{"id":2276,"date":"2008-10-10T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-kent-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T20:36:00","slug":"ohio-kent-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-kent-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio-Kent State 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 Ohio Bobcats and the Kent State Golden Flashes will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dix 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 Bobcats listed as 1-point favorites versus the Golden Flashes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 52. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boo <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Jackson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> completed 13-of-22 pass attempts for 144 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions as <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> lost to <st1:place>Western Michigan<\/st1:place> in Week 6. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bobcats did not cover the 8.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 48.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Julian Edelman rushed for 113 yards on 18 carries for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> in a 30-27 overtime loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Akron<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 6. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Golden Flashes covered the 3.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 52. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 1-5 SU, 3-2 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place>: 1-5 SU, 0-4-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ohio most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Kent State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 2-8<br \/>When playing on turf are 1-9<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the conference are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Ohio is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kent State<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ohio&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Kent State<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Ohio&#8217;s last 18 games on the road<br \/>Ohio is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Kent State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Ohio<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kent State&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Ohio<br \/>Kent State is 4-8-1 SU in its last 13 games when playing Ohio<br \/>Kent State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Ohio<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, October 21<br \/><st1:country-region><st1:place>Kent<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> State at <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (<st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>), Saturday, October 25<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 Ohio Bobcats and the Kent State Golden Flashes will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dix Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Bobcats listed as 1-point favorites versus the Golden Flashes, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 52. Boo Jackson completed 13-of-22 pass attempts for 144 yards, three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/ohio-kent-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ohio-Kent State 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-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","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=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}