3 days…
#3 Zach Davis
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Ashland Daily Photo - A picture a day from beautiful Ashland, Southern Oregon USA in the Rogue Valley
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4 days…
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Round-trip ticket…
NAIA football championship trophy (Daytona, Florida – December 2014)
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…for this piece of hardware which is going on the plane to Daytona today.
5 days…
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6 days…
#6 Karrington Jones
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6’2″ Jones guarding 6’4″ Krishawn Hogan this Saturday should make for an interesting matchup. Hogan is, by far, the Knights leading receiver. Quarterbacks tend to avoid all-Frontier Conference KJ, but he still has 7 interceptions on the season.
7 days…
#7 Tanner Trosin
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9, 1, 3, 7, 10, 2, 1
2015 SOU football team celebrates 7th consecutive post-season victory over #1 Morningside
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What do these numbers (9, 1, 3, 7, 10, 2, 1) mean?
8 days…
#8 Matt Retzlaff
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There is no snow in the forecast for Daytona, Florida next week. Instead, temperatures are likely to be in the 70s most of the time, occasionally dipping down into the 60s at night. Brrrrrr….
If you are in or near Ashland, come on down to RedZone today after 4:30 p.m. for Howard’s Happy Hour. Coach Craig Howard, and other members of the Raider coaching staff, will be available to chat and answer questions about SOU’s football season.
9 more days…
#9 Oshay Dunmore hits Brett Buchmann, ultimately forcing a fumble that resulted in a touchback call
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Today’s photo features an odd play in the Morningside game. The ruling had the potential to cost the Raiders the game, but things worked out for SOU in such a way that the call didn’t ultimately matter. BTW, I have a series of five photos that clearly show that #1, Buchmann did catch the ball and #2, he did fumble the ball on the 13-yard line. After that the official scorer became as confused as the refs. Here is how the scorer called the play:
“GIDDENS, Thomas punt 49 yards to the MC18, Dvorak, Weslee return 0 yards to the MC18, fumble forced by JONES, Karringt, fumble by Dvorak, Weslee recovered by MC James, Taylor at MC0, touchback.”
The scorer got the players wrong. It was Buchmann and Dunmore, not Dvorak and Jones. The ball was not recovered by James. The ball went through the back of the end zone after both teams touched it.
Did the refs get the call correct? I still don’t know. I went through the official rule book and could not find an example of a punt being fumbled and then going through the end zone unrecovered. I did find a line that says “When in question, it is a touchback, not a safety.” so I guess one could say the refs were correct based on that.
But this ruling seems unfair given what transpired. It also leaves open the possibility of plays that could “game” the rule book. For instance, a punt returner who catches the ball on the 1-yard line and then sees that he can’t make it to the 20 could just fumble the ball out the back of the end zone to indirectly forward the ball 19 yards via a touchback. Is that fair? I don’t think so.
10 more days…
2015 Southern Oregon University football team @ Morningside College (Sioux City, Iowa)
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…and the wait will be over.
Note that this year’s NAIA Football Championship Game is on ESPN3. Last year it was ESPNU. Last year I was able to record the game as ESPNU is a regular channel on most cable and satellite packages (like DirecTV). This year you will likely need to stream it online if you can’t go to Daytona. Unfortunately, I will be in Mexico so I won’t even be able to stream it on ESPN3.
If in Ashland, you can watch it at RedZone, Northwest Pizza, Omars, or Oaktree. For a longer list, including places outside Ashland, click here.