Great day with an incredible coaching staff. Thankful for the opportunity, the conversations, and the experience. Appreciate all the support and hospitality. Looking forward to getting back soon! #AGTG 🏈🙏 @coachjfranklin @DannyOBrienQB @Coach_Moyseenko @chrismahon_ @CoachTHowle... pic.twitter.com/E0jaEKhqgd— Anthony Turner 2028 QB (@AnthonyTurn1) June 21, 2026
In the top right of the photo, you see our schedule matrix for the next few years.
It shows appears to show The Citadel as our 2027 opener.
Forums:
DISCLAIMER: Forum topics may not have been written or edited by The Key Play staff.
Comments
I don't mind the "soft open". I prefer to work out the kinks against a manageable opponent rather than a neutral site marque matchup.
I think it throws such a damper on the best weekend of the year. Schedule the damn cupcake week 2 if you must. But I'm here to watch football games between p4 programs.
Until we get the full release from the conference with everyone's entire season schedule, I don't trust any dates on future schedules. (Except for maybe the neutral site ones.)
I hope this isn't true. I want to play big time football games, not cupcakes.
With a 12 team playoff whats the point, you don't have to go undefeated wire to wire anymore.
Play big games sell more expensive tickets make more money.
The point is ND goes to the playoffs if they played citadel instead of A&M. Bad wins are still better than good losses.
Yeah sure but as a fan I want to watch good games every week. Not watch us beat cupcakes and then get gobsmacked in the playoffs e.g. Notre Dame the last 25 years.
Also, if ND beat Miami, they'd have been in the playoffs.
May I present the University of Indiana?
Western Kentucky and North Texas occasionally have pulses, but most of them are limp fish. Some three day old limp fish.
Pathetic slate, I wouldn't pay for season tickets for that garbage if that was VTs home schedule. Play good games. Throw the fans a bone for god sake.
Would you trade playing that schedule for a Natty? Years ago I would have said hell yes, now a days I would really have to think about it. For me college football has lost a bit of its luster and i long for the days of weekly anticipation of a big match. But alas, the regular season has been diluted down to where losing a couple "tough" game doesn't matter in the post season as long as your BRAND is big enough.
if there's a hill I'll die on, it's that they screwed up the playoff from the very start by not requiring a conference championship as a prerequisite for making it into the tournament field. By not doing so, they devalued the regular season. Now the only thing that matters is your brand name. If the committee thinks you deserve to be in, then you're in. Texas. Michigan. Ohio State. Alabama. Georgia. Notre Dame. Doesn't matter what they do on the field.
Can you imagine if you had to be a conference champ to get in the playoff? The SEC hand-wringing would be unbelieveable.
Indiana's Big Ten schedule? Yes, definitely.
I would trade any schedule for a natty, as would 99% of Hokie fans.
This sport hasnt been about the fans for 40+ years if ever.
I saw a Twitter thread where Wisconsin fans were complaining about not going to Blacksburg and instead having to go to Charlotte. I really thought that's what this thread was about.
It's very difficult these days to even realize you're creating a click bait headline. :D
They have a point. Too bad Duke's Mayo Classic is paying us a mid 7 figure amount to give up the home game. Money also then doesnt flow to all the businesses in and around Blacksburg that benefit from home games.
I feel like I'd be okay with opening with Citadel or a Liberty level team that's not Liberty but having both and one being Liberty is bad.
No. We should not be playing the Citadel anytime, period.
Can't get that SEC invite unless you schedule like an SEC team!
Yeah, I guess I'm just not used to Big Dog status and all that kinda stuff that goes with it. I got some larnin' to do, obviously.
Then we need to schedule the Citadel mid to late season.