{"id":2016,"date":"2008-09-18T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/baylor-connecticut-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-18T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T01:14:00","slug":"baylor-connecticut-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/baylor-connecticut-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor-Connecticut Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">The Baylor Bears and the Connecticut Huskies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Rentschler Field.  <\/p>\n<div>Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51.  <\/p>\n<div>Robert Griffin ran for 220 yards with two touchdowns in leading Baylor to a 45-17 win over Washington State in Week 3, as 5-point favorites. The 62 points sailed OVER the posted total of 50.  <\/p>\n<div>Griffin completed 7-of-15 pass attempts for 130 yards and a TD in that win for the Bears.  <\/p>\n<div>Connecticut built up a 28 point lead at the half in Week 3, as they ran to a 45-10 win over Virginia. Connecticut covered the 10.5-point spread, and the combined 55 points sailed OVER the posted total of 38.  <\/p>\n<div>Donald Brown carried the ball 20 times for 208 yards with three touchdowns.  <\/p>\n<div>Current streak:<br \/>Baylor has won 2 straight games.<br \/>Connecticut has won 3 straight games. <\/p>\n<div>Team records:<br \/>Baylor: 2-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <br \/>Connecticut: 3-0 SU, 1-1 ATS  <\/p>\n<div>Baylor most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 8-2 <\/p>\n<div>A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baylor&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Baylor is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Baylor is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Baylor is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Connecticut is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games  <\/p>\n<div>Next up:<br \/>Baylor home to Oklahoma, Saturday, October 4<br \/>Connecticut at Louisville, Friday, September 26<\/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 Baylor Bears and the Connecticut Huskies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Rentschler Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51. Robert Griffin ran for 220 yards with two touchdowns in leading &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/baylor-connecticut-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baylor-Connecticut 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-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016","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=2016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}