Top photos of the year
According to Flickr “favorites” these were my top photos of 2015 (not sports related) from Southern Oregon:
The top two photos were taken on the same day.
Tomorrow I’ll post my top sports-related photos from Southern Oregon.
Ashland Daily Photo - A picture a day from beautiful Ashland, Southern Oregon USA in the Rogue Valley
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White Christmas?
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We will start Christmas with 80+ degree temps in Sayulita, Mexico (where we are now). By the end of the day we’ll be back in Ashland where the temperature will likely be in the 20s, and snow may be on the ground. Today’s photo is from last week just after the prior weekend’s snowfall began to melt at the lower elevations.
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New NAIA Men’s Basketball Rankings
Ben DeSaulnier
Details on the men’s and women’s rankings for SOU can be found here.
I take back my comments from last week about how computer rankings and the coaches’ poll are fairly close. This week they aren’t close at all. Carroll College doesn’t seem to be keeping a history of the computer rankings, but while last week’s were similar, this week’s are not. Sagarin has Corban at #6, Northwest Christian at #7, and SOU at #8. This may seem odd given that SOU just beat Corban and Northwest Christian, but it actually makes sense given how close the games were and the fact that the Raiders were at home.
The coaches have SOU at #10 and Corban and NCU not even in the top 25.
Massey predicts what???
Isiah Carter puts a stop to likely 2015 NAIA Player of the Year Ryan Kasdorf
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @CarterTheGr8_
Those following along have noticed that I’ve been a fan of Massey Ratings. I mean, the results speak for themselves. Massey is 6-0 in the last two rounds of the 2015 NAIA FCS. What about the coaches? The coaches are 2-4. Obviously, Massey does a better job with rankings than the coaches. Let’s hope the NAIA switches its playoff selection and playoff home field choosing to an objective ranking system at some point in the near future.
That said, I don’t know what Massey has been smoking in coming up with its prediction for the championship in Daytona on 12/19/15. Marian by 13.5? Sure, I expected Massey to pick Marian given that Massey has Marian at #1 and SOU barely beat Morningside, but 13.5 points??? I’m guessing that Massey is using the transitive property and computing that since Montana Tech beat SOU, St. Francis beat Montana Tech, and Marian beat St. Francis, then it follows that Marian will easily beat SOU. But one of several plays could have gone differently in the Montana Tech game resulting in an SOU win. In addition, without the turnovers in the Morningside game, the Raiders would have blown out the Mustangs. Massey also isn’t considering last year’s drubbing SOU gave Marian in Daytona. Maybe Massey has “revenge” as a factor in the rankings.
13.5 points though??? SOU has lost by 13.5 points or more exactly one time (more than 2 years ago!) in its last 49 games. One time! And that was to a #3 ranked, six-time national champion Carroll College team on the road.
In any event, if any Marian fans want to place a wager on the game and are willing to give me SOU and 13.5 points, please contact me at your earliest convenience. I predict Massey will go 6-1 for the final three rounds.
P.S. Massey was, once again, correct. Marian won by 17, pretty close to Massey’s prediction.
11 more days…
#11 Kamerun Smith
@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Kammi_LongxLegz
Did you know? Even though Kamerun Smith is now Tanner Trosin’s backup, he is still ranked #21 in the NAIA in pass efficiency. Tanner is #13 in pass efficiency and #2 in rushing yards for QBs. He’d probably be #1 if he hadn’t split time with Kamerun earlier in the season. If Tanner rushes for 114 yards or more in Daytona he will end up #1.
Team of the Week
Joel Spear scored a combined 50 points in SOU’s wins
@SOURaiders @joelspear
The Cascade Collegiate Conference announced today that the Southern Oregon University men’s basketball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for November 30 – December 6.
Details of the victories can be found here and here.
SOU’s next home game (at Ashland High School–a much better venue for photography than old McNeal I might add) will be on 12/30/15.
2015 Volleyball Scholar-Athletes
Tyana Andrews
@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @emmagassy @tyana_dawn
Congratulations to Tyana Andrews and Emma Gasman for being named 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes. In order to be a recipient of the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, the athlete must be a junior or above with at least a 3.5 GPA. Tyana and Emma were key contributors to SOU’s team this year, a team which finished the season with their most wins in 11 years. Details here.
Emma Gasman