{"id":2051,"date":"2008-09-19T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/utah-air-force-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:30:00","slug":"utah-air-force-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/utah-air-force-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah-Air Force 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 Utah Utes and the Air Force Falcons will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Falcon 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 Utes listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 52. <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:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> roared past <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> for a 58-10 win in Week 3, as 25-point favorites on the road. The 68 points sailed OVER the posted total of 51. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Asiata carried the ball 11 times for 56 yards and three touchdowns to lead the way for <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Shea Smith scored three touchdowns in leading Air Force to a 31-28 win over <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 3. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was not able to cover the 4-point spread in that game, and the 59 points played OVER the posted total of 51. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<br \/>Air Force has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 3-0 SU, 2-0-1 ATS <br \/>Air Force: 3-0 SU, 2-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Utah most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Air Force most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 9-1<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within 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 \/>Utah is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Utah is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Air Force<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Air Force<br \/>Air Force is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Air Force is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Air Force is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Utah<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Air Force&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Utah<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Weber State, Saturday, September 27<br \/>Air Force home to Navy, Saturday, October 4<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 Utah Utes and the Air Force Falcons will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Falcon Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Utes listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Falcons, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 52. Utah roared past Utah State for a 58-10 win in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/utah-air-force-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Utah-Air Force 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-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","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=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}