Early 2026 Kansas Season Preview | Cover 3 Summer School

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🗓️ 2 May 2026

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Bud Elliott sits down with Michael Swain of 247Sports to preview Kansas’ 2026 season. They break down the biggest storylines, including Andy Kotelnicki’s return, the quarterback battle, key offensive weapons, and what to expect from the defense. Plus, a full schedule outlook and discussion on Lance Leipold’s job security. Kansas Team Site: https://247sports.com/college/kansas/ 0:00 Welcome on Michael Swain 1:10 Frustration in Lawrence, KS 2:58 Andy Kotelnicki’s Return 5:30 Quarterback Battle 7:02 Running Backs 8:42 Wide Receivers 10:04 Offensive Line 12:10 Future Breakouts 14:17 Linebackers 16:17 Defensive Front 18:06 Defensive Backs 19:59 Schedule Breakdown 22:36 Lance Leipold Job Security

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0:00.0	Indiana can sort of cement itself as we are no longer this team that's going to be fighting for six wins anymore.
0:07.3	Malachi Tony, is he going to be ready?
0:09.3	Dante Moore, he showed improvement, better command.
0:19.3	What's going on, y'all, Bud Elliott here.
0:20.9	Welcome back to summer school on the Cover 3 college football podcast where we try to break down,
0:25.3	give or take 70 teams in the offseason to get you all schooled up.
0:28.5	And today, we are going to Lawrence, Kansas.
0:30.7	That's Michael Swain offog.net.
0:32.9	Michael, welcome back, man.
0:34.0	Thanks, I'm on, bud.
0:35.0	I always look forward to doing these every kind of spring and summer. So excited to talk some Kansas football with you. For sure. Disappointing year last year, given the expectations that were going to the season, you know, five and seven, you know, some coaching changes made. I guess we'll start there. Well, actually, let's start with kind of the general vibe around the program. Now, they had a couple nice seasons i know you had you know smartly said hey like there are high expectations it's also
0:58.1	like it's hard to maintain you know this level um you know when you're you know trying to raise
1:03.4	your ceiling but also you know bumping up against what's kind of historical you know in some
1:07.1	ways what's kind of the vibe around there now yeah i think there frustration. You know, you have back to back five and seven seasons. And in both of those seasons, you can look at moments and say, if KU falls on a fumble against UNLV in 2024, right, KU goes to a bowl game. Right. You look back to last year, right, if Trey Lathen intercepts a pass from Sorsby against Cincinnati, right, okay, you go six and six, makes a bowl game. So I think there's frustration with the way that the seasons have panned out where it's been a lot of so close almost. And last season was definitely another one of those, right? I mentioned the Trey Latham play against Cincinnati. You go against Arizona on the road.
1:45.0	Your defense plays as well as it has all season.
1:47.8	You need one final stop.
1:48.9	You can't make it.
1:49.6	And so it's been kind of two years full of those kind of moments that have fans,
1:54.7	you know, frustrated.
1:55.6	And the coaches are frustrated too by it, you know.
1:58.0	But now going into this year, there's a lot of turnover again, a new
2:03.4	quarterback. KU goes to London. So, and there's going to be some stadium construction going on as
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