David Olano Joins Game Day Private Jets’ Athlete Ambassador Roster
June 16, 2026 [Houston, TX] — Game Day Private Jets (“Game Day”), the private travel platform built for college athletics, today announced David Olano as the second student-athlete added to the Game Day Athletes roster. Olano, a Texas A&M football student-athlete and former Illinois kicker, joins Game Day as an Athlete Ambassador and will help promote the company’s growing platform of private travel memberships, by-the-seat Game Day Shuttle opportunities, and the Game Day Impact Jet Card. The partnership continues Game Day’s broader strategy of connecting fans, donors, alumni, families, and student-athletes through premium game day travel experiences. GAME DAY ATHLETES: BUILT AROUND THE EXPERIENCE The Game Day Athletes platform is designed to create meaningful NIL opportunities through storytelling, content, fan engagement, and real-world travel experiences tied to college sports. As a Game Day Athlete Ambassador, Olano will participate in social media content, fan-facing campaigns, membership promotion, shuttle awareness, and select Game Day activations built around the 2026 college football season. “Game day is what makes college football special,” said Olano. “The energy, the travel, the fans, the moments before and after the game — it all matters. I’m excited to be kicking it with Game Day Private Jets and helping show fans that there are new ways to get to games, connect with their community, and be part of something bigger.” SPOTLIGHT: DAVID OLANO Olano has built his reputation through consistency, preparation, and performance in pressure moments. A two-time All-Big Ten honoree and Academic All-Big Ten selection, Olano connected on 20 of 23 field goal attempts and all 44 extra points during the 2025 season, while also delivering a walk-off, game-winning field goal in a bowl victory. Beyond the numbers, Olano represents the type of student-athlete Game Day is building around — disciplined, focused, academically committed, and positioned to connect authentically with fans in the modern NIL landscape. “David is exactly the kind of athlete we want representing Game Day,” said Luis Garcia, Founder & CEO of Game Day Private Jets. “He is prepared, reliable, and understands what it means to show up when it matters. That fits our platform perfectly. We are not just looking for athletes with visibility; we are building around student-athletes who can help tell a bigger story about travel, access, family, and the college game day experience.” “KICKING IT WITH GAME DAY” As part of the partnership, Olano will help lead the “Kicking It With Game Day” campaign — a content and fan engagement initiative focused on making premium game day travel feel more accessible, more social, and more connected to the college athletics community. The campaign will highlight three core Game Day opportunities: Game Day Memberships Fans, alumni, and donors can join the Game Day platform to connect with other supporters, request private charters, propose shared flights, and access preferred opportunities around home and away games. Game Day Shuttles Game Day is building by-the-seat, same-day private travel experiences that allow fans to fly to major games and return home the same day — avoiding commercial travel headaches, hotel compression, rental cars, and full-weekend travel friction. Game Day Impact Jet Card The Game Day Impact Jet Card gives donors, fans, and businesses a private travel solution that also creates measurable impact for college athletics through NIL-focused allocations, ongoing flight impact contributions, and school-aligned opportunities. “David gives us a great voice to tell the story in a fun, approachable way,” Garcia added. “When fans can organize by school, share aircraft, access by-the-seat opportunities, and connect travel activity to NIL impact, private aviation becomes more relevant to the modern college sports audience.” REDEFINING GAME DAY TRAVEL Game Day Private Jets was built to solve one of the biggest friction points in college sports: getting to and from games. Many of the most passionate college football environments are located in markets where commercial flights are limited, hotels are expensive or unavailable, and weekend logistics create unnecessary barriers for fans, alumni, donors, and families. Game Day’s platform is designed to make private aviation more practical by organizing demand around school communities and specific game schedules. Through the platform, users can create a free account, connect with school-specific travel communities, request private charters, explore shared flight opportunities, and access by-the-seat Game Day Shuttle experiences for select games. At the center of the model is Same Day Game Day XP — the ability to fly private to a game, arrive close to kickoff, and return home the same day. Select shuttle opportunities are expected to start from approximately $1,250 per person, creating a premium travel option that may reduce the need for hotels, rental cars, and extended weekend travel. UNITED ATHLETE SPORTS The partnership with Olano was facilitated by United Athlete Sports. “Game Day is innovating in a space that makes perfect sense — travel, fan engagement, and NIL,” said Beau Thompson of United Athlete Sports. “We see how hard student-athletes like David work, and we also see how difficult it can be for families and fans to get to games in College Station and across the SEC. This platform creates real value, and we’re excited for David to be part of it.” THE GAME DAY IMPACT JET CARD Olano will also help create awareness for the Game Day Impact Jet Card, a private travel program designed for donors, fans, businesses, and supporters who want their travel dollars to go further. The Impact Jet Card is available in $100,000, $250,000, and $500,000 tiers, with a portion allocated toward school-aligned impact and NIL opportunities. Cardholders receive access to Game Day FlexFunds for private charters, Game Day Shuttles, shared flights, and curated travel experiences. Unlike traditional fixed-rate jet cards, the Game Day Impact Jet Card is built around dynamic charter pricing, aircraft optionality, and curated game day travel planning — allowing members to access aircraft based on the mission, group size, routing, and schedule. The structure is designed to give buyers more flexibility while creating a new channel of support for student-athletes and college athletics. ABOUT GAME DAY PRIVATE JETS Game Day
