{"id":2221,"date":"2008-10-04T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/colts-texans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-04T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T23:15:00","slug":"colts-texans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/colts-texans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts-Texans Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts and the Houston Texans meet at Reliant Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 3-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 47\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Colts lost to Jacksonville 23-21 as a 4-point favorite in Week 3. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Peyton Manning passed for 216 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for Indianapolis, while Joseph Addai rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Texans lost to Jacksonville 30-27 in overtime as a 7-point underdog in Week 4. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Schaub racked up 307 passing yards with three touchdowns for Houston, while Kevin Walter caught eight passes for 76 yards and two touchdowns. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Indianapolis: 1-2 SU, 1-2 ATS
Houston: 0-3 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Indianapolis most recently:
When playing in October are 10-0
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 8-2
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on grass are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the division are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indianapolis’s last 5 games when playing Houston
Indianapolis is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing Houston
Indianapolis is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road
Indianapolis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing Indianapolis
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Indianapolis home to Baltimore, Sunday, October 12
Houston home to Miami, Sunday, October 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts and the Houston Texans meet at Reliant Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Colts listed as 3-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 47\u00bd. The Colts lost to Jacksonville 23-21 as a 4-point favorite in Week 3. … Continue reading Colts-Texans 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-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","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=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}