Bryan Fuller and I both sat this game out for some family time, David Wilcomes picked up the mantle this weekend. Full Album Link: Michigan Football vs Bowling Green 2023 (David Wilcomes) I pointed out yesterday that this weekend was probably the least enthusiastic I've felt for a football Saturday (at least in the Harbaugh era), but that this feeling was still, you know, fine. I tailgated for eight hours, drank some cheap champagne while watching some noon games on my phone, saw a bunch of friends. It was delightful. The game was frustrating but fine. I watched the end of the Rocky Mountain showdown on the floor of the Detroit airport at 1:30 in the morning. I think a lot of us are burned out from two straight years of non-meaningful non-conference schedules. But much like a pizza (and some other unnamed metaphors), even when it's not that good, it's still pretty good. If there's ever something we'll remember this game for, though, it was the stadium lights.
Full Album Links: Michigan Football vs UNLV 2023 (Patrick Barron) Michigan Football vs UNLV 2023 (Bryan Fuller) By now you've seen the smiley faces everywhere that JJ McCarthy has branded, the reminder to just go out there, have fun, and smile more. It was a beautiful little gesture that took a seven year old to remind us. A friend that I tailgate with brings an extra sharpie just in case anyone would like to draw their own smiley face for the game. After all, it's just sports, right? At the UNLV game, for JJ, it was about more than just sports. Rest in Peace, Ryan Keeler [Patrick Barron]Yesterday, JJ McCarthy replaced his signature smiley face with something more powerful, the number 47 to honor his childhood friend, Ryan Keeler. Ryan died of arrhythmia this past February at the age of 20. JJ and Ryan played football in high school together and Ryan would go on to commit to Rutgers and eventually transfer to UNLV for the 2023 season. Saturday was supposed to be a fun reuni
Full Album Link: 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! Please watch three minutes of ads to continue reading. Huh? Oh, sorry. This game conditioned me. 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
Hello. You have reached the end. This year's season preview is 58,430 words. Thanks to Alex and Seth for picking up positional posts and the ECU preview; thanks to Bryan Fuller and Patrick Barron for providing the lion's share of photos in these posts; thanks to you for reading. The Stepped Upon Preview: East Carolina. Hyarrrrr.
Many people frame the rise of BRICS as a battle between East and West, but economist Patrick Barron said it’s more fundamental than that. It’s actually a war between diametrically opposed economic ideas.