{"id":2027,"date":"2008-09-19T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/east-carolina-north-carolina-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T19:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T00:14:00","slug":"east-carolina-north-carolina-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/east-carolina-north-carolina-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"East Carolina-North Carolina State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The East Carolina Pirates and the North Carolina State Wolfpack will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Carter-Finley Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 7-point favorites versus the Wolfpack, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Patrick Pinkney threw a touchdown pass to Jamar Bryant late in the fourth quarter to lead East Carolina<\/st1:place> to a comeback 28-24 win over Tulane in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Despite the victory East Carolina<\/st1:place> failed to cover the 12-point spread, while the combined score of 52 played OVER the posted total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The North Carolina State Wolf pack only managed one touchdown in a 27-9 loss to the Clemson Tigers in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
N.C.<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> did manage to grab the payday by covering the 21-point spread in that loss. The combined score played UNDER the posted total of 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
East Carolina<\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
East Carolina<\/st1:place>: 3-0 SU, 2-1 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-2 SU, 1-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
East Carolina most recently:
When playing in September are 5-5
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

North Carolina State most recently:
When playing in September are 3-7
When playing on grass are 5-5
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
East Carolina<\/st1:place> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
East Carolina<\/st1:place> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
East Carolina<\/st1:place> home to Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 27
North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to South Florida<\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The East Carolina Pirates and the North Carolina State Wolfpack will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Carter-Finley Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 7-point favorites versus the Wolfpack, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. Patrick Pinkney threw a touchdown pass to Jamar Bryant late … Continue reading East Carolina-North Carolina State 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-2027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027","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=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}