"Earmarked as a masterpiece, but it doesn't fully deliver on its promise."

Saturday was "The Game," the big rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.

 Compared to the CMU game, the sidelines were packed full of the band, cheerleaders, other people and a countless other shooters.

 The atmosphere was intense. Loud. Colorful.

 The action was consistent and fast.

 The athleticism is was superb.

 The light was nice (for most of it.)

 There were hurdles and hard hits.

 And also a fight!

 But I'm not going to go on and on about it.

 It was fun to shoot.

 So here's an overload of images.

"He just wants to live, and is willing to don an exoskeletal combat suit and fight robots to do so."

Growing up, my Dad would always tell us about the days of Bo Schembechler. I was, and am, a Michigan fan. I grew up in the Lloyd Carr era. I remember watching Charles Woodson's amazing interception against Michigan State, and the string of quality quarterbacks including Tom Brady. I had never made it to The Big House, so when Central Michigan opened their season there Neil and I figured, what better time to see and shoot a Michigan game?

To see The Big House in person was awesome. What I'm most looking forward to is at the end of the season when we return to cover the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry match, or known simply to many as "The Game."

The other Green and White

Eastern defeated Central 35-28. This is the second year in a row that Central has rallied and tied the game up late in the fourth, only to lose in the last minute on a big play. Bummer.

Home games are nice...

Because I get to walk to the stadium.





He hit the ground hard. Enough to where he was knocked out for a couple seconds.

CMU v. MSU

2009's game was incredibly exciting. This game wasn't. However, I got to shoot it with my good friend Neil, and some cool State News kids, Lauren Wood and Matt Radick.







All in all, it was a fun day, even if CMU lost 45-7.


(neil blake photo)

Central/Western

Boring game was boring. Clean sports photos are boring?

Football Season is here

Don't worry, though. I'll be shooting stuff other than football too. Thankfully.











It was good to see the guys again on the sidelines. But, wow, that game was boring...