{"id":2042,"date":"2008-09-19T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-tech-north-carolina-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T01:28:00","slug":"virginia-tech-north-carolina-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-tech-north-carolina-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Tech-North Carolina Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kenan Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 3-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dustin Keys’ 21-yard field goal with just over four minutes to play proved to be the difference as Virginia Tech knocked off Georgia Tech 20-17 in Week 3. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Despite the dramatic win the Hokies failed to cover the 7-point spread, while the combined final score played just UNDER the posted total of 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
T.J. Yates threw three touchdown passes in leading the Tar Heels to a 44-12 win over Rutgers<\/st1:place> in Week 2. The combined 56 points made it OVER the posted total of 48.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yates completed 14-of-22 pass attempts for 221 yards for the Tar Heels. Hakeem Nicks rushed for 63 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Virginia Tech has won 2 straight games.
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Virginia Tech: 2-1 SU, 0-2 ATS
North Carolina: 2-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on grass are 7-3
After being outgained are 9-1
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Virginia Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games
Virginia Tech is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing North Carolina
North Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
North Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
North Carolina is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games
North Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Virginia Tech<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Virginia Tech at Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 27
North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kenan Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 3-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. Dustin Keys’ 21-yard field goal with just over four … Continue reading Virginia Tech-North Carolina 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-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","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=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}