INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has announced the schedule, along with a fan-friendly website, for the 14th-annual GLVC Football Kickoff event, which will take place on the campus of McKendree University this Friday, July 31.
 
The head coach and two student-athletes from each of the nine GLVC football programs will rotate through multiple 10-minute stations designed to create engaging content and promote the sport across social media. A brief description of this year's stations can be found below.
 
STATION 1: GLVCSN Press Conference

• Team representatives will spend time discussing their program and the upcoming football season with GLVCSN's Colin Suhre.

STATION 2: Finish the Sentence

• Student-athletes will begin a series of sentences about their interests, personalities, and teammates, while their head coach attempts to correctly guess how they would finish each statement.

STATION 3: Hollywood Huddle

• Team representatives will act out clues from popular movies and television shows while their teammates attempt to correctly identify each title.

STATION 4: Portrait Picasso

• Team representatives will put their artistic abilities to the test by painting portraits of one another before revealing their finished masterpieces.

STATION 5: Fast Hands

• Team representatives will put their hand-eye coordination and reaction time to the test by attempting to catch a series of randomly falling bars.

STATION 6: Mystery Box

• Team representatives will reach inside a covered box and attempt to identify a variety of mystery objects using only their sense of touch.

STATION 7: Inside the X's & O's

• Student-athletes will join their head coach to break down a favorite play, explaining their responsibilities and how the play unfolded on the field.

STATION 8: Battle on the Sticks

• Student-athletes will go head-to-head against one another in EA Sports College Football 27 to determine who has the best skills on the virtual gridiron.

STATION 9: Lights. Camera. Kickoff.

• Team representatives will step in front of the camera for a creative media-day-style photo shoot.

 
In addition to the players and coaches scheduled to attend the 2026 GLVC Football Kickoff, GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich will also have a presence at the event. The event will conclude with a formal photo shoot of the players and coaches prior to wrapping up the day with a group lunch.
 
Photos, videos, interviews, and other behind-the-scenes content from the event will be shared across the GLVC's social media platforms (@GLVCsports) as the season approaches.
 
The complete schedule for all the day's stations can be found below, with additional information available at the link above:
 
 2026 GLVC FOOTBALL KICKOFF COVERAGE SCHEDULE
 

Time (CT)	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9
11:30 AM	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC
11:40	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU
11:50	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK
12:00 PM	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU
12:10	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T
12:20	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU
12:30	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY	TSU
12:40	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN	UINDY
12:50	UINDY	TSU	UIU	S&T	QU	MCK	SBU	WJC	LIN
1:00	GLVC	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

 
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