{"id":2272,"date":"2008-10-10T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/south-carolina-kentucky-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T17:17:00","slug":"south-carolina-kentucky-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/south-carolina-kentucky-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina-Kentucky Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Kentucky Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Commonwealth Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Gamecocks listed as 3-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chris Smelley threw a touchdown pass to Joe Hill with just over eight minutes to play to lead <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 31-24 win against <st1:State><st1:place>Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 6. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Gamecocks pulled off the upset and covered the 1.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 42.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mike Hartline was 20-for-42 for 241 yards with two scores and a pick for <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 17-14 loss to <st1:State><st1:place>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 6. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> couldn&#8217;t cover as 17-point home favorites as the game played under the 44.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-2 SU, <st1:date Month=\"2\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\">2-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Kentucky: 4-1 SU, 3-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">South Carolina most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>South Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kentucky<br \/>South Carolina is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kentucky<br \/>South Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kentucky<br \/>South Carolina is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Kentucky<br \/>Kentucky is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Kentucky is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Kentucky is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing South Carolina<br \/>Kentucky is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against South Carolina<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LSU, Saturday, October 18<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 18<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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 South Carolina Gamecocks and the Kentucky Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Commonwealth Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Gamecocks listed as 3-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Chris Smelley threw a touchdown pass to Joe Hill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/south-carolina-kentucky-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">South Carolina-Kentucky 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-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272","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=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}