Gameday!
Sean Rogers with the sack
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Noon PDT kickoff. If you are in Ashland you can watch at RedZone, Oaktree, Northwest (all ages), or Omars.
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Happy birthday, Ashlyn Flynn!
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New rankings and poll
Coach Charlie Hall and Devvon Gage
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Massey was impressed with Marian’s win; they jumped three spots to #1. Morningside beat Hastings 65-0, putting them in a two-way tie with the idle Raiders for the #2 ranking. Although Rocky Mountain also had a bye week, Massey moved them up a spot to #7, meaning #2 will be traveling to play at #7 this Saturday. Massey gives the Raiders an 80% chance of winning and picks SOU by 11 points.
The new 2018 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll came out today. My prediction from Saturday was nearly correct. SOU did move up to #2. St. Francis came in it at #5 instead of #4. The Raiders received two first place votes, not enough to overcome Morningside’s 13. The coaches are predictable–move up so long as someone above you suffers a defeat, drop if you lose even if it was to a great team. Therefore, preseason rankings mean a lot in NAIA football. That hurt SOU last year, and may hurt Marian this year. If Marian and SOU win out, expect to see them in Ashland on December 1.
Mt. Ashland 5k, 2018 edition
Zombie Apocalypse
“Brains! Brains! I want, live brain! Brains! Brains!”
Second trip up Mt. Ashland on the day for this guy
This guy deserved Daddy Ramen after he ran the course twice!
Cold, outdoor beer on a cold, windy day — yes, please?
Upset Saturday
Wyatt Hutchinson
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Frontier Conference teams did not play today. Other NAIA games featured some upsetting results. #11 Baker lost. #9 Georgetown lost. #4 Lindsey Wilson lost. And the biggest of all? #1 St. Francis lost to #6 Marian.
It will be interesting to see what Massey (tomorrow) and the coaches (Monday) think of all of this. I’m guessing the coaches top five will change to:
#1 Morningside
#2 Southern Oregon
#3 Marian
#4 St. Francis
#5 Northwestern
If the above happens, and the Raiders win out, they will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Worst case scenario, for SOU, is if the coaches do something like this:
#1 Marian
#2 Morningside
#3 St. Francis
#4 Southern Oregon
#5 Northwestern
Happy birthday, Kelsey Randall!
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Happy birthday, Matt East!
Matt East
SOU #1 according to Massey
Tyson Cooper with the takedown
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Apparently Massey was much more impressed with the Raiders victory over Carroll College yesterday than it was with the St. Francis win over St. Xavier. St. Francis fell from #1 to #3, and Southern Oregon achieved Massey’s #1 ranking for the first time since 2015. This is the first time ever that Massey has had the SOU defense at #1 in the NAIA. The coaches will still have the Raiders at #3 when their poll comes out tomorrow.
The only real chance St. Francis has of losing a game in the regular season comes Saturday when they face 3-0 Marian. Marian beat St. Xavier by 45 points (compared to the St. Francis victory of 8 points). Massey still gives St. Francis a 76% chance of winning against Marian.
The Raiders travel to Massey’s #8 Rocky Mountain next week.
Raiders take over sole possession of first place with shutout of Carroll College
Bronsen Ader with the TD catch
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SOU shutout the Saints today, their first shutout in 15 years. That 27-0 win, coupled with Eastern Oregon University’s win over Montana Western, puts 4-0 Southern Oregon into sole possession of first place in the Frontier Conference. Montana Western and Montana Tech share second place with 3-1 records.
The Raiders have a bye week next week followed by another away game in Montana on October 6. That game will be against Rocky Mountain, who barely got by College of Idaho today.