The real pulse of Indiana football runs quieter, behind adjoining office doors, where the lights stay on late and a decade's worth of trust is stacked floor to ceiling.
Pat Fitzgerald spoke with eight schools about potentially coaching their football teams, looking for the best place to resume his career, before choosing Michigan State.
Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have won 11 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2006 and '07, and have won at least 10 games in four of his last six seasons at the helm.
Athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced the hiring after Kentucky fired Mark Stoops, who had been the Southeastern Conference's longest-tenured coach with 13 seasons with the Wildcats.