{"id":2599,"date":"2008-11-08T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/california-southern-cal-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-08T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T14:45:00","slug":"california-southern-cal-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/california-southern-cal-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"California-Southern Cal 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 California Golden Bears and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. <?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 22-point favorites versus the Golden Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marcus Ezeff recovered a fumble on a punt return to set up Shane Vereen&#8217;s 2-yard touchdown run with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:time Hour=\"8\" Minute=\"57\">8:57<\/st1:time> to play, and <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> got a 26-16 victory <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 10. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bears covered the 2.5-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 54.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">USC pounded <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 56-0 in Week 10, while easily covering the 45.5-point spread. The 56 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 56. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mark Sanchez completed 13 passes for 157 yards with two touchdowns, and ran for another TD in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place> has won 5 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>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 6-2 SU, 6-2 ATS <br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place>: 7-1 SU, 6-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">California most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Southern Cal most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 10-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 10-0<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 9-1<br \/>When playing within the conference are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>California is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Southern Cal<br \/>California is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>California is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of California&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing California<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, November 15<br \/>Southern <st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Stanford, Saturday, November 15<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 California Golden Bears and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 22-point favorites versus the Golden Bears, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 48. Marcus Ezeff recovered a fumble on a punt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/california-southern-cal-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">California-Southern Cal 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-2599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599","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=2599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}