{"id":2917,"date":"2008-12-05T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/sec-title-gamealabama-florida-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-05T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:53:00","slug":"sec-title-gamealabama-florida-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/sec-title-gamealabama-florida-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC title game:Alabama-Florida Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The SEC champion has romped to victory in the BCS title game two years in a row. Either the Alabama Crimson Tide or the Florida Gators will get a chance to make it three in a row for the SEC, but first they have to win the SEC title game on Saturday at Georgia Dome. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Gators listed as 10-point favorites versus the Crimson Tide, while the game’s total is sitting at 52. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John Parker Wilson threw for 135 yards and one touchdown to lead Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 36-0 blowout of Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 14. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tide covered the 14.5-point spread, while the combined score played UNDER the posted total of 40.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim Tebow threw three touchdown passes, ran for 80 yards and another score, and Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> thumped Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 45-15 in Week 14. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Gators covered the 17-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the posted total of 53.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 12-0 SU, 9-3 ATS
Florida: 11-1 SU, 9-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alabama most recently:
When playing in December are 3-4
When playing on turf are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

Florida most recently:
When playing in December are 4-3
When playing on turf are 5-2
After outgaining opponent are 9-1
When playing within the conference are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The SEC champion has romped to victory in the BCS title game two years in a row. Either the Alabama Crimson Tide or the Florida Gators will get a chance to make it three in a row for the SEC, but first they have to win the SEC title game on Saturday at Georgia Dome. … Continue reading SEC title game:Alabama-Florida 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-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","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=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}