Eric Upchurch

Husband. Dad. Coach. Occasional Sports Photographer.

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@MichiganPodcast 42-3 good guys

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@gardens8 LARRY!

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Facts 😂😭

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McLaughlin should probably avoid Michigan teams at all cost at this point….

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Lions announced they waived C Seth McLaughlin and RB Jabari Small.

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Awesome stuff from my man Patrick Barron!

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As we approach football season, I have a challenge for anyone traveling! My photo is on a Frontier plane! If you see it, please take a picture and tag me in it! I would love to see where it is and who can find it.

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@BuckeyeNatty The problem is that if you say they’ll be better than last year, the internet hears that as 15-0 winning every game 65-0 and no response in between.

[Bruce Feldman @BruceFeldmanCFB]

“I could see (Whittingham) with some of those Michigan guys with the Utah culture make them really good, really fast. They have an identity, and it’s the type of identity that they’ve wanted there.”
Michigan topped our coaches survey as the biggest sleeper in the country.

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A "seasoned team" that is the second youngest in the Big Ten. #31 Nationally in returning production. Also the toughest schedule in the country and probably the toughest one I've seen them have in a long time. Before the OSU fans jump in my mentions, OSU is a very, very good team, but Brian Kelly is just throwing out random media phrases.

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"I'm putting my stock on Ohio State."

@CoachBrianKelly picks the Buckeyes to win it all.

#ICF

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@Metaleka_ @JoshPateCFB @UMichFootball @WMU_Football Michigan covers easily. 42-7 ish.

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There are 3 days until Michigan Football.

@QuinnNordin - K - 2016-2020

• 246 career points - 12th Michigan History
• 42 made field goals - 6th Michigan History
• 14 FGs from 40+ yards - 2nd Michigan History
• 4 FGs from 50+ yards - 2nd Michigan History
• 57-yard career long - 2nd Michigan History
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
• Lou Groza Award semifinalist

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@BlueBarronPhoto

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@Metaleka_ @UMichFootball I think 38 is way too low.

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When I first started photographing Michigan Football in 2011, I'm pretty sure I was one of, if not, the first blog photographers to get credentialed. I can tell you that it was not well received from the traditional media. It took several years to get an assigned seat in the photo room. I know that most of it was they felt their profession was being cheapened. I didn't fight that or have a problem with it. I just showed up every week and I made friends with many of them. I saw it as paying my dues. I also knew I wasn't in the top 20 photographers in that room. Still, the media relations department at U of M always treated me well. After a while they realized that I wasn't there to take anyone's job. Professionalism is also key. You can't be out there being a fan on the sideline when you're covering a game.

That being said, there needs to be some sort of criteria to prevent a free for all. This is not the same thing.

[Adam White @FOSAdam]

High school sport events are increasingly populated with a new class of “private content creators,” often hired by players or their parents via casual, modest-sum agreements.

Inside the rise of the “pajama paparazzi”.

@EllynBriggs with the story

https://t.co/oyB66PFVyO

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@TiedsYT @A_M_D_16 I would agree. He's a very good college player.

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@KomalWCode

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I honestly can't stand it when the writers just take the O/U for a game and the spread and use that as their prediction for the games. It's so lazy.