{"id":2138,"date":"2008-09-27T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-tech-nebraska-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-27T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T13:20:00","slug":"virginia-tech-nebraska-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-tech-nebraska-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Tech-Nebraska Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Tech Hokies and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium.<br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Cornhuskers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game&#39;s total is sitting at 47.<br \/>Dustin Keys&#39; field goal with just over ten minutes to play was the difference as Virginia Tech knocked off North Carolina 20-17 in Week 4.<br \/>The Hokies pulled off the upset as 4-point underdogs, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 44.<br \/>Marlon Lucky ran for 104 yards and two TDs in Week 3 as Nebraska topped the New Mexico State Aggies by a final score of 38-7.<br \/>The Cornhuskers managed to cover the big 26-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day&#39;s posted total (65.5).<br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Virginia Tech has won 3 straight games.<br \/>Nebraska has won 3 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Virginia Tech: 3-1 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>Nebraska: 3-0 SU, 2-1 ATS <br \/>Virginia Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 9-1<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 7-3<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Virginia Tech is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Virginia Tech is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games <br \/>Nebraska is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Nebraska is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nebraska&#39;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nebraska&#39;s last 6 games <br \/>Next up:<br \/>Virginia Tech home to Western Kentucky, Saturday, October 4<br \/>Nebraska home to Missouri, Saturday, October 4<\/p>\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 Virginia Tech Hokies and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium.Oddsmakers currently have the Cornhuskers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game&#39;s total is sitting at 47.Dustin Keys&#39; field goal with just over ten minutes to play was the difference &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/virginia-tech-nebraska-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virginia Tech-Nebraska 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-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","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=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}