{"id":2357,"date":"2008-10-17T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/southern-california-washington-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T01:29:00","slug":"southern-california-washington-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/southern-california-washington-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California-Washington 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 Southern Cal Trojans and the Washington State Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Martin 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 Trojans listed as 42\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 58. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe McKnight rushed for 143 yards on 11 carries, as USC dropped <?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> 28-0 in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place>Southern California<\/st1:place> covered as 25.5-point home favorites as the game played under the 46.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> was pounded 66-13 by <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 7, as 30.5-point road underdogs. The combined 79 points sailed OVER the posted total of 54. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chantz Staden ran for 47 yards with a touchdown for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/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 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place>: 4-1 SU, 4-1 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-6 SU, 0-6 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Southern Cal most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Washington State most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<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 \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington State<br \/>Southern Cal is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games on the road<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington State&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Southern Cal<br \/>Washington State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Southern Cal<br \/>Washington State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Washington State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Southern Cal<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place> at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at Stanford, Saturday, November 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/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 Southern Cal Trojans and the Washington State Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Martin Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 42\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 58. Joe McKnight rushed for 143 yards on 11 carries, as USC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/southern-california-washington-state-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Southern California-Washington 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-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357","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=2357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}