Kalani Sitake podcast appearances

Oct 26 · 8m

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This weekend and so obviously last weekend didn't go the way we wanted to, but a lot of great learning experiences for us and moments and plan on getting that done and putting that game away today and then moving on to our opponent.

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But just really proud of how hard the guys played and proud of our leadership.

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We're going to need it even more now, but this is, you know, obviously suffered our first loss, but looking forward to see how we react to it.

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Life is things that happen to you, and you get defined by how you react to it.

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I don't think it's going to define us in this season, this team, but looking forward to the preparation, looking forward to getting back to work and focusing on the next challenge, which is Arizona State.

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here at home and we're excited about that game and I've known you know Kenny Dillingham for a long time and have a lot of respect for him and and the way he runs things, and they have a really good team.

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Mitch HarperCORRESPONDENT

6:33

and then just wanted to ask you about you know some personnel notes like what's the outlook uh starting the week with with evan johnson and also lj martin too is is he getting closer potentially to a return

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Yeah, LJ's are getting really close.

The Rich Eisen Show

Oct 21 · 43m

Rich EisenHOST

10:50

Do you like the 24 team playoff idea, coach? You like it?

10:57

Oh, yeah.

10:57

Me personally, I like the 2014 playoff.

11:00

I think it'll make football more interesting, especially every game will count in November.

11:07

I think it gives an opportunity for everybody to prove it on the field.

11:11

And I don't have a problem with it.

11:13

The FCS level has been doing it for a long time, Division II.

Rich EisenHOST

15:38

uh to get a team together in college football and then by presumably byu's of the world get a shorter end of the stick is that a viable concern do you think coach

Therrian Alexander III on BYU Football with Kalani Sitake

Oct 20 · 49m

13:31

You don't want to make a habit of that, but it's nice to know that when things don't go perfectly, you can still find a way to be resilient and grind it out.

13:36

Yeah, I mean, it's the leadership on the team and the guys believing in themselves.

13:42

And there's no finger pointing or blame.

13:45

The guys just keep working hard for each other.

13:47

And, you know, it's guys that make mistakes, but then find ways to make it better and to learn from it.

13:54

So just happy with the overall team leadership and We have resilient young men.

14:00

And it was fun.

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Jim Rome's Daily Jungle

Oct 19 · 1h 3m

Jim RomeHOST

22:50

How much did Bear elevate his play against the Fighting Irish?

22:55

Well, I mean, Bear's been amazing all year long, and he's been great since he showed up here on campus as a true freshman last year.

23:01

So I think at the time of his freshman year to now, he's grown so much in so many different ways, and he is a seasoned vet now, and I get to coach that guy.

23:13

I mean, I don't know if I can claim anything that he was raised the right way with the ball in his hand.

23:20

We're just trying to give him chances to make plays.

23:22

But he's answered the call every time.

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23:24

And you combine that with all the players on our team and our O-line and our receivers.

Jim RomeHOST

26:25

What did you see on that play?

The Jim Rome Show

Oct 19 · 42m

Jim RomeHOST

18:42

How much did Bear elevate his play against the Fighting Irish?

18:46

Well, I mean, Bear's been amazing all year long, and he's been great since he showed up here on campus as a true freshman last year.

18:54

So I think at the time of his freshman year to now, he's grown so much in so many different ways, and he is a seasoned vet now, and I get to coach that guy.

19:05

I mean, I don't know if I can claim anything that he was raised the right way with the ball in his hand.

19:12

We're just trying to give him chances to make plays, but he's answered the call every time.

19:17

You combine that with all the players on our team and our O-line and our receivers.

19:23

We're down to L.J. Martin this game, so we needed to replace the run game.

Jim RomeHOST

22:16

What did you see on that play? I

Oct 19 · 14m

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Great weekend, obviously happy about the win, happy where we're at, and we're at 6-0 right now, mid-season, so half the season is done, regular season, so we're really excited about the progress we've made as a team in the last week and also throughout the season so far.

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I thought it was a good game after watching the film.

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There's a lot of back and forth, and there's a lot of things that... that we could have done better.

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And, you know, there's a lot of things that we could have helped ourselves out.

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And that's from coaches to the players.

0:35

And then there's a, you know, there's things that I know that they wish they could do differently.

