{"id":2824,"date":"2008-11-29T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/virginia-virginia-tech-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T00:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T05:24:00","slug":"virginia-virginia-tech-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/virginia-virginia-tech-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia-Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Cavaliers and the Virginia Tech Hokies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Lane 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 Hokies listed as 8-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, 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\">Marc Verica threw for 164 yards, no touchdowns and three interceptions for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as they lost 13-3 to Clemson in Week 13. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cavaliers did not cover the 2.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 43. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Virginia Tech racked up 328 total yards and defeated Duke by a final score of 14-3 in Week 13. Virginia Tech failed to cover the 15-point spread, and the combined 17 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 43.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jarrett Boykin caught four passes for 67 yards with 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>Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 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>Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 5-6 SU, 4-6 ATS <br \/>Virginia Tech: 7-4 SU, 4-6 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Virginia most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 9-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<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 UNDER in 4 of Virginia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Virginia&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Virginia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Virginia is 7-16 ATS in its last 23 games on the road<br \/>Virginia Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Virginia Tech is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Virginia<br \/>Virginia Tech is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Virginia<br \/>Virginia Tech is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Virginia<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 Virginia Cavaliers and the Virginia Tech Hokies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Lane Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Hokies listed as 8-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39. Marc Verica threw for 164 yards, no touchdowns and three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/virginia-virginia-tech-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virginia-Virginia Tech 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-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","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=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}