With the Raiders big road win yesterday in Montana, Massey has bumped Southern Oregon up in the computer rankings to #3. SOU will play Massey’s #12, #11, and #9 over the next three weeks. Two of those games are at home in Ashland. Massey has the Raiders as at least 7 point favorites in each contest.

The coaches’ poll comes out tomorrow. Don’t look for any major changes in the top nine from the coaches. The coaches don’t tend to move teams up unless the team in front of them lost. It will be interesting to see what they do with #2 Morningside. The Raiders were punished in the poll for losing to NCAA DI UC Davis, even though the Raiders accumulated more yards than Davis. Yesterday Morningside lost to an NCAA DIII team (Wisconsin-Whitewater) by two touchdowns. Massey says that UC Davis could beat Wisconsin-Whitewater by a touchdown. Will the coaches drop Morningside as much as they dropped the Raiders? I doubt it. Look for Morningside to slip barely out of the top five and the Raiders to still be at #9.

Posted on September 25th, 2016 under people. Tags: aj cooper, Bronsen Ader, chase cole, christmas aumua, football, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens, zack davis. Comments Off on Raiders up to #3 in new Massey Ratings

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Rollpride @FConference

2016 SOU Football Team after 1st victory

The Frontier Conference standings for football are as even as they possibly could be (after each team has played two or three conference games) with three teams at 2-1, two at 1-1, and three at 1-2. Anyone can still win the conference. Massey has five Frontier Conference teams in the NAIA top nine, led by SOU at #4 (with the most difficult schedule–SoS in the above chart–in the NAIA). The coaches’ poll won’t be that kind. The Raiders will be the only team in the top ten come Monday afternoon.

Massey gives SOU a 72% chance of beating Carroll in Montana this Saturday, a much higher percentage than the Raiders have ever been given at Carroll. Southern Oregon has only won once at Carroll College.

Posted on September 18th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Coach Craig Howard, colin davis, football, grizzly peak, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens. Comments Off on Raiders #4 in new Massey Ratings

Fret Drifters @ Britt

@brittfestivals @NickGPMusic #thefretdrifters

Just got back from three days of Dave Matthews. Before that, there was this show at Britt. More pics of Andy, Nick, Pat, and Neil coming soon.

Posted on September 6th, 2016 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: britt festivals, concert photography, Nikon D500, the fret drifters, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens. Comments Off on Fret Drifters @ Britt Festival opening for Pat Benatar

Posted on June 20th, 2016 under outside of ashland. Tags: blue hour, britt festivals, concert photography, eric burdon, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens. Comments Off on Another from Britt

In sad news, Club 66 has been sold. No word yet as to what the new owner will do with the place. Uzi says he will have a new venue, maybe as early as August. Let’s hope so.

In good news, I’ll be seeing SUMAC again in a little over three weeks in Denmark. It will be interesting to see the difference between them playing in front of dozens in Club 66 compared to thousands at the Roskilde Festival.

Posted on June 7th, 2016 under only in ashland. Tags: club 66, concert photography, Nikon D500, sumac, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens. Comments Off on SUMAC