{"id":2195,"date":"2008-10-03T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/kentucky-alabama-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T01:42:00","slug":"kentucky-alabama-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/kentucky-alabama-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky-Alabama Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
The Kentucky Wildcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Bryant-Denny Stadium. <\/p>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 16-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/p>\n
Kentucky won their fourth straight as they defeated Western Kentucky 41-3 in Week 5. Kentucky covered the 20.5-point spread, while the 41 points went UNDER the night’s posted total of 45. <\/p>\n
Mike Hartline passed for 172 yards with a touchdown, and Tony Dixon scored two TD’s in the win. <\/p>\n
Alabama led 31-0 at the half and held on for a 41-30 upset win over Georgia in Week 5. Alabama won the game as a 6.5-point road underdog, while the 71 points sailed OVER the posted total of 44. <\/p>\n
Glen Coffee ran for 86 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns in that win. <\/p>\n
Current streak:
Kentucky has won 4 straight games.
Alabama has won 5 straight games. <\/p>\n
Team records:
Kentucky: 4-0 SU, 2-1 ATS
Alabama: 5-0 SU, 4-1 ATS <\/p>\n
Kentucky most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n

Alabama most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 6-4 <\/p>\n

A few trends to consider:
Kentucky is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Kentucky is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kentucky’s last 7 games on the road
Kentucky is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Alabama is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Alabama is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Alabama’s last 6 games at home
Alabama is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home <\/p>\n
Next up:
Kentucky home to South Carolina, Saturday, October 11
Alabama home to Mississippi, Saturday, October 18<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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The Kentucky Wildcats and the Alabama Crimson Tide will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 16-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. Kentucky won their fourth straight as they defeated Western Kentucky 41-3 … Continue reading Kentucky-Alabama Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195","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=2195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}