{"id":2284,"date":"2008-10-10T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/arizona-state-southern-cal-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T01:25:00","slug":"arizona-state-southern-cal-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/arizona-state-southern-cal-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State-Southern Cal 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 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Southern Cal Trojans when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 Trojans listed as 28\u00bd-point favorites versus the Sun Devils, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rudy Carpenter went 20-for-35 for 165 yards with a TD and two picks for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in its 24-14 loss to <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/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>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered as 8-point home favorites as the game played under the 56.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mark Sanchez threw three touchdown passes to lead USC to a 44-10 win over <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 6, as 16-point favorites. The 54 points fell UNDER the posted total of 57. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sanchez completed 19-of-28 for 323 yards for the Trojans. Stafon Johnson had eight catches for 57 yards and a TD in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 2-3 SU, 1-3 ATS <br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place>: 3-1 SU, 3-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Southern Cal most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<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 UNDER in 5 of Arizona State&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Arizona State is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona State&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Southern Cal<br \/>Arizona State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona State<br \/>Southern Cal is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Southern Cal&#8217;s last 9 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<br \/>Southern <st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, 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 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will be treated to a game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Southern Cal Trojans when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 28\u00bd-point favorites versus the Sun Devils, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. Rudy Carpenter went &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/arizona-state-southern-cal-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arizona State-Southern Cal 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-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","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=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}