{"id":2202,"date":"2008-10-03T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/connecticut-north-carolina-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T02:20:00","slug":"connecticut-north-carolina-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/connecticut-north-carolina-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-North Carolina Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Connecticut Huskies and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kenan Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lawrence Wilson returned an interception for a touchdown late in the game to give Connecticut a 26-21 victory over Louisville in Week 5, as 3.5-point underdogs. The combined 47 points fell UNDER the posted total of 51. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Donald Brown ran for 190 yards with a touchdown, and Zach Frazer through for 90 yards with a TD in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Victor Anderson ran for 100 yards with a TD, while also catching a touchdown pass in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cameron Sexton threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Brooks Foster with 46 seconds left to help North Carolina rally from an early deficit to beat Miami 28-24 in Week 5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tar Heels pulled off the upset by covering the 8-point spread and the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Connecticut has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Connecticut: 5-0 SU, 2-2 ATS
North Carolina: 3-1 SU, 2-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Connecticut most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on grass are 8-2
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

North Carolina most recently:
When playing in October are 2-8
When playing on grass are 5-5
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut’s last 6 games on the road
Connecticut is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Connecticut is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
North Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
North Carolina is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Connecticut at Rutgers, Saturday, October 18
North Carolina home to Notre Dame, Saturday, October 11<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Connecticut Huskies and the North Carolina Tar Heels will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kenan Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 46. Lawrence Wilson returned an interception for a touchdown late in … Continue reading Connecticut-North Carolina 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-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","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=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}