{"id":3038,"date":"2008-12-14T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/titans-texans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-14T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T16:48:00","slug":"titans-texans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/titans-texans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans-Texans Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Reliant Stadium will be treated to a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Titans defeated Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 28-9 as a 14-point favorite last week. The combined score caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (37). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris Johnson rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries for Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Kerry Collins passed for 155 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Texans defeated Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 24-21 as a 6-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (47.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Schaub passed for 414 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ken Walter caught six passes for 146 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 12-1 SU, 11-1-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Houston: 6-7 SU, 7-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tennessee most recently:
When playing in December are 8-2
When playing on grass are 9-1
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the division are 8-2<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing in December are 7-3
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing within the division are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Tennessee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Tennessee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Tennessee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Houston
Tennessee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing Tennessee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing at home against Tennessee
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 21
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Reliant Stadium will be treated to a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. The Titans defeated Cleveland 28-9 as a 14-point favorite … Continue reading Titans-Texans 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-3038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3038","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=3038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}