4 days to Daytona
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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.
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5 days to Daytona
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)
The Whole Picture (part 9)
SOU men’s basketball – Tim Weber
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The cropped picture and story can be found here.
The Whole Picture (part 8)
SOU women’s basketball – Bree Park
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The cropped picture and story can be found here.
6 days to Daytona
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.
7 days to Daytona
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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.
8 days to Daytona
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.
9 days to Daytona
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.
Pitbull puppies
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We are currently fostering a couple of dogs for the Jackson County Animal Shelter. We will have them until a new owner comes forward or two weeks, whichever comes first.
Special offer on these–buy one, get one free. The first one is also free. You do the math. Leave a comment if in Southern Oregon and interested.
Computer rankings > coaches rankings
SOU football – Dylan Young (Raider record holder for most TD catches)
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Once again, Hensley Ratings showed that they know more about which teams are better than the coaches. The NAIA Championship Game in Florida next week (12/19/14) looks, on paper (based on the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll), like a surprising #8 seed (SOU) vs. a surprising #7 seed (Marian). However, when the final computer rankings came out a few weeks ago, the Raiders were #2 and Marian was #3. As I mentioned before, the Carroll vs. SOU quarterfinal game pitted the top two teams against each other and SOU came out on top.
So don’t be surprised that Southern Oregon University and Marian University Indianapolis made it to the finals. Be surprised that they weren’t awarded home games for the quarter and semifinals.