Michael Roots

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Racecar_Roots @DevvonGage ‏@JosiahMaglente

Matt Boudreaux

Josiah Maglente-Tonu with the pick six

Posted on November 21st, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: devvon gage, football, josh cline, josiah maglente-tonu, matt boudreaux, michael roots, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sean rogers, sports photography. Comments Off on 4 days to go so 4 new photos

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

11 a.m. (PDT) start time for today’s romp in Havre, Montana. Oaktree will probably have the game on.

Posted on November 4th, 2017 under people. Tags: football, matt boudreaux, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Gameday!

Josh Cline

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Caumua_52

Dane Skriloff

Matt Boudreaux

Christmas Aumua

Zay Taylor

Posted on October 29th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: christmas aumua, dane skriloff, football, josh cline, matt boudreaux, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, zay taylor. Comments Off on 2017 football senior day (part 1)

Matt Boudreaux

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

As expected SOU rose to #8 in today’s coaches’ poll. A team must get into the top two to be guaranteed home field throughout the playoffs. Top four gets you home field through at least the quarterfinals. The Raiders have virtually no chance of making the coaches’ top four. “What?!?!” you say. How can this be with five games remaining, including #5 Montana Tech on the road?

This is another reason why the coaches’ poll should not be used as the basis for figuring out who goes to the playoffs and where those games happen. Five of the teams in front of the Raiders have no more difficult games remaining on their schedules (Morningside, Lindsey Wilson, and Reinhardt never had a decent opponent to begin with). They aren’t going to drop in the coaches’ poll without a loss (i.e. unless a major upset occurs).

Massey gives St. Francis better than 90% odds to win each of their final five games, has Reinhardt at over 98%, Morningside at over 87%, Baker at over 89%, and Lindsey Wilson at over 76%. Grand View, too, is favored to win the rest of their games. Even if the Raiders win out, and Lindsey Wilson and Grand View are upset, the Raiders will likely find themselves undefeated but with a #5 ranking. (If the Raiders win out, Massey will certainly have the Raiders in the top three).

Like 2014 and 2015, the Raiders will only receive one home game in the playoffs in a best case scenario. Should the Raiders lose one game, even if it is to #5 (Massey’s #3) Montana Tech on the road, they probably won’t get any home games in the playoffs.

Posted on October 2nd, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, matt boudreaux, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Raiders up to #8, with little hope of much more regular-season advancement

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @seannnyboii @CarterTheGr8_ @jasonshelley_

5-0 Southern Oregon slid one spot on Massey to #5 after yesterday’s narrow victory over Rocky. Massey had the Raiders as 11-point favorites. Rocky moved up to #12 on Massey, but the biased coaches will keep them out of the top 25.

Marian lost, for the second time this year, so the coaches will drop them (even though they lost to the #1 team), and the Raiders will move up in tomorrow’s coaches’ poll to #8.

SOU has a bye this coming weekend and will travel to Eastern Oregon on October 14. Massey has the Raiders as 4-point favorites in that one.

Posted on October 1st, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, aj cooper, football, isiah carter, Jason Shelley, Jordan Suell, matt boudreaux, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sam woods, sean rogers, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders back to #5 on Massey, should be #8 with coaches