{"id":2057,"date":"2008-09-19T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lsu-auburn-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:47:00","slug":"lsu-auburn-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lsu-auburn-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU-Auburn 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 LSU Tigers and the Auburn Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Jordan-Hare 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 Tigers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 37. <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><st1:PlaceName>Louisiana<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> chewed up the <st1:place>North Texas<\/st1:place> for a 41-3 victory in Week 3. LSU failed to cover the 42-point spread, while the 44 points fell UNDER the posted total of 59.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Charles Scott carried the ball seven times for 102 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A second-quarter field goal in Week 3 was all <st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> ended up needing in their 3-2 win over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Mississippi<\/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\">The Tigers didn&#8217;t manage to cover the 10-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell well UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total (38.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>LSU has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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 \/>LSU: 2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS <br \/>Auburn: 3-0 SU, 1-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">LSU most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 9-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 9-1<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Auburn most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<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 \/>LSU is 21-2 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of LSU&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>LSU is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LSU&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Auburn<br \/>Auburn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Auburn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Auburn&#8217;s last 7 games when playing LSU<br \/>Auburn is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LSU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LSU home to <st1:State><st1:place>Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State, Saturday, September 27<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 27<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 LSU Tigers and the Auburn Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Tigers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 37. Louisiana State chewed up the North Texas for a 41-3 victory in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lsu-auburn-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LSU-Auburn 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-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","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=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}