{"id":1964,"date":"2008-09-13T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/ohio-state-southern-cal-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-13T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T11:39:00","slug":"ohio-state-southern-cal-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/ohio-state-southern-cal-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State-Southern Cal 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 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. <?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 Trojans listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 26-14 on September 6<sup>th<\/sup>. <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> failed to cover the 34.5-point spread, and the combined 40 points fell UNDER the posted total of 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ray Small returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown, and Daniel Herron ran for 50 yards with a TD in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS <br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place>: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 10-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Southern Cal most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 10-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Ohio State is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games on the road<br \/>Ohio State is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>Ohio State is 11-3 ATS in its last 14 games on the road<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Southern Cal&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 20<br \/>Southern <st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Thursday, September 25<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 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. Ohio State rallied with two touchdowns in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/ohio-state-southern-cal-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ohio State-Southern Cal 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-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","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=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}