{
  "id": 9036054,
  "title": "Kalani Sitake says No. 9 Cougars will use early bye week to their advantage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/kalani-sitake-says-no-9-cougars-will-use-early-bye-week-to-their",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T23:32:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kalani-sitake-says-no-9-233229075.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "BYU head coach Kalani Sitake is confident his team can turn an early bye week into an advantage. After only three games this season, the Cougars (1-0, 3-0) will play nine consecutive games starting October 3 against TCU. Sitake stated, “We will make it a competitive advantage for us.” The next game, against TCU, is scheduled for October 3 at 5 p.m. MDT, marking the first time in 21 years BYU will play on the Saturday of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' semiannual general conference. Sitake emphasized that the team will continue with regular meetings, practices, and weightlifting during the bye week, treating it like any other workweek.",
  "summary": "BYU football coach Kalani Sitake addresses bye week, ex-BYU LB Harrison Taggart's injury in weekly press briefing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}