Good morning, Tech Fam. We can’t wait for this fall at Lane Stadium!

What else are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies?

🏈 100 Days Away
🗓️ Lock ‘Em In
🎽 The Oregon Trail
🦃 And much, much more!

🔼 100 Days Away. There’s nothing like Game Day at Lane Stadium and we are now just 100 days away kickoff of the much anticipated 2026 Virginia Tech Football Season.

Under the leadership of first-year head coach James Franklin and his staff, the Hokies are primed for a big time fall, starting with a Saturday, Sept. 5 in-state battle with VMI.

🏈 The Full 2026 Tech Football Schedule

🔼 Lock ‘Em In. Pull out your iPhones, it’s time to lock in some dates and times on that fall calendar.

On Wednesday, the ACC and ESPN announced kickoff times and television designations for five games during the 2026 season, including four night games for the Hokies.

Tech will kickoff the season at 7:30 pm ET on the ACC Network against VMI. It will be the first meeting between the two schools since 1984. Fans wanting to experience the magic of Lane Stadium under the lights are encouraged to secure their seats quickly.

🏈 More On The Game Times For This Fall

🔼 Set In Stone. Go behind the scenes of Virginia Tech Football in this in-depth feature series that takes you inside the work that the Hokies are doing in anticipation for the upcoming season.

A five-part series takes you inside the meeting rooms, weight rooms, film studies and so much more.

🎥 Set In Stone: Episode 1
🎥 Set In Stone: Episode 2
🎥 Set In Stone: Episode 3
🎥 Set In Stone: Episode 4
🎥 Set In Stone: Episode 5

🔼 The Oregon Trail. The first tickets to the NCAA Championships were punched for the Virginia Tech track & field squad.

On Wednesday night at the NCAA Regional meet in Lexington, Ky., Maddox Hamm and Conner McClure both secured their spots at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. in a few weeks.

Both pole vaulters cleared 5.45m and were among the top-12 athletes in the event to earn their spot at the NCAA Championships.

More Hokies hit the track today looking to add more tickets to the mix.

🔢 The Live Results

🔼 Don’t Miss It. We’ve got another date for y’all to lock in.

Virginia Tech basketball fans will get an exclusive early shot at securing their seats for the 2026-27 season. Hokie Club donors (as of March 1, 2026) will receive first access beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 10 a.m., followed by digital subscribers at 2 p.m., before men’s basketball ticket memberships and women’s basketball season tickets become available to the general public on Thursday, June 4.

Fans can unlock presale access by downloading the HokieSports mobile app and creating a profile to become a digital subscriber.  

🏀 More On The Early Access Opportunity

🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

This September marks the 80th meeting between Virginia Tech and VMI, but the first since 1984.

How many of those meetings have been at Lane Stadium?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom and find out!

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

*all times are ET*

Thursday, May 28
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals (Lexington, Ky.)

Friday, May 29
⚾️ Baseball vs. Cal Poly (Los Angeles, Calif.) @ 8pm | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals (Lexington, Ky.)

Saturday, May 30
⚾️ Baseball vs. UCLA/Saint Mary's (Los Angeles, Calif.) @ TBA | Listen | Live Stats
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals (Lexington, Ky.)

Sunday, May 31
👟 Track & Field at NCAA East Regionals (Lexington, Ky.)

🟠 Click here to see the full Virginia Tech Athletics Calendar

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Only seven

The game was played annually on Thanksgiving from 1913-1971 in Roanoke (except 1941 when it was played in Lynchburg).

🦃 Have a great one, y’all!