{"id":2913,"date":"2008-12-05T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pittsburgh-connecticut-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-05T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:42:00","slug":"pittsburgh-connecticut-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pittsburgh-connecticut-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh-Connecticut Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Rentschler Field will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Connecticut Huskies when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 3-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total is sitting at 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Panthers upset West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 19-15 as a 3-point underdog on Friday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (49). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LeSean McCoy rushed for 182 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 33 carries for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Bill Stull passed for 156 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> lost to South Florida<\/st1:place> 17-13 as a 3-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tyler Lorenzen threw for 119 yards with a touchdown for Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Donald Brown rushed for 96 yards on 28 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-3 SU, 5-6 ATS
Connecticut: 7-4 SU, 5-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in December are 5-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Connecticut most recently:
When playing in December are 1-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the conference are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Connecticut is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home
Connecticut is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Connecticut’s last 6 games
Connecticut is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Rentschler Field will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Connecticut Huskies when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 3-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total is sitting at 46. The Panthers upset West Virginia 19-15 as a 3-point … Continue reading Pittsburgh-Connecticut Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913","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=2913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}