Texas One Partners with Game Day Private Jets to Expand Member Benefits and Student-Athlete Support Through REVUP Platform
Partnership brings premium private aviation access, member engagement, and new revenue opportunities to the Texas One community AUSTIN, Texas — [June 15th, 2026] — As Texas Athletics continues its momentum on the national stage — including Texas Softball capturing the Women’s CWS national championship and Texas Men’s Baseball advancing to the College World Series — Texas One today announced a new partnership with Game Day Private Jets to provide Texas One members and Longhorn supporters access to the company’s REVUP platform and generate new external revenue for its student- athletes. The partnership reflects Texas One’s continued commitment to supporting Texas student-athletes while creating meaningful engagement opportunities for its members, donors, fans, and loyal supporters. Through REVUP, Texas One members will gain access to a premium private aviation platform built specifically around college sports travel, donor engagement, and external revenue generation. The partnership also marks the second school-aligned organization to enroll in the Game Day REVUP platform, further validating a new category at the intersection of college athletics, NIL support, fan travel, and premium donor experiences. “At Texas One, we are always looking for innovative ways to create value for our members while continuing to support Texas student-athletes,” said Britt Peterson, Co-Founder of Texas One. “Game Day Private Jets brings a unique platform that combines premium travel access, member engagement, and meaningful support for the Texas Athletics community. We are excited to introduce this opportunity to our members and supporters.” REVUP was created to help athletics-aligned organizations activate their member and donor communities through private aviation memberships, preferred charter access, shared flight opportunities, and game-day travel experiences. The platform is designed to create new external revenue opportunities through memberships, charters, and by-the-seat shuttle programs, while providing fans and supporters with a more organized and premium way to travel around the teams and events they care about most. “We built Game Day Private Jets specifically for college sports fans, donor communities, and the new era of NIL,” said Luis Garcia, Founder of Game Day Private Jets. “Texas One understood the vision — that private aviation can be more than a luxury travel product. It can be a platform for engagement, access, and impact. This partnership is another important step in proving that Game Day is defining a very specific lane in college athletics, and REVUP is the platform built to serve it.” For Texas One members, the partnership will create access to Game Day Private Jets’ premium travel ecosystem, including private charter opportunities, member-based travel benefits, and select by-the- seat Game Day Shuttle options for the 2026–2027 season. “This partnership is about making premium travel more organized, more accessible, and more connected to the college athletics experience,” said Ross Flurry, Vice President of Development at Game Day Private Jets. “Texas One has built an impressive community around supporting student-athletes and engaging Longhorn supporters. REVUP gives that community another way to participate, travel, and create impact.” Game Day Private Jets’ REVUP platform is built around three primary channels: annual memberships, private charter bookings, and by-the-seat Game Day Shuttles. Participating organizations can use the platform to engage supporters around rivalry games, road games, donor events, postseason moments, and other major athletics experiences. Game Day’s by-the-seat shuttle platform is expected to launch for the 2026–2027 season, giving members the ability to book individual seats on pre-set game schedules starting as low as $1,250 per person. Shuttle inventory is expected to become available for purchase later in June. “This is a natural fit for the Texas One community,” Garcia added. “Our goal is to help members travel better, connect deeper, and support the student-athletes and programs they care about in a more intentional way.” About Texas One Texas One supports Texas student-athletes and creates opportunities for members, fans, and partners to connect with Texas Athletics through exclusive memberships, experiences, products, events, and brand collaborations. Texas One is focused on celebrating Longhorn excellence while providing meaningful ways for supporters to engage with the athletes, teams, and traditions that define Texas. About Game Day Private Jets Game Day Private Jets is a first-of-its-kind private aviation membership platform built around college athletics, NIL support, fan travel, donor engagement, and premium game-day experiences. Through memberships, private charters, shared flight opportunities, and by-the-seat Game Day Shuttles, Game Day Private Jets helps fans, alumni, donors, and businesses access private aviation in a more organized, community-driven, and athletics-aligned way. Media Contact Texas One Charity Grady charity@texasonefan.com www.texasonefan.com Game Day Private Jets support@flygameday.com www.FlyGameDay.com
Oklahoma vs. Michigan in Ann Arbor: The Ultimate Private Travel Guide for a Blue-Blood College Football Weekend
