{"id":2176,"date":"2008-10-02T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/pittsburgh-south-florida-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-02T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T11:52:00","slug":"pittsburgh-south-florida-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/pittsburgh-south-florida-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh-South Florida Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Panthers and the South Florida Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Raymond James Stadium.<br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 14-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game&#39;s total is sitting at 49.<br \/>LaRod Stephens-Howling scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and Pittsburgh rallied past Syracuse 34-24 in Week 5.<br \/>The Panthers failed to cover the 14-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day&#39;s posted total of 48.<br \/>South Florida scored 31 points in the first half as they ran away with a 41-10 victory over NC State in Week 5. South Florida covered the 10-point spread, and the 51 points made it OVER the posted total of 45.<br \/>Matt Grothe completed 20-of-29 pass attempts for 261 yards and one touchdown.<br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Pittsburgh has won 3 straight games.<br \/>South Florida has won 5 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Pittsburgh: 3-1 SU, 0-4 ATS <br \/>South Florida: 5-0 SU, 1-3 ATS <br \/>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>South Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>South Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>South Florida is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Pittsburgh at Navy, Saturday, October 18<br \/>South Florida home to Syracuse, Saturday, October 18<\/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 Pittsburgh Panthers and the South Florida Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Raymond James Stadium.Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 14-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game&#39;s total is sitting at 49.LaRod Stephens-Howling scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and Pittsburgh rallied past &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/pittsburgh-south-florida-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pittsburgh-South Florida 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-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176","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=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}