{"id":2052,"date":"2008-09-19T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/idaho-utah-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:32:00","slug":"idaho-utah-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/idaho-utah-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho-Utah 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 Idaho Vandals and the Utah State Aggies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Romney 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 Aggies listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Vandals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60. <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>Western Michigan<\/st1:place> put up 23 points in the third quarter in Week 3 and cruised from there to a 51-28 win over the Vandals. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Broncos had no trouble covering the 8.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (56). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> was hammered 58-10 by <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3, as 25-point underdogs. 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\">Otis Nelson caught the only touchdown pass in a losing effort for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/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:place><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Idaho<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-2 SU, 0-2 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 0-3 SU, 1-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Idaho most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 1-9<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the conference are 0-10<\/p>\n<p>Utah State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 0-10<br \/>When playing on turf are 1-9<br \/>After being outgained are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Idaho is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah State<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Idaho&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Idaho is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Idaho is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Utah State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Idaho<br \/>Utah State is 2-19 SU in its last 21 games <br \/>Utah State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Idaho<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>San Diego<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 27<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State home to BYU, Friday, October 3<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 Idaho Vandals and the Utah State Aggies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Romney Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Aggies listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Vandals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 60. Western Michigan put up 23 points in the third quarter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/idaho-utah-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Idaho-Utah 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-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","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=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}