, by the way,
the first appearance for both of these teams in the
Big twelve title game. Tech Tech hasn't won an outright
conference championship since nineteen fifty five.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 6: BYU obviously hasn't played for very many major conference championships
and has been independent for a lot of their history.
So like this is this is big time. This is
a big, big, big deal, and you know, so when
I look at this matchup, the biggest thing that I
say is that I think that BYU and their coaching
staff really needs to look up and say we are
an underdog. We are not hosts to win this game,
and for that reason, we have to play aggressive. I
think that in that last game against Texas Tech, you
saw these moments of trying to manage the game trying
to handle the game well. I don't think that you
can get away with that against the defense of the
quality of Texas Tech. They need to be more aggressive.
I think downfield in the passing game that they need
to give their offense chances to make big plays because
the realitos is you're not going to beat that front
seven in the box. You're just not. I mean, honestly,
no team in college football maybe is beating Texas Texas
defense in the box. You have to get outside, you
have to get downfield. You have to give yourself a chance.
I think that actually the defense played really well in
the first matchup, and I actually think too I thought
that beer Bachmeyer played really well for the most part.
But everybody needs to step up. Everybody needs to have
their best day instead of their worst like what happened
in many cases. You can't give up special teams points
like you did in the last one as well. But
I think there's a pathway to this game being a
lot closer, though I still definitely lean Texas Tech to
pull the sweep this year.
Speaker 3: Let's take a look at the spread really quick. Do
you think b why you covers in this game right now?
It's a twelve and a half point favorite, and I
can't remember I think at home, I want to say
it was like ten and a half. I think it
was ten and a half when they at home, So
I mean, look, twelve and a half maybe not to
be too far off. Obviously Tech obviously Baily did not
cover lastco around.
Speaker 2: They lost by twenty two.
Speaker 6: Yeah, this is needless to say. I mean a really
interesting line, Like I think that for me, I think
that they're going to be right at that number. I
think this game is going to be close into the
fourth quarter. I think it's going to be a one
score game in the fourth quarter. I do think that
Texas Tech has a late touchdown to cover. I think
that it may be is a seven point game or
something like that midway through the fourth quarter and you
get that big play from Texas Tech to kind of
put it away. So I think that I think it's
a good number. I think that certainly BYU is going
to be flirting with covering that, but I think that
Texas Tech will create one more explosive play and ultimately cover.
Speaker 2: Love that breakdown.
Speaker 3: Shay On Jara Roger talks some college football agetting this
prep getting ready for that BYU Texas tech.
Speaker 2: Red Raiders matchup.
Speaker 3: Now that Kilani is staying in provo provo, Utah was
able to retain him through you know, I'm sure Nil's
donor corporate sponsorship support in this day and age right now,
there's it's multi factorial. Obviously, you have your own your
own salary that you're negotiating, right Shahan. In Kalani's case,
I think sometimes he negotiates the salary for and advocates
for his coaching staff. But the other component of all
this is, hey, how much are you going to to
allocate to this NIL offering and REV share offering.
Speaker 2: This is all part of that conversation.
Speaker 3: Even Lane Kiffin i think went off on it in
his saw in his in his press conference. He didn't
know what his funds were. He knew what the NIL
funds would be, though.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a huge part of the equation. And again,
especially at this moment, we don't have a whole lot
of clarity over what anybody's paying, what anybody's doing. You know,
there's supposed to be more reports coming out from NILG
that hasn't really happened to this point. Like again, we're
i think that as a coach right now, it's almost
never been more complicated to try to figure out how
exactly to balance all that stuff. We've seen some great
brand partnerships. I mean again, you can make a pretty
good case that that DYU was one of the originators
right with sort of the built bar and you know,
them funding all these extra scholarships and stuff like that.
You know, I think that the programs that are aggressive,
the programs that are forward thinking, the programs that are smart,
I think have a really good chance to have a
lot of success. And DYU has been that. And you know,
just if anybody's listening at the same time, I think
that a great ANIL deal would be to drop some
Trumble cookies in the press box in Arlington.
Speaker 3: That would be a good Have you tried the Crumble
cookies before?
Speaker 6: Of course, of course we've got We've got one close
to my parents house, so my mom every so often
will bring them over to us. It's it's good stuff.
It's good stuff.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed it is.
Speaker 3: Shehon Jeriajah, Ladies and gentlemen talking college football and uh
Kalani Satake here on your Utah ESPN Radio network. Schean, Uh,
what's the next domino to fall in the college football
world coaching world, who's the next hire to be announced?
Speaker 2: Do you think?
