{"id":2435,"date":"2008-10-24T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/alabama-tennessee-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T02:22:00","slug":"alabama-tennessee-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/alabama-tennessee-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama-Tennessee 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 Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Neyland 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 Crimson Tide listed as 6-point favorites versus the Volunteers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">John Parker Wilson threw for a season-high 219 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help lead <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 24-20 win over <st1:State><st1:place>Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 24-20 in Week 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tide failed to cover the 11.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tyson Lee ran back two interceptions for touchdowns as <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> easily defeated <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Mississippi<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 34-3 in Week 8. <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 8-point spread, and the 37 points fell UNDER the posted total of 38. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lennon Creer carried the ball 17 times for 68 yards and a touchdown. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 7 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>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 7-0 SU, 4-3 ATS <br \/>Tennessee: 3-4 SU, <st1:date Month=\"2\" Day=\"4\" Year=\"2001\">2-4-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Alabama most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 9-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Alabama is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Alabama is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>Alabama is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Tennessee<br \/>Alabama is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Tennessee is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Tennessee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Alabama<br \/>Tennessee is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing Alabama<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tennessee&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Alabama<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State, Saturday, November 1<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><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 Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Neyland Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 6-point favorites versus the Volunteers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39. John Parker Wilson threw for a season-high 219 yards and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/alabama-tennessee-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alabama-Tennessee 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-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435","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=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}