{"id":2992,"date":"2008-12-10T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/boise-state-byu-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-10T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T12:50:00","slug":"boise-state-byu-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/boise-state-byu-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise State-BYU 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 Boise State Broncos and the BYU Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Marriott<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> held homecourt with a 85-76 win over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Colorado<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at Taco Bell Arena Saturday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> covered as a 1.5-point home favorite. The final score played over the 149-point total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">BYU dug in and came away with a 68-63 win over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Utah<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> last time out. BYU failed to cover the 6.5-point spread, and the 131 points went UNDER the posted total of 139. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 5 straight games.<br \/>BYU has won 8 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>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 6-1 SU, 3-2 ATS <br \/>BYU: 8-0 SU, 5-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boise State most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 2-2<br \/>After playing Colorado State are 0-1<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>BYU most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Portland are 1-1<br \/>After playing Utah State are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boise State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Boise State is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games on the road<br \/>Boise State is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boise State&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>BYU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>BYU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>BYU is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boise State<br \/>BYU is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boise State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 13<br \/>BYU home to <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 13<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>The Boise State Broncos and the BYU Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Marriott Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Boise State held homecourt with a 85-76 win over Colorado State at Taco Bell Arena &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/boise-state-byu-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Boise State-BYU 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-2992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992","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=2992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}