{"id":2072,"date":"2008-09-20T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lions-49ers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-20T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T01:28:00","slug":"lions-49ers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lions-49ers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions-49ers 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 Detroit Lions and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 49ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Candlestick<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 49ers listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 46\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Lions lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 48-25 as a 3-point underdog in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (47). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jon Kitna passed for 276 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions for <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Calvin Johnson caught six passes for 129 yards with a pair of touchdowns. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 49ers upset <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 33-30 as a 6.5-point underdog in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (38). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">J.T. O&#8217;Sullivan passed for 321 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Frank Gore rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS <br \/>San Francisco: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 3-7<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division 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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco&#8217;s 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:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Stevie Vincent, the founder of forensic <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">sports handicapping<\/font><\/a><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"> has his first Level 5 play of the NCAA football season and it goes Saturday. It&#8217;s a Blue Ribbon play, which are 77 percent lifetime in collegiate football. Get Vincent&#8217;s Saturday card <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Click now to purchase<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> from Stevie Vincent.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/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 Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Candlestick Park. Oddsmakers currently have the 49ers listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Lions, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 46\u00bd. The Lions lost to Green Bay 48-25 as a 3-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/lions-49ers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lions-49ers 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-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","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=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}