{"id":2452,"date":"2008-10-25T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/buccaneers-cowboys-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-25T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T02:49:00","slug":"buccaneers-cowboys-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/buccaneers-cowboys-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers-Cowboys 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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Texas 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 Cowboys listed as 2-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 40\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Buccaneers took a 17-0 lead into the break in Week 7 and cruised from there to a 20-10 win over the Seahawks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bucs just failed to cover the 10.5-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (38). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Brad Johnson was picked off three times in the Cowboys&#8217; 34-14 loss to the Rams in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rams had been pegged as 7.5-point home underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (44.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 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>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 5-2 SU, 5-2 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 4-3 SU, 2-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 2-8<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 8-2<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 OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Dallas is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Tampa Bay<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at <st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> City, Sunday, November 2<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Giants, Sunday, November 2<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 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Texas Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 2-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 40\u00bd. The Buccaneers took a 17-0 lead into the break in Week 7 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/buccaneers-cowboys-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buccaneers-Cowboys 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-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","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=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}