Last Thursday I had the chance to attend UND's first D1 football game and whew, was it fun :) I've been to lots of UND football games in the past but this game just had an extra bit of sparkle to it. There was a record-size crowd and the fans were really into the game, which makes a great environment to photograph.  
 
After shooting sporting events like football, hockey, basketball, tennis, etc, for the UND student newspaper and for the UND Athletics Department, I can confidently say that I enjoy photographing the fans and general details of sports more than the action of it. I have the utmost respect for sports shooters because getting those amazing action shots that you see in Sports Illustrated and EPSN are so, so hard.  
 
Here are some of my favorites from tailgating and the game. There will be a full gallery from the game of Kory's photos. I'll post the link to it when it goes up :)  
 
Tailgating is fun ::

And then the game started ::

Fans cheered ::

Players ran ::

UND scored ::

Then it was over ::