Kalani Sitake has unexpectedly become one of the names circulating around Penn State's coaching vacancy, a twist that says as much about his rising profile as it does about the unusual direction of the Nittany Lions' search. The current BYU coach surfaced as a candidate over the weekend as Penn State continues to look for a replacement nearly a month and a half after firing James Franklin on Oct. 12 and, per 247Sports' Blair Angulo, BYU called an impromptu team meeting Monday afternoon .

The timing is striking. Sitake has No. 11 BYU preparing for one of the biggest games in program history -- the Big 12 Championship Game against No. 5 Texas Tech on Saturday with a College Football Playoff bid on the line. And while he declined to address any specifics when asked directly about

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