“All of us share a common chip on our shoulders,” says Aaron Roderick, BYU’s quarterbacks coach. “We want BYU to be known as a place where we throw the football, where we take care of the ball, but we open it up. We’re being more aggressive, to push the ball down the field.”

Kalani Sitake has done more than begrudgingly given his approval for that aggression, he’s insisted on it. “That’s what I want,” he says.