{"id":2054,"date":"2008-09-19T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/south-florida-florida-international-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:37:00","slug":"south-florida-florida-international-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/south-florida-florida-international-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida-Florida International Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The South Florida Bulls and the Florida International Golden Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at FIU Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 28\u00bd-point favorites versus the Golden Panthers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
South Florida<\/st1:place> allowed two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but held on for a 37-34 win over Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3. The Bulls failed to cover the 4.5-point spread, while the combined 71 points sailed OVER the posted total of 51. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Grothe threw for 333 yards with two touchdowns, while rushing for 31 yards and a TD for South Florida<\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Florida International lost their second straight as they were routed 42-0 by Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 2, as 27-point road underdogs. The 42 points fell UNDER the day’s posted total o 44.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wayne Younger passed for 107 yards in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
South Florida<\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.
Florida International has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
South Florida<\/st1:place>: 3-0 SU, 0-2 ATS
Florida International: 0-2 SU, 1-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
South Florida most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n

Florida International most recently:
When playing in September are 0-10
When playing on turf are 1-9
After being outgained are 1-9
When playing outside the conference are 0-10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
South Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
South Florida is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of South Florida’s last 7 games on the road
South Florida is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida International’s last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Florida International’s last 23 games
Florida International is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Florida International is 6-16 ATS in its last 22 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
South Florida<\/st1:place> at North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, September 27
Florida International at Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The South Florida Bulls and the Florida International Golden Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at FIU Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 28\u00bd-point favorites versus the Golden Panthers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. South Florida allowed two touchdowns in … Continue reading South Florida-Florida International 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-2054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054","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=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}