Chase Cole

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Kevin Blueford and Devvon Gage

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: chase cole, devvon gage, dom giampaoli, football, isaac hurd, kevin blueford, Marcus Montano, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on 3 days to go so 3 new photos

Michael Roots

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Matt Boudreaux

Josiah Maglente-Tonu with the pick six

Posted on November 21st, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: devvon gage, football, josh cline, josiah maglente-tonu, matt boudreaux, michael roots, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sean rogers, sports photography. Comments Off on 4 days to go so 4 new photos

SOU football vs Montana Tech

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11 a.m. PST You can watch on multiple screens at Oaktree in Ashland or Mr. Smith’s in Medford.

Posted on November 11th, 2017 under people. Tags: armando gauger, devvon gage, football, grizzly peak, nathan torres-walker, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Gameday!

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As predicted yesterday, the Raiders didn’t move in today’s poll.

Posted on October 16th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: dane skriloff, devvon gage, football, isiah carter, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, rey vega. Comments Off on From 7… to 7

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EOU beat Western Montana today. Not much changed with Massey Ratings as SOU stayed put at #5. Massey was more impressed with Morningside’s win than Montana Tech’s victory over lowly Montana Northern so Montana Tech slid to #4 according to Massey.

Just a point of clarification… Several people said last week after this post that Massey doesn’t mean anything. It is true that Massey doesn’t mean anything in terms of who goes to the postseason or who gets home games in the postseason, but Massey means much more than the coaches’ poll in terms of predicting who will win games as I’ve documented many times over the years.

So what rankings do count? The extremely biased and inaccurate coaches’ poll is the only one that counts in the NAIA’s eyes. The first one comes out tomorrow (Monday, September 11). Based on what the coaches normally do, I believe Montana Tech will end up #5, Eastern Oregon will be ranked somewhere between #11 and #15, SOU will be somewhere between #14 and #18, and Western Montana will drop to somewhere around #20 or #21.

The Raiders will travel to Western Montana for next Saturday’s game. Massey has Southern Oregon as a 3-point favorite.

Update: How did I do?

Posted on September 10th, 2017 under people. Tags: armando gauger, devvon gage, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sam woods, sports photography, tre holmes. Comments: 1

Marcus Montano

#21 Keegan Lawrence

#11 Isiah Carter

Julius Rucker

#12 Devvon Gage

Christmas Aumua

Louis Desprez

#72 Tylor King

Matt Retzlaff

Posted on November 23rd, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: christmas aumua, colin davis, devvon gage, football, isiah carter, jacob proul, julius rucker, keegan lawrence, louis desprez, Marcus Montano, Matt Retzlaff, Raider Athletics, sports photography, tylor king. Comments Off on Nine Raiders named to All-Conference Team

Devvon Gage leads the Frontier Conference with 71 tackles

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I’m on the road to Idaho today. The Raiders take on College of Idaho in the first of many must-win games tomorrow. Details here.

Posted on October 21st, 2016 under people. Tags: devvon gage, football, keegan lawrence, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Idaho or bust

Armando Gauger, Julius Rucker, Isiah Carter, and Devvon Gage

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As predicted back on Saturday, the Raiders moved up three spots in the new NAIA Coaches’ Poll.

Looking at the eight teams ahead of the Raiders, here is some more fortune telling:
#1 Marian has only one challenging game on their schedule. They play at #3 Saint Francis a week from Saturday. If they win that game, they will almost certainly run the table.
#2 Morningside plays an NCAA DII school this Saturday. Morningside will probably lose, but they likely won’t drop more than a couple spots in the poll. After that, their only decent opponent is #5 Doane on Oct. 8.
#3 Saint Francis has an easy schedule other than Marian. It may take a huge upset by Davenport on November 5 in order for SOU to ever pass them in the coaches’ poll.
#4 Baker already got past their only competition (Grand View in week 1).
#5 Doane will likely lose at Morningside. Other than that, they may not lose despite not being in Massey’s top ten.
#6 Reinhardt has to get by Lindsey Wilson and Faulkner on the road. They will likely lose at least one of those games, if not both.
#7 Lindsey Wilson has Reinhardt in addition to games at Faulkner and Campbellsville. They should lose one, if not two, of those.
#8 Grand View got crushed by Baker, but they have an easy schedule other than that Baker game. If the Raiders and Grand View win out, it will be unfair for the coaches to give Grand View a higher ranking simply because SOU got beat by an NCAA DI team, especially considering the difficulty of SOU’s schedule vs. Grand View’s.
#9 SOU has six or seven more tough games (out of just eight) after starting the season against three strong teams.

In summary, even if the Raiders win out and finish 9-2, I think they will only end up at #5 or possibly #6. The system really isn’t fair if that happens. Punishing the prior year runner up for a narrow first game road loss and defeat at the hands of an NCAA DI team on the road in favor of teams with easy schedules and (probably eventually) only one loss makes no sense. The bad news for Southern Oregon is a #5 finish likely means only one home playoff game (again!). The good news is SOU will be better prepared, compared to teams with weaker schedules, for the playoffs (again!).

Posted on September 19th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: armando gauger, devvon gage, football, isiah carter, julius rucker, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders #9 in new coaches’ poll