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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