{"id":1960,"date":"2008-09-12T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-connecticut-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:57:00","slug":"virginia-connecticut-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-connecticut-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia-Connecticut Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Virginia Cavaliers and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rentschler Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game’s total is sitting at 37. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Donald Brown ran for a touchdown in overtime as Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> defeated Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 12-9 in Week 2. Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> could not cover the 6.5-point spread on the road, and the 21 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 38.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brown carried the ball 36 times for 214 yards to lead the way. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Connecticut: 2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia most recently:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n

Connecticut most recently:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 6-13 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Duke, Saturday, September 27
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Baylor, Friday, September 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Virginia Cavaliers and the Connecticut Huskies will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rentschler Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game’s total is sitting at 37. Donald Brown ran for a touchdown in overtime as Connecticut defeated Temple 12-9 … Continue reading Virginia-Connecticut 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-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","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=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}