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Jonathan Morales
@SOURaiders
The Cascade Collegiate Conference chose the Raiders as their team of the week for 2-0 and 4-0 victories this past week. Southern Oregon will open CCC play this week in Portland and Walla Walla. They will return to Ashland to play a couple of home games on the 23rd and 24th, just before fall term begins on the 26th.
Jason Shelley with the touchdown catch that was ruled out of bounds
@jasonshelley_ @SOURaiders @SOU_Football
At first glance, yesterday’s game looks like a bit of a blowout with a final score of 52-35. It remains to be seen if the NAIA coaches will punish the Raiders for losing to an NCAA D1 school when the new poll comes out on Monday. They probably will as strength of schedule isn’t something they seem to look at much. Don’t be surprised if they have Doane and maybe even Kansas Wesleyan ahead of SOU even though Massey Ratings has Doane at #17 and Kansas Wesleyan (who the Raiders beat 52-8 in the playoffs last year) at #50.
However, before saying UC Davis dominated SOU, let’s look a little closer at the stats. The Raiders actually gained more yards than UC Davis (653 to 617). Ignoring the interception on the “Hail Mary” at the end of the game, had the turnover differential been zero instead of -4, the Raiders probably would have won the game.
Even with the horrible turnover differential, had three plays been different (two blown calls by the officials and one mental error that turned into a very costly penalty) the final score may have been 42-38 in favor of SOU.
The first was in the second quarter with about 7 and a half minutes on the clock. The refs gave UC Davis a touchdown on a pass that was fairly clearly out of bounds. You can watch a replay of the game, BTW, here.
The second was on a third and long, the UC Davis quarterback threw a pass out of bounds. A late hit resulted in a UC Davis first down (instead of UC Davis being forced to punt on fourth and long) that turned into a touchdown for the Aggies. That TD would not have happened without the penalty against SOU.
The third was in the 3rd quarter with about 10 and a half minutes on the clock. A pass to Jason Shelley was caught in the back of the end zone. He got one foot down, which is all you need in college, and he didn’t bobble the ball at all. I have a series of photos showing this (one pictured above). You can also see it on the video. The official did not give the Raiders the earned touchdown, and SOU subsequently failed to score on the drive.
Rey Vega dives for a touchdown vs. UC Davis
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Details of yesterday’s game can be found here.
The Raiders’ schedule was not ideal, drawing Eastern on the road to start the season and then an NCAA D1 school on the road for game two. However, if the team can learn from their mistakes in the first two weeks of the young season, things can get much better going forward.
Southern Oregon will play at home in week three against a tough 2-1 team. Massey has Montana Western and SOU neck and neck in the rankings. If the Raiders can win games three and four then I think a 9-2 regular season is not out of the question as their schedule will soften a bit after week four.
Massey Ratings (computer rankings for NAIA football)
Details here.
Even after last week’s loss at Eastern Oregon University, Massey has SOU at #3 in the NAIA rankings (EOU moved up to #6). Massey picks Davis (an NCAA D1 institution) by 14.
Don’t forget to catch the home opener at Ashland High School tonight at 7.
Windmill of Corpses @ Base Kamp Awesome (August 2014)
Today’s Flashback Friday Foto features a band (no longer in existence) playing in the woods on the fringes of Ashland a couple summers ago. Good times.
Details here.
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Mountain Ave. Gym is the Ashland High School Gym. The future SOU gym is under construction.
Erik Shirai, filmmaker of “The Birth of Sake“, answering questions after the AIFF screening
@ashlandfilm #AIFF2016 @BirthofSake #TheBirthofSakePBS
One of my favorite films from the 2016 Ashland Independent Film Festival is showing on PBS over the next few days. See the trailer and check your local listings here.
The SOPTV times are:
Sept. 7, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 8, 2016 at 5:30 a.m.
Sept. 8, 2016 at 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 10, 2016 at 9 a.m.
Fret Drifters @ Britt
@brittfestivals @NickGPMusic #thefretdrifters
Just got back from three days of Dave Matthews. Before that, there was this show at Britt. More pics of Andy, Nick, Pat, and Neil coming soon.