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Mitch HarperCORRESPONDENT

10:44

Your evaluation of this just where you say, I know you've talked about how this is where you guys expect it to be, but at the midway point of the season, where do you want to continue to see improvement?

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10:54

Yeah, I think the week-to-week improvement, the development for our team.

Wake Up Barstool

Oct 14 · 1h 31m

Connor GriffinHOST

78:23

Yeah.

78:24

And but that does- that just doesn't happen, uh, by you being, being, uh, BYU and having a, a great fan base.

78:30

You have to put in all the work and, and a lot of sacrifice goes into it.

78:33

And so, uh, there, there's a lot of people that have worked on this, and even for decades we have alumni that have been waiting for this opportunity for us to get into the, in the Power Conference.

78:41

And now that we're here, we've gotta make sure that we make, we, we make the most out of it.

78:45

I, I want our guys to embrace the opportunity, embrace where they're at, but at the same time, take a step back and look at, and be, and just be appreciative and have gratitude for what they've been able to accomplish.

78:54

But, but we still, we still got to trend in the right way and we still gotta get better.

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82:25

So just give a shout-out to, uh, your offense and, and the, the, their ability to produce this year.

Bruce Mitchell on BYU Football with Kalani Sitake

Oct 13 · 49m

6:33

Top 10 versus top 10, that is.

6:35

Yeah, and, and, you know, Notre Dame's, uh, I mean, that, that program's, uh, got so much, uh, h- history and t- and tradition behind it.

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And, um, you know, it's, it's, uh, you look back at, at the things that they've been able to do throughout the decades in c- in college football and it's nice to have them here in our home and, uh, in front of our fans.

6:54

Uh, have a lot of, uh, respect for Marcus Freeman as a head coach.

6:57

He does a great job.

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Uh, he's been good to me throughout the years and, and I, I really like the way he does things.

7:03

Great reputation.

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Oct 12 · 14m

speaker_0HOST

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So go ahead, Coach.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Uh, really excited about this week and excited about the, uh, opportunity to play this weekend.

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Um, really proud of the team over the weekend against, in the game against Iowa State and, and, uh, you know, got an early start, had a day extra to, to prep for Notre Dame, got to watch them play.

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Uh, but r- really excited as the head coach.

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I'm excited about our players, and I'm excited to be back home.

Dana GreeneCORRESPONDENT

5:02

Uh, what do you tell your players about this week and all the distractions that could be there? Do you tell them to embrace it, to have fun with it, or, uh, do you try to just block a lot of that out?

Jake Clifton on BYU Football with Kalani Sitake

Oct 6 · 49m

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Bring the, the kids and the grandkids so they could feel the love, a woman who sacrifice even her life so her kids and grandkids live a better life.

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She was a giant, spiritual giant.

Kalani SitakeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

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Um, obviously was a huge catalyst in converting so many to the gospel.

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Most importantly, my grandpa.

Kalani SitakeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

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Heard so much about it, so closest physically, you know, I, I feel to her, so.

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But today, we honor you, great Mother.

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Love you very much.

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If my grandparents could see this trip, the visual I have in my head is my grandpa putting his arm around Grandma Lata and saying, "This, this is what we sacrificed for."

Oct 5 · 12m

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All right, thank you.

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Yeah, I'm excited for this week.

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I got a game on Friday, so a short week, which means that we have to speed up the preparation.

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But we've been here before.

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We had this every year.

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And so I think last year we were coming off a game on the road against Colorado and came back and played West Virginia on a Friday.

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Mitch HarperCORRESPONDENT

8:49

Is that something you hope to see that number go down? Even if LJ is doubtful this week, do you want to see the other running backs carry their workload, if you will, in the absence of LJ if he's out?

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Yeah, of course.

Jim Rome's Daily Jungle

Sep 30 · 48m

Jim RomeHOST

29:16

Do you like what you see over there, and what's the transition been like with Kelly Poppinga?

29:21

Yeah, first of all, I, I mean, I love Jay Hill.

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He's a g- great friend of mine, so really happy about the opportunities that he has and things that he's doing there in Michigan.

29:28

Um, you know, but part of that is that when you're going through a, a business and when you're going through a team and, and a program like we have, uh, you should always think about a, a plan of, of people that, that can possibly be coordinators and possibly leaders.

29:42

And so Kelly Poppinga is somebody that I had circled from the very beginning, that I thought he had all the, the, the, the genetics of becoming a great D-coordinator.

