Previewing the 2026 season
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Excitement in Lawrence?? I don't mean to be a downer; but with NIL and Portal, I've never been as uninterested in college football in general and KU football specifically as I am this season. We were all excited after Lance's two bowl games . . . thinking we might finally have a big time program. That's not going to happen when when our transfers come from CSU, James Madison, UAB, Chattanooga, even Michigan State, etc., No prognosticator that I've read or heard has predicted us going more than middle-of-the-pack in the conference. I'll just hope for the best. Rock Chalk.
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@JoJoAndMe right at the end of the day the result is the same in around about way. Yes we are competing better and winning 5 games. But it really doesn’t matter compared to winning 2-3 every year and sitting at home during bowl season. It makes me upset that we dumped hundreds of millions into this program to gain 2 wins a year. It seems like a complete and total waste of resources at this point. If we can’t do anything the next few years it will be time to call a spade, a spade. Which is LL had a few good years with Miles recruits. I just think about who we could’ve had on the basketball court if the same amount of money was being thrown in to that program that has coach that has won multiple natties. I remind people this program won an orange bowl with no facilities at all. Before MM there was no practice fields, no Anderson football complex, literally terrible teams and some of the worst facilities in the country.
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@JoJoAndMe Without doing any research on the matter didn't Cignetti win with a whole bunch of mid major portal guys?
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@kjayhawks2.0 the stadium had to be done, it was literally falling apart in some areas. Better to do it on our timeline before God forbid someone got hurt
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And I’ll also add that it was a generational opportunity. ARPA, state, and city incentives all became available to make the project happen and redevelop the area to actually improve the university as a whole. Without those funding mechanisms the project doesn’t happen
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Previewing the 2026 season:
@kjayhawks2.0 the stadium had to be done, it was literally falling apart in some areas. Better to do it on our timeline before God forbid someone got hurt
That prob true it was over a 100 years old, just makes me sick how pathetic our football program has been.
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@stoptheflop KU is better than that. I think KU has upgraded at most positions. I'm nowhere near as down on Ballard as others. The two games he played as a freshman weren't terrible and he gave KU a chance to win each of those games. I know Marshall was named starter so we'll see how he and Edwards work running the RPO.
The big thing for me this season is can the defense stop giving up TD's at the end of the first half. Looking at the schedule, I think KU has 7 winnable games so hopefully KU can get 6 of them.
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JD has been named QB2 and had made the roster down in Tampa. Very happy for him and hope he can hang around. I tell people all the time being a back up at the NFL level has to be a great gig if you can stay there. Think about guys Henne for the chiefs.
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With stadium seating limited to 32,000, I sure hope Friday's game is a sell out.
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@kjayhawks2.0 To win a national championship you have to have a roster of 50%+ 4 and 5-Star recruits. Cignetti had very few. He IS undoubtedly the best coach in college football today.
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@kjayhawks2.0 Fancy stadiums don't win championships. I attended a game in Lincoln in the 1990's. What a dump!
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Welp, its gameday. Not only is this the start of the football season, but its the start of KU sports season as most fans see it (starting with college football kicking off and usually ending when KU loses or wins a title in March Madness, sometimes extending to the end of baseball season). Time for the highs and lows to begin!
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@stoptheflop said in Previewing the 2026 season:
With stadium seating limited to 32,000, I sure hope Friday's game is a sell out.
I hope it’s full but being a holiday weekend and 98 degrees weather will see
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Maybe maybe half full
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Not getting go vibes getting dominated at the line of scrimmage on offense by mid pack FCS team
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Wahoo 6-0 silly to go for two but okay
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From what I've seen so far - not impressed
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@nuleafjhawk defense has been okay but we simply can’t not run up the middle against these guys. Opened up a bit on the outside but our center and guards are getting beat nearly every play.
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We need better conditioning
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Harris is going to be a problem for a lot of opposing offenses.
