#99 Marcus Montano (pictured here with SOU football alum Jeff Young who has been living with ALS for 40 years)

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Posted on January 9th, 2024 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Jeff Young, Marcus Montano, Raider Athletics, rey vega, sean rogers, tyson cooper. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Marcus Montano!

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Marcus Montano with the field goal

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Posted on January 9th, 2021 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Marcus Montano, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Marcus Montano!

Marcus Montano

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Bronsen Ader

Sean Rogers

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Posted on November 19th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Nikon, Bronsen Ader, football, Marcus Montano, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sean rogers. Comments Off on 2018 SOU football senior day (part 6)

Masi Tunoa and John Jackson Jr.

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Ricky Te’o

Josiah Maglente-Tonu

Sean Rogers

Marcus Montano

Tyler Dean

Rey Vega

Posted on November 10th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Nikon, football, john jackson jr, josiah maglente-tonu, Marcus Montano, masi tunoa, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, rey vega, ricky te'o, sean rogers, sports photography, tyler dean. Comments Off on 2018 SOU football senior day (part 1)

Marcus Montano with the field goal

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I thought the coaches would drop SOU to #4. Instead they dropped them all the way down to #7 for losing to a very good team on the road. Rocky Mountain would be in the top ten were it not for an ineligible player causing them to forfeit one of their dominating wins.

Let’s take a look at some of the teams who passed the Raiders…

Evangel is at #6. They have the easiest schedule (according to Massey) of any team in the top nine. Massey has them lower than 1-5 College of Idaho in their rankings, yet the coaches think they are worthy of a #6 spot. They will likely lose at Baker in their final game so the Raiders can pass them if that happens.

#5 Lindsey Wilson’s only loss was to an FCS team. Even so, Massey has them 10 spots below the Raiders. Lindsey Wilson (who the Raiders beat, on the road, last season in the playoffs) could lose on the road this weekend though.

#4 Reinhardt lost to #9 Bethel. The rest of their schedule is easy so there is little chance the Raiders can pass them.

As mentioned previously, #3 Northwestern will likely get slaughtered by Morningside.

So, if the Raiders can win out, they will likely end up #5, meaning they will need a bit of luck to get more than one home playoff game (again).

Posted on October 8th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Marcus Montano, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Coaches hammer Raiders in latest poll

Cory Foster, Marcus Montano, Rey Vega, and Devvon Gage

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Massey dropped SOU from a tie for second to number three today. The coaches aren’t likely to agree come Monday’s new poll. I’m guessing the new coaches’ poll will look something like this:
1) Morningside
2) Marian
3) Northwestern
4) Southern Oregon

Northwestern has yet to play any decent teams and will likely get creamed by Morningside on 10/20. St. Francis would have moved ahead of the Raiders, but they lost again and will likely drop out of the top five with two in the loss column.

Rocky earned a top five spot on Massey but won’t crack the coaches’ top ten. Southern Oregon welcomes Eastern Oregon for homecoming this Saturday. EOU may make the coaches top 25 come Monday. Massey has them at #16. Massey gives the Raiders a 91% chance of winning and picks SOU by 19 over the Mountaineers.

Posted on October 7th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: cory foster, devvon gage, football, Marcus Montano, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, rey vega. Comments Off on After loss, Massey has Raiders @ #3

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Posted on January 9th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, keegan lawrence, Marcus Montano, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Marcus Montano!

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But let’s face it, if the Raiders had home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, like Reinhardt and St. Francis (who were also undefeated through the quarterfinals without having to win a playoff game on the road like SOU did), Southern Oregon would have gone to Daytona again and ended up in the top two. The Raiders finished in the top five, for the fourth time in five years.

P.S. Tanner Trosin would have won NAIA Player of the Year had the Raiders gone to Daytona. He was first-team All-American, whereas the eventual player of the year was the second-team All-American QB.

P.S. #2 Massey had seven Frontier Conference teams in its final top 25. The coaches? Just SOU.

Posted on December 19th, 2017 under people. Tags: football, Marcus Montano, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders end up #3 on Massey and #4 with coaches