29:50

Uh, and number one is his work ethic.

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29:52

So as we start working, and, and he's had some great mentors along the way, you know, he's...

Jim RomeHOST

31:45

I understand you'd rather let your team's play do the talking rather than you getting caught up in the politics of the sport, but do you think the Big 12 will find it challenging to get more than a single team in the playoff again this year because of the perceived depth of the SEC and the Big 10?

The Jim Rome Show

Sep 30 · 45m

Jim RomeHOST

38:25

Do you like what you see over there, and what's the transition been like with Kelly Poppinga?

38:31

Yeah, first of all, I, I mean, I love Jay Hill.

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He's a g- great friend of mine, so really happy about the opportunities that he has and things that he's doing there in Michigan.

38:38

Um, you know, but part of that is that when you're going through a, a business and when you're going through a team and, and, and a program like we have, uh, you should always think about a, a plan of, of people that, that can possibly be coordinators and possibly be leaders.

38:52

And so Kelly Poppinga's somebody that I had circled from the very beginning, that I thought he had all the, the, the, the genetics of becoming a great D-coordinator.

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Uh, and number one is his work ethic.

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So as we start working, and, and he's had some great mentors along the way, you know, he's...

Jim RomeHOST

40:55

Bodie Schoonover on BYU Football with Kalani Sitake

Sep 29 · 49m

4:16

How do you feel the team is health-wise heading into the second part of the season, which is really a nine-game second half, if you will?

4:22

Yeah, I mean, I think looking at it, we're still missing Raider, right? And he's getting better and getting better fast.

4:30

And so we anticipate him joining us soon.

4:34

Sionimo has been out.

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Yeah, Sionimo has been out, and that one's taking some time.

4:38

Gentry, that one was kind of, you know, we were hoping that it would be different, but going into it, it seemed like I think he posted on social media.

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Yeah, he did.

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24:42

He's an all-timer at BYU.

Sep 28 · 14m

Jake HatchCORRESPONDENT

2:33

Yeah, Kalani, as you look forward to KCU, what have you seen from them that – What's different about this year's version of Sonny Dyke's team than you've seen in previous ones?

2:45

No, they're full of great athletes.

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That's usually what TCU has.

2:49

A lot of size and athletic ability.

2:55

You can see the talent that's on their team.

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You can see the reason why they're able to get a lot of...

3:01

Offensively, they move the ball quite a bit.

Jay DrewCORRESPONDENT

6:19

Just what are your overall impressions as far as where you fit into that whole kind of talent level and You know, the elite teams, do you feel like, yeah, we belong with a lot of what we're seeing?

Sep 21 · 19m

Dana GreenCORRESPONDENT

15:45

How much was it that the offensive line just opened up massive holes and they protected Bear? How pleased are you with their performance so far?

15:54

Been really happy with the O-line.

15:55

I thought the defensive line did a good job getting knocked back and limited their run plays.

16:01

They had a couple big plays past 10, but other than that, most of the stuff was handled up front and most of the stuff that they gained on our D-line was outside.

16:11

Our O-line did a great job blocking.

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They don't get a lot of publicity for it.

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16:15

So thank you for doing that, Dana, because they'll thank you.

Dana GreenCORRESPONDENT

17:55

Have you reached out to him? That's got to be the most difficult thing for a coach to see one of his current or former players go down like that?

Big 12 Today

Sep 16 · 15m

James WestlingHOST

4:47

It's like with BYU, if you're the opponent, no lead is safe because you guys just continue to wear people down.

4:56

Yeah, we pride ourselves on the grit and just the resilience and being in our program.

5:04

And so, you know, we work really hard in the offseason to try to be the best conditioned team.

5:09

I say that everybody's conditioned, you know, but that's why we work and we are physical in fall camp.

5:16

I don't know how you're supposed to learn how to be physical and fight through it.

5:20

Uh, the pain and, and, and we, we also know that it's when you get in shape, it's not a matter of you never getting tired.

5:27

Getting tired is part of being in shape.

James WestlingHOST

9:05

How do they compare to East Carolina, who you played last year in the non-conference, kind of a high group of six type program? Are there any parallels in terms of the talent level at Colorado State, and what can you tell us about the Rams?

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Sep 15 · 47m

25:39

And we're glad that the latest chapter is being written here in Provo.

