Early 2026 Louisville Season Preview | Cover 3 Summer School
7/5/202621 min
Bud Elliott sits down with Michael McCammon of 247Sports to preview Louisville’s 2026 season.
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Louisville Team Site: https://247sports.com/college/louisville/
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(00:00) Intro
(00:55) Looking Back At Last Season
(2:15) QB Lincoln Kienholz
(5:05) Running Backs
(5:52) Wide Receivers
(8:37) Offensive Line
(9:58) Under-The-Radar Player On Offense
(11:47) Defensive Line
(14:16) Linebackers & Secondary
(15:27) Biggest Question Mark On Defense
(15:53) Schedule Breakdown
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
[rock music] Indiana can, can sort of cement itself as we are no longer this team that's gonna be fighting for six wins anymore.
Michael McCammon· Guest0:07
Malachi Toney, is he gonna be ready?
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:09
Dante Moore, he, he showed improvement, better command.
Bud Elliott· Host0:12
[rock music] What's going on y'all? Bud Elliott here, of the Cover 3 College Ball Podcast, and we are back again. This is another edition of Summer School. We're in session. That's Michael McCammon of Cardinal Authority, and we are breaking down Louisville today. What, what's going on, Michael?
Michael McCammon· Guest0:30
Yeah, it, you know, it's crazy how quickly football season's getting here. Yesterday I was looking at the- Right ... I was looking at the schedule and yesterday marked the 75 days until Louisville's kickoff against Ole Miss down in Nashville. So ball camp's gonna be here soon, so it's getting, getting reared up and pretty, pretty excited to go.
Bud Elliott· Host0:44
Absolutely. They, b- pretty, pretty strong w- year last year for, for the Cardinal. I, I mean, obviously, you know, Jeff Brohm just does such a good job, I, I think overall with that program. What, what were your kinda main takeaways from last season that you can apply forward, uh, to this season? Obviously to the extent that we can w- wh- in this era of transfer portal and turnover.
Michael McCammon· Guest1:02
I think when you look at last year's season, I think it probably, uh, I hate to say disappointment, but probably a little bit less, uh, lower than the expectations were preseason. Um, there were a lot of hype. Obviously it was the third straight year that Jeff Brohm had brought in a transfer quarterback, last year being Miller Moss. And I'm not sure he really ever, uh, while he had some shining moments, never really fully reached the expectation level that, that was there for him when he arrived at Louisville. And then the injury bug hit him a little bit. You know, you had your star running back, Isaac