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SOU football – Heston Altenbach and Daniel Breaux
SOU football – Austin Dodge receiving offensive player of the game award in 2014 NAIA semifinal playoff game (Chicago, Illinois)
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Congratulations to these three for being named 2014 NAIA Scholar Athletes in football earlier today.
SOU football – Sean Tow
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The goal line is close and getting closer.
SOU football – Ryan Retzlaff about to catch a 46-yard TD pass
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Today’s agenda in Daytona: Press conference, go 135 MPH, eat lunch first based on the strength and accuracy of Austin Dodge‘s arm, practice, pep rally, fireworks.
Brandon Kamerman of KDRV 12 interviews SOU head football coach Craig Howard after the Raiders defeated St. Xavier University
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We are now in Daytona, but we have three more days until the game. Today’s agenda includes Champions of Character activities in the morning, awards in the early afternoon, and football practice after that.
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Today is the big travel day. To Daytona we go with a practice once we get there. Today’s photo is of the plane last weekend that took us to Chicago. I took this during our fuel stop in South Dakota.
Southern Oregon University football – Matt Retzlaff
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Actually, we will be there in about 24 hours, but who’s counting? The game is in five days.
Before you go, don’t forget to do this:
2014 NAIA National Championship Football Game on ESPNU (Daytona Beach, Florida)
Southern Oregon University football
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Fun fact #3: Win, lose, or draw in Daytona, no NAIA team will finish the 2014 football season with more wins than the Raiders. 12 wins is not only a record for the Raiders, it is also more wins than any team in the NAIA has achieved this year. Let’s make it lucky number 13 for good measure.
P.S. Today’s photo, and these photos, were taken with the Tamron 150-600mm lens–a lens mostly marketed to, and used by, wildlife photographers. I found it to work rather well on the “wild life” found on a football field.
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Fun fact #2: When all is said and done, SOU will have played 15 football games this year–50% more games than many teams. Most NAIA teams play 10 or 11 games in a season.
Heston Altenbach and Laurence Calcagno celebrate Altenbach’s defensive touchdown
caused by Calcagno’s tipped pass while Alex Stork and Joseph Lealofi join the party
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Fun fact: No football team in the NAIA will finish the 2014 season with fewer than two losses. However, if SOU defeats Marian next week in the National Championship Game, they will be the only team to have a non-losing record against each and every one of their opponents. Southern Oregon University was 2-1 against Carroll College and 1-1 against Eastern Oregon University.
2014 SOU football team, families, friends, and fans in Medford airport on way to Chicago last week
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A similar scene to today’s photo will happen not in 9 days but in a mere 5 days. If you’d like to help the team get to Daytona, or if you’d like to ride on the flight with them, see this article for details.