{"id":2366,"date":"2008-10-17T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/virginia-tech-boston-college-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:31:00","slug":"virginia-tech-boston-college-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/virginia-tech-boston-college-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Tech-Boston College Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Alumni Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech jumped out to a 20-3 and cruised to a 27-13 victory over Western Kentucky<\/st1:place> in Week 6. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hokies failed to cover the 26.5-point spread, while the combined final score played UNDER the day’s posted total of 42.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris Crane’s touchdown run with 22 seconds remaining pushed Boston College past North Carolina State 38-31 in Week 6. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Eagles just missed covering the 7.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day’s posted total of 42.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Virginia Tech has won 5 straight games.
Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Virginia Tech: 5-1 SU, 2-3 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 4-1 SU, 2-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in October are 8-2
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n

Boston College most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on turf are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Virginia Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Virginia Tech is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston College
Boston College is 21-3 SU in its last 24 games at home
Boston College is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston College’s last 5 games when playing Virginia Tech
Boston College is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Virginia Tech<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Virginia Tech at Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, October 25
Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Alumni Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 3-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. Virginia Tech jumped out to a 20-3 and cruised … Continue reading Virginia Tech-Boston College Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366","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=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}