{"id":2112,"date":"2008-09-25T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/connecticut-louisville-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-25T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T00:53:00","slug":"connecticut-louisville-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/connecticut-louisville-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-Louisville 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 Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Papa John&#8217;s Cardinal 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 Cardinals listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51. <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>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> scored 24 points in the second and third quarters combined and held on for a 31-28 win over Baylor in Week 4. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> failed to cover the 13-point spread, while the 59 points made it OVER the posted total of 52. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Donald Brown carried the ball 34 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns to lift the Huskies. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Victor Anderson ran for 176 yards and three touchdowns as <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> defeated <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kansas<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 38-29 in Week 3, as 5.5-point underdogs. The combined 67 points sailed OVER the posted total of 55.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hunter Cantwell completed 22-of-33 pass attempts for 274 yards and two touchdowns for <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-0 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>Louisville: 2-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Connecticut most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 9-1<br \/>When playing on turf are 3-7<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Louisville most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Connecticut is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Connecticut&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Connecticut is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Connecticut is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Louisville is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>Louisville is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 4<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, October 10<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 Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Papa John&#8217;s Cardinal Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 51. Connecticut scored 24 points in the second and third quarters combined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/connecticut-louisville-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Connecticut-Louisville 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-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","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=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}