{"id":2668,"date":"2008-11-14T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/north-carolina-maryland-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-14T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:38:00","slug":"north-carolina-maryland-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/north-carolina-maryland-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina-Maryland 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 North Carolina Tar Heels and the Maryland Terrapins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Byrd 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 Tar Heels listed as 3-point favorites versus the Terrapins, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ryan Houston ran for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to help North Carolina beat the Georgia Tech 28-7 in Week 11. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tar Heels covered the 4.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 42. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Maryland was upset 23-13 by Virginia Tech in Week 11, as 3-point underdogs. The 36 points went UNDER the posted total of 41. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Darrius Heyard-Bey caught one TD pass and finished with 92 yards rushing. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>North Carolina has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>North Carolina: 7-2 SU, 5-3 ATS <br \/>Maryland: 6-3 SU, 4-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">North Carolina most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Maryland most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained 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 \/>North Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>North Carolina is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>Maryland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Maryland is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing North Carolina<br \/>Maryland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing North Carolina<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Maryland&#8217;s last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>North Carolina home to North Carolina State, Saturday, November 22<br \/>Maryland home to Florida State, Saturday, November 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/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 North Carolina Tar Heels and the Maryland Terrapins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Byrd Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Tar Heels listed as 3-point favorites versus the Terrapins, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. Ryan Houston ran for a pair of fourth-quarter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/north-carolina-maryland-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Carolina-Maryland 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-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668","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=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}