{"id":2371,"date":"2008-10-17T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/connecticut-rutgers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T02:48:00","slug":"connecticut-rutgers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/connecticut-rutgers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut-Rutgers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Connecticut Huskies and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rutgers Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Scarlet Knights listed as 1-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> fell 38-12 to North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 6, as 8-point underdogs. The 50 points made it OVER the posted total of 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Donald Brown racked up 159 yards rushing with a touchdown in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Teel went 19-for-34 for 175 yards for Rutgers<\/st1:place> in its 13-10 loss to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 7. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> couldn’t cover as 8-point home favorites as the game played under the 48.5-point total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Rutgers<\/st1:place> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 5-1 SU, 2-3 ATS
Rutgers: 1-5 SU, 2-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Connecticut most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on turf are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Rutgers most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on turf are 4-6
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Connecticut is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Connecticut is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Rutgers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut’s last 7 games on the road
Connecticut is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Rutgers
Rutgers is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games at home
Rutgers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Connecticut
Rutgers is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Rutgers is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 25
Rutgers<\/st1:place> at Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Connecticut Huskies and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Rutgers Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Scarlet Knights listed as 1-point favorites versus the Huskies, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. Connecticut fell 38-12 to North Carolina in Week 6, as 8-point … Continue reading Connecticut-Rutgers 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-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371","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=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}