{"id":2278,"date":"2008-10-10T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nebraska-texas-tech-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:54:00","slug":"nebraska-texas-tech-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nebraska-texas-tech-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska-Texas Tech 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 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Jones AT&amp;T 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 Red Raiders listed as 21-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 70. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> was defeated 52-17 by <st1:State><st1:place>Missouri<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 6, as 10.5-point underdogs. The combined 69 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 69. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Ganz completed 26-of-38 pass attempts for 294 yards and two touchdowns in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Graham Harrell was 38-for-52 for 454 yards with six touchdowns to lead Texas Tech over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kansas<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 58-28 in Week 6. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas Tech covered as 7-point road favorites as the game played over the 64.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/>Texas Tech has won 5 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>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 3-2 SU, 2-3 ATS <br \/>Texas Tech: 5-0 SU, 2-0-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nebraska most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 2-8<br \/>When playing on turf are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Nebraska&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nebraska&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Nebraska is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas Tech<br \/>Nebraska is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Texas Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Texas Tech is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Texas Tech is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Nebraska<br \/>Texas Tech is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Nebraska<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Iowa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 18<br \/>Texas Tech at Texas A&amp;M, 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 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Jones AT&amp;T Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Raiders listed as 21-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 70. Nebraska was defeated 52-17 by Missouri in Week 6, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nebraska-texas-tech-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nebraska-Texas Tech 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-2278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278","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=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}