{"id":2253,"date":"2008-10-08T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/uab-houston-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T03:33:00","slug":"uab-houston-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/uab-houston-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"UAB-Houston Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The UAB Blazers and the Houston Cougars will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at John O’Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cougars listed as 18-point favorites versus the Blazers, while the game’s total is sitting at 67.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
UAB was defeated 33-30 by Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 6, as 3-point underdogs at home. The combined 63 points made it OVER the posted total of 58.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe Webb threw for 235 yards with a TD, and ran for 93 yards with three touchdowns in the loss.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Case Keenum threw three touchdown passes as Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> took down East Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 41-24 in Week 5.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cougars covered the 10.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day’s posted total of 61.5.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
UAB has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
UAB: 1-5 SU, 3-2 ATS
Houston: 2-3 SU, 1-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
UAB most recently:
When playing in October are 2-8
When playing on grass are 0-10
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing within the conference are 1-9<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of UAB’s last 8 games on the road
UAB is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Houston
UAB is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
UAB is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Houston is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games at home
Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing UAB
Houston is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing UAB
Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
UAB home to Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 18
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Southern Methodist, Saturday, October 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The UAB Blazers and the Houston Cougars will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at John O’Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cougars listed as 18-point favorites versus the Blazers, while the game’s total is sitting at 67. UAB was defeated 33-30 by Memphis in … Continue reading UAB-Houston 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-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253","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=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}