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a good question. You know, obviously we're kind
of still sitting here and waiting on Penn State. I
think that that could be something that has some long
reaching implications, especially by the way, if they hire a
sitting head coach. Now again we're waiting on on Bob Chesney,
the head coach of James Madison, to likely announce that
he's going to UCLA. That hasn't happened at this point,
but from everything that we've heard that that's done. And
then I think that one of the other dynamics too
that's going to be interesting to watch is is potentially
the next wave of coaches that comes even for these
group of five opportunities, because I'll tell you what, there
are some really really good jobs that are open right
now because of these moves. I mean Tulane in South
Florida and Memphis like those are just to be frank,
those are power conference level jobs and maybe even ahead
of a couple of power conferences or power conference jobs
as well. In thinct, I won't say maybe, I mean
John Sumrall said it today. Tulane is a job that's
probably on the better end of jobs in college football,
including the Power conferences. So I'm really interested to see
what kind of directions they go, whether they go younger,
whether they go retreat. We've kind of heard that North
Texas might be heading in the direction of hiring Neil Brown,
the former West Virginia coach who had a lot of
success at Troy. So I think that sort of these
dominoes are going to be really interesting to watch.
Speaker 3: Let me ask you one last question here, Shahan before
we let you go, because you know your time surprisious.
Both appreciate your commentary and inside of knowledge. Here, I'm
looking at the colonial SHOTOCKI chronology here and look October twelfth,
I think is when James Franklin was let go.
Speaker 2: I know Penn State had their short list.
Speaker 3: How many times do you think they missed before they
got to Klinia stock was Was he the third candidate?
Was he the fourth candidate? Where would you put Kilani?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 6: It's interesting, right, because I think that when you start
a search, you kind of have your list of candidates
that maybe you're all approaching at a similar time, right,
and you have your reach candidates, let's call them, and
then you have maybe some of you know, again, like
you know, there's been a lot of smoke around again,
Lane Kippen was one who was a reach candidate for
a lot of people. There's been you know, some light
smoke around Lincoln Riley for example. But I think that
when you kind of realized, Okay, you know, we're not
hitting on Kurt Signetti, We're not going to get Matt
Ruhle this year, then I think that Klonie Sataki became
sort of an early target. Like I don't think that
this was a we went all the way down the
list and got and identified him. I think that he
was somebody that they've been engaged with, you know, not
necessarily for a long time calendar wise, but at least
been a high priority for them since they put together
their search. I mean, again for Penn State. Penn State's
a fascinating opening because when you look at Penn State,
they have hired three coaches in the last sixty five
years or whatever it is. Right Like, you're talking about
Joe Paterno as an internal hire, You're talking about Bill
O'Brien coming as a caretaker from the NFL for a
short moment, and then you talk about James Franklin being
the head coach of for fourteen years. So there really
is no game plan for hiring a coach at Penn State.
You really do have to be out there and creative.
So I think that Klanie Stage was definitely high on
their list right from the start. Again, there are candidates
that they're going to go after now that I think
we're lower priority than him. And again I don't think
that you Again, we don't have obviously official offers or
things like that. We don't know for sure, but like
we've heard that his offer was in excess of eleven
million dollars. That's putting him in Lane Kippen range like that.
That is prioritizing a candidate. And I think that again,
when when Kolani Sataki you know, comes back and again
gets to have more press conferences and go back recruiting,
I'll tell you what, I don't think that anybody will
be able to claim that he wasn't a huge priority
for Penn States.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh, it's intriguing to me. Right, It's like
I look at the sequencing and the chronology of it.
Speaker 2: I want to say. I mean, they at least missed out.
Speaker 3: On two or three of their priority candidates, and then
Kilani was there and they're like, hey, this guy's a
good fit. I know he's more West Coast, he's in
the Rocky Mountains, etcetera. He's Polynesian, but man, he could
fit here and this would be a good hire. My
question is, did the retention offer for killin he need
to come at the eleventh hour?
Speaker 1: How?
Speaker 2: How does this typically work? What's the dequorum here?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 3: Did did we get to the point where you know,
did did we have to get to the point I
guess where Penn State offer was on the table before
by you decided?
Speaker 2: You know what, we really love Kolani.
Speaker 3: We need to retain him, we need to extend him,
we need to pay him his fair market rate for
his resume.
Speaker 6: No, it's a great question. And you know, one thing
that I've talked to a couple of people about and
you know, obviously we're not on the inside of all
of this, but like, you know, one thing that we
kind of heard is like, you know, it wasn't necessarily
a secret that he was talking with Penn State, but
I think that there was a thought, at least from
the BYU side, that again like one that he probably
isn't seriously going to consider leaving, and two that that
Penn State wouldn't prioritize them the way that they did.
So I think that I think that ultimately, you know,
when you're in a position where where again there's a
real offer and you're a real priority. And also, by
the way, the fact that this leaked as well, I
think that is huge for BYU that ended up leaking
over the weekend, and that they had an opportunity to
at least try to make a best final offer that
ultimately proved successful. Like, I think that all this stuff matters,
and and I think that you know, again, when the
rumors started picking up that Kalani Sutaki was a candidate,
a serious candidate at Penn State. To be honest, I
don't know how seriously I took it. I think that
BYU probably felt the same way until it was time
to act.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh, maybe they just were in disbelief. They
didn't think it was happening. They thought that Kilani wasn't
going anywhere, and so they needed to see the tangible
physical evidence and have the fear injected into their hearts
before they moved and became flee to foot.
Speaker 2: Shehan best wait to support you. What you do, how
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Follow me on all social media platforms at shahanj Raja
and make sure and check out our coverage from this
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Speaker 6: As always, Thank you so much for having me.
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