2025 GLVC Football Kickoff Schedule, Website Announced

INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has announced the schedule, along with a fan-friendly website, for the 13th annual GLVC Football Kickoff event, which will take place on the campus of McKendree University this Friday, August 1. The website, which can be found at GLVCsports.com/2025kickoff, combines several social and traditional media platforms to allow both the league’s media and fanbase to interact with the nine GLVC football head coaches and 18 student-athletes that will be at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Central Time.

Each school’s coach and two student-athletes will rotate through several 10-minute stations designed to promote GLVC football on various platforms, including a live press conference on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN), fun “4 Downs” interviews that will be uploaded to the GLVC’s official YouTube page, an Instagram photo shoot and “Chalk Talk” session, as well as a “Teammate Test” feature on Facebook Live and GenU on TikTok.

When each coach and student-athlete reach the GLVCSN live video stream station, the team representatives will spend 10 minutes previewing the upcoming season, as coverage of the formal press conference will be streamed live for all fans to watch free of charge on GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, and GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. 
 
Not only will fans have an opportunity to see their team in a formal setting, but they will have several opportunities to see their personal side, as well. The “Teammate Test” on Facebook Live will mirror the popular “Newlywed Game” theme and assess each player’s knowledge of one another by fielding questions such as, “what is your teammate’s favorite food?” or “which cartoon character most resembles your teammate?” The “Center for the Arts” station will showcase the artistic side of each attendee, and these masterpieces will be shared on various social platforms for fans to enjoy and choose their favorites.
 
The “4 Downs” YouTube segment will provide each student-athlete the opportunity to become a GLVCSN Extra Credit reporter and put their fellow teammate on the clock with four “hot seat” questions, while GLVC’s TikTok account will host “Gen U”. For “Gen U,” players will be asked to identify images of various types of technology from past decades and generations, while each coach will be tasked with defining popular slang terms and phrases used by current college-aged students. These videos will be posted to the @glvcsports account in the days immediately following the event, as well as throughout the fall season.

Fans will also learn more about the keys to victory and pregame protocol from the teams at the Instagram “Chalk Talk” station, while coaches and players will pose for a variety of photos and videos on the platform. Attendees can immediately post their own pictures to their social media account and share with all their friends and fans. The brand new station, The “America’s Crossroads Bowl” station, will be an opportunity for the student-athletes and coaches to learn about one of the two bowl games that occurs for Division II. There will be a photo opportunity with the America’s Crossroads Bowl trophy, as well as an assortment of questions to ask the participants.

The league will also be using X to promote the 2025 season on its official account, @GLVCsports. The GLVC will once again be using the hashtag #GLVCkickoff and encourages its schools and fans to do the same. In addition, the league will release the 2025 GLVC Preseason Poll on Twitter over the course of the first hour of the event. Teams will also be posting content from their respective X accounts: @UIndyAthletics, @GoBlueTigers, @McKBearcats, @minersports, @QUHawks, @sbubearcats, @TrumanAthletics, @UIUPeacocks, and @JewellCardinals.
 
One additional change this year will incorporate a 10-minute Instagram Takeover after all teams have rotated through the nine stations. After a 10-minute transition period from 12:50 to 1 PM, the Takeover will take place from 1-1:10. Make sure to visit your favorite school’s account at one of the following links: @uindyathletics, @lustripes, @mckbearcats, @minersports, @quhawks, @sbubearcats, @trumanathletics, @uiupeacocks, and @jewellcardinals.

Media members attending the GLVC Football Kickoff will also be involved in the station rotation, as each team will spend 10 minutes with reporters from print, radio, and TV throughout the league’s footprint.

A photo gallery featuring the day’s activities, as well as group pictures of the head coaches and student-athletes in attendance, will also be available following the event.

In addition to the players and coaches scheduled to attend the 2025 GLVC Football Kickoff, GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich and GLVC Supervisor of Football Officials Rich Edwards 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.
 
The complete schedule for all the day’s stations can be found below:
 
2025 GLVC FOOTBALL KICKOFF COVERAGE SCHEDULE
 

TIME (CT)	GLVCSN	4 DOWNS		ARTS	MEDIA	MEDIA	CHALK TALK	TEAMMATE TEST	ACB	GEN U
11:30 AM	LIN	UINDY		TSU	UIU	QU	MCK	S&T	WJC	SBU
11:40	SBU	LIN		UINDY	TSU	UIU	QU	MCK	S&T	WJC
11:50	WJC	SBU		LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	QU	MCK	S&T
12:00 PM	S&T	WJC		SBU	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	QU	MCK
12:10	MCK	S&T		WJC	SBU	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU	QU
12:20	QU	MCK		S&T	WJC	SBU	LIN	UINDY	TSU	UIU
12:30	UIU	QU		MCK	S&T	WJC	SBU	LIN	UINDY	TSU
12:40	TSU	UIU		QU	MCK	S&T	WJC	SBU	LIN	UINDY
12:50	UINDY	TSU		UIU	QU	MCK	S&T	WJC	SBU	LIN
1:00	GLVC	- - -		- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -
1-1:10			IG Takeover

KEY: UINDY-Indianapolis, LIN-Lincoln, MCK-McKendree, S&T-Missouri S&T, QU-Quincy, SBU-Southwest Baptist, TSU-Truman State, UIU-Upper Iowa, WJC-William Jewell, GLVC-Commissioner Jim Naumovich/Supervisor of Football Officials Rich Edwards