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Michigan Football vs ECU 2023 (Patrick Barron)

Michigan Football vs ECU 2023 (Bryan Fuller)

EDITOR'S NOTE - I am breaking in a new laptop that has been crashing a lot lately so I'm still finishing my photos. Keep checking back to see new photos in my album over the next 24 hours! -Patrick

Hello and welcome to another season of MGoPhotos of the Game! For those of you not in attendance who refused to pay a subscription fee to a service named after a free-roam zoo animal, or for those of you who just like… even just tried to use Peacock and missed a good chunk of the game, we’ve got your sideline footage covered with over 300 photos!

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I'll be honest, by the 4th quarter I was somehow able to get enough press WiFi and cell service to stream the Colorado vs TCU game on my phone and spent a good bit of time during media timeouts watching it. I'm sure many of you wish you could have done the same at a game that spiritually ended an hour sooner.

This was not exactly the most exciting game. The next couple of games are, well, not projected to be “exciting” games. At least more of you will have it on a real tv channel. But game one is still game one and many of us were going feral for the return of college football. That first time Blake Corum touched the ball again was special (now let's never speak of it again). JJ and Donovan and Kris and Mike[s] were all there. Jesse Minter has never lost a football game as a head coach.

There were a few special things of note worth photographing. For one, the new scoreboards. They’re big. Really big.

There are some opinions about these that will be more elaborately talked about in the podcast.

With Harbaugh's suspension, players came off the bus swinging.

AND THE RETURN OF THE BESTEST BOY. HIS NAME IS VICTOR. HIS JOB IS JUST... FRISBEE.

Huh? Oh yeah. The football part. That happened, and we got to see our guy shine.
 

Mike Sainristil led the 2023 Michigan Wolverines out of the tunnel and proceeded to catch the first interception of the season.

Is there a lot for the team to clean up? Sure.
Could this game have gone even better for Michigan? Sure.
Was it a lovely Saturday regardless? You bet.

Not everyone in the Big Ten could say that this weekend.

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If you'd like to support us, one of the simplest things you can do is follow us on social media (links just below) where we post way more photos than here. In the offseason I also do a LOT of wildlife/national park photography. While we're not allowed to sell any of our sports photos per our credential agreement (sorry to anyone who reached out asking about one), I sell prints from my adventures which I sell on FineArtAmerica. You can buy prints (or just look at some pretty pictures) here: Patrick Barron Art Collections Or if you'd like, you can simply support me by buying me a coffee!

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Patrick Barron:
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Bryan Fuller
Twitter: @FullOfTwitt
Instagram: @BryanFullerPhotography

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Next week - we go from pirates to rebels. Are those things mutually exclusive?