{"id":1953,"date":"2008-09-12T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/western-kentucky-alabama-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:39:00","slug":"western-kentucky-alabama-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/western-kentucky-alabama-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kentucky-Alabama Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Alabama Crimson Tide will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Bryant-Denny Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 28-point favorites versus the Hilltoppers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> scored 13 points in the first quarter in Week 2 and then held on for a 20-6 win over Tulane. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Crimson Tide didn’t come close to covering the 29.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total (45). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Western Kentucky<\/st1:place>: 1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Alabama: 2-0 SU, 1-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Western Kentucky most recently:
When playing in September are 2-8
When playing on grass are 2-8
After outgaining opponent are 1-5
When playing outside the conference are 2-8<\/p>\n

Alabama most recently:
When playing in September are 6-4
When playing on grass are 4-6
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Western Kentucky<\/st1:place> is 2-14 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Western Kentucky<\/st1:place> is 2-16 SU in its last 18 games
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Western Kentucky<\/st1:place> home to Murray<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 20
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Alabama Crimson Tide will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 28-point favorites versus the Hilltoppers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Alabama scored 13 points in the first quarter in … Continue reading Western Kentucky-Alabama Preview<\/span> →<\/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-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953","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=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}