On Saturday, September 12, 2026, Oklahoma travels to Ann Arbor to face Michigan at Michigan Stadium in one of the biggest non-conference games of the 2026 college football season. The game is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX, giving fans a classic Big Noon Saturday stage at the Big House. This is not just another intersectional matchup. This is Oklahoma vs. Michigan. Two of the winningest brands in college football. The Sooners from the SEC. The Wolverines from the Big Ten. Norman energy meets Ann Arbor tradition. Crimson and cream against maize and blue. A national television window. A packed Big House. A game that feels like it belongs in September but carries the weight of January. For fans, donors, alumni, and business groups, this is exactly the kind of weekend where the game is only part of the experience. The other part is getting there without letting the travel system take over the trip. Why College Football Travel Is Different College football travel is not like flying to a pro sports game in a major city. A lot of the best college football weekends happen in markets where demand overwhelms normal travel infrastructure. Ann Arbor is one of the most iconic college towns in America, but it is not built like Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, or New York. When Michigan hosts a major game, especially a national brand like Oklahoma, everything tightens at once: commercial flights, hotel inventory, rental cars, restaurant reservations, campus parking, tailgate access, and postgame transportation. For Oklahoma fans, the trip can be complicated. Commercial travelers may look at Detroit, Chicago, Grand Rapids, or even Toledo depending on pricing and availability. From there, they still have to solve rental cars, hotels, traffic, and game-day movement into Ann Arbor. For Michigan fans, the issue is different but familiar. Alumni and donors travel in from Chicago, New York, Florida, Texas, California, and across the Midwest. A noon kickoff creates a compressed schedule. Fans either arrive Friday, stay near Ann Arbor or Detroit, and fight the Saturday morning rush — or they fly private and build the trip around their own timing. That is where private aviation makes sense. A family, donor group, alumni crew, or corporate group can fly together, control the schedule, avoid commercial connections, skip the rental car scramble, and turn the weekend into a curated experience instead of a logistics project. Ann Arbor: One of College Football’s Great Host Towns Ann Arbor is a true college football town. It has the restaurants, campus energy, walkable neighborhoods, alumni culture, and stadium atmosphere that make college football feel different from every other sport. The Big House is the anchor, but the entire town becomes part of game day. For Oklahoma fans, this is a destination road trip. For Michigan fans, it is one of those home games that feels bigger than the schedule line. For neutral fans, it is a chance to experience one of the most famous venues in American sports. The best Ann Arbor weekends are simple: get in early, build the trip around campus, have one strong dinner, lock in transportation, and leave enough time to soak in the walk to Michigan Stadium. With a noon kickoff, the planning matters even more. Pregame happens early. Tailgates start early. Traffic builds early. Commercial travelers have limited margin for error. Private travelers have more control. Team Expectations: Oklahoma Oklahoma enters 2026 with real momentum under Brent Venables. The Sooners are in their SEC era now, and the standard is no longer just winning games — it is proving they can compete physically and consistently in the deepest league in the sport. Oklahoma’s official 2026 schedule includes a demanding road slate, with the Michigan trip followed later by SEC road games including Georgia, Mississippi State, Florida, and Missouri. The player to watch is quarterback John Mateer. Oklahoma’s 2026 outlook is closely tied to whether Mateer can become a more consistent version of the high-end talent he has already flashed. Recent coverage has framed him as one of the Sooners’ biggest swing factors entering the season, with the upside to lead Oklahoma back into the national conversation if he cuts down on mistakes and plays with more week-to-week efficiency. For Oklahoma, this game is about identity. A win in Ann Arbor would immediately validate the Sooners as a national contender and show that the program can go on the road, into a massive Big Ten environment, and win with physicality. The question is whether Oklahoma can handle the Big House early. A noon kickoff can flatten emotion for some teams, but in Ann Arbor, the building still matters. If the Sooners start fast, they can take the crowd out of the game. If they fall behind early, the atmosphere can become heavy. Team Expectations: Michigan Michigan enters 2026 with major intrigue. The Wolverines are still one of the sport’s biggest brands, but the program is also in a defining stretch. Several post-spring rankings and outlooks have Michigan positioned as a potential playoff contender, with much of the conversation tied to quarterback Bryce Underwood and how quickly he develops into the centerpiece of the offense. The Wolverines’ formula is familiar: physical football, strong line play, disciplined defense, and a home-field environment that can make even elite opponents uncomfortable. But 2026 is also about proving Michigan can move forward from recent turbulence and reestablish itself as a consistent national championship threat. For Michigan, Oklahoma is the kind of game that defines perception early. Beat the Sooners at home, and the Wolverines immediately look like a serious Big Ten and playoff threat. Lose at home in Week 2, and the pressure ramps up before conference play even gets fully underway. The player to watch is Bryce Underwood. His ceiling is enormous, and this is the kind of game where a young quarterback can turn potential into national belief. Oklahoma’s defense will try to make him uncomfortable. Michigan’s job is to keep him clean, stay balanced, and avoid asking him to