{"id":2026,"date":"2008-09-19T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/troy-ohio-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T00:11:00","slug":"troy-ohio-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/troy-ohio-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy-Ohio State 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 Troy Trojans and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ohio 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 Buckeyes listed as 21-point favorites versus the Trojans, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <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> was pounded 35-3 by USC in Week 3, as 12-point road underdogs. The combined 38 points went UNDER the posted total of 44. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ryan Pretorius kicked a 29-yard field goal in the loss for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-0 SU, 1-0 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 2-1 SU, 0-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Troy most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 9-1<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games <br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 21-2 SU in its last 23 games at home<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 21-4 SU in its last 25 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>Troy<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 27<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 27<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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 Troy Trojans and the Ohio State Buckeyes will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ohio Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Buckeyes listed as 21-point favorites versus the Trojans, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Ohio State was pounded 35-3 by USC in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/troy-ohio-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Troy-Ohio State 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-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","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=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}