{"id":2962,"date":"2008-12-08T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/buccaneers-panthers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-08T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:41:00","slug":"buccaneers-panthers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/buccaneers-panthers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers-Panthers 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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers meet at Bank of America 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 Panthers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Buccaneers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 23-20 as a 4.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jeff Garcia passed for 119 yards with a touchdown for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, while Antonio Bryant caught three passes for 63 yards and a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Panthers defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 35-31 as a 3-point underdog last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (41.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">DeAngelo Williams rushed for 72 yards with four touchdowns on 21 carries for <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jake Delhomme passed for 177 yard with a touchdown run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 9-3 SU, 7-5 ATS <br \/>Carolina: 9-3 SU, <st1:date Month=\"6\" Day=\"5\" Year=\"2001\">6-5-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the division are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Carolina most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After being outgained are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the division 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 8 games when playing on the road against Carolina<br \/>Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 10 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Carolina&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina&#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 \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers meet at Bank of America Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Panthers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38\u00bd. The Buccaneers defeated New Orleans 23-20 as a 4.5-point favorite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/buccaneers-panthers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buccaneers-Panthers 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-2962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962","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=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}