25:43

Yeah, I've known the Uluwabe family forever.

25:46

And so I actually wouldn't be here if it weren't for the Uluwabe family.

25:51

and the way they treated me and my family, my siblings.

25:53

And so I think his grandpa, Peter, one of the first Tongans to settle here in Provo, and he was a bishop.

26:02

And in that ward, that was all the Utah County, the Tongan ward, and that ward is now, You know, years later, three stakes.

26:12

And so they're pioneers, and he's an amazing young man.

30:27

How blessed do you feel to have gotten him into your program?

Sep 14 · 13m

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So the time is yours, Coach.

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Thank you.

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Um, well, we're onto week three.

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Uh, really excited about being two and 0, uh, as a team, and, and, um, uh, like I said after the game, um, really, uh, really appreciate the, the leadership on our team, uh, the ability to go through some adversity and, uh, play such a...

0:41

You know, Arizona's a really, really good team, and so, um, I think they're gonna get a lot of wins and, and they'll do really good with their schedule.

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So, um, this is, uh, a good win for us.

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Uh, we, we were able to find out a little bit more about ourselves and start to form.

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Jake HatchCORRESPONDENT

9:44

What are the focus points in practice this week that are gonna help carry that momentum into the Colorado State game?

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Sep 8 · 50m

2:35

How good did it feel to be back in Lavella Ridge Stadium for the first time this year?

2:38

Yeah, it felt so good.

2:39

And just, I mean, it felt right, you know, and to have all the fans there.

2:46

I said it after in postgame that, you know, Just really impressed with all our fans and just love all of them and the energy they brought.

2:54

You know, I think a lot of places fans would leave or they wouldn't be there as much as with a matchup.

3:01

And so we had a packed house and the Rock was doing their normal thing.

3:05

And, you know, coming out of halftime, a lot of the players were shocked that everyone was still there.

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32:30

Kalani, maybe you could weigh in on that history he just talked about and what actually got him here.

Sep 7 · 14m

Jake HatchCORRESPONDENT

1:55

How different is it to have a Big 12 conference game second week of the season?

2:00

Not different.

2:01

Our mindset going into the season has been that we want to be ready for 12 opportunities on the schedule and trying to create more.

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So that's what we're focused on.

2:10

We want to take care of what we can control, which is making sure that we're ready and prepared.

2:15

Obviously, we saw a game film with Arizona against NAU, but we also have, you know, we're familiar with them.

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2:24

Really well-coached team.

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Mitch HarperCORRESPONDENT

9:59

How long back does this go in the off season?

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Sep 5 · 1h 40m

Jarom JordanHOST

4:59

With so much, uh, not only expected, but kind of understood given all the returners and high expectations, what, if anything, surprised you during fall camp about this group?

5:10

Honestly, is the amount of players that we have, and, uh, when, when you wanna establish depth and you wanna see competition, um, it's this, uh, young group of players that, that are here.

5:20

Whether they're a freshman out of high school or, or returned missionaries, it's a lot of talent.

5:25

The, the missionaries, we had to kind of just scale back a little bit because they, they, I mean, you know, luckily, their head coach has been on a mission before too, and, and your body doesn't really, uh, communicate with your, with your brain on what you want to do.

5:37

And so we know that with them it'll be a little bit of more of a, a work in progress.

5:42

The freshmen, I've been really impressed with them, and, and, um, they're, they're gonna see a lot more freshmen on the field because we can play them now.

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5:49

With the new rules, uh, you don't have to make a decision on a red shirt or not.

Jarom JordanHOST

10:29

How have you been able to keep them locked in and focused on this season? Because it could be very special.

BYU Sports Nation

Sep 2 · 1h 39m

Jarom JordanHOST

17:48

With so much not only expected but kind of understood given all the returners and high expectations, what, if anything, surprised you during fall camp about this group?

17:58

Honestly, it's the amount of players that we have.

18:00

And when you want to establish depth and you want to see competition, it's this young group of players that are here.

18:08

Whether they're freshmen out of high school or return missionaries, it's a lot of talent.

18:13

The missionaries, we had to kind of just scale back a little bit because, I mean, Luckily, their head coach has been on a mission before, too, and your body doesn't really communicate with your brain on what you want to do.

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And so we know that with them, it'll be a little bit more of a work in progress.