{"id":1951,"date":"2008-09-12T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/memphis-marshall-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:34:00","slug":"memphis-marshall-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/memphis-marshall-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis-Marshall Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Memphis Tigers and the Marshall Thundering Herd will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Thundering Herd listed as 4-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rice exploded for 29 points in the fourth quarter in Week 2 in a 42-35 victory over <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tigers had been pegged as 3-point favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night&#8217;s posted total (65.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was pounded 51-14 by <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 2, as 21-point road underdogs. The 65 points sailed OVER the posted total of 51. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Darius Marshall ran for 50 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS <br \/>Marshall: 1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 2-8<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Marshall most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 1-9<br \/>When playing on turf are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Memphis&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>Memphis is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>Marshall is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Marshall is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Nicholls State, Saturday, September 20<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Southern Miss, Saturday, September 20<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Tigers and the Marshall Thundering Herd will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Thundering Herd listed as 4-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60. Rice exploded for 29 points in the fourth quarter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/memphis-marshall-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Memphis-Marshall Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}