{"id":3075,"date":"2008-12-19T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/eaglebank-bowl-navy-vs-wake-forest-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-19T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T04:59:00","slug":"eaglebank-bowl-navy-vs-wake-forest-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/eaglebank-bowl-navy-vs-wake-forest-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"EagleBank Bowl: Navy vs. Wake Forest Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Navy Midshipmen (8-4) and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-5) will both be looking to have their names inscribed on college football’s newest bowl December 20. The teams will do battle at RFK Stadium in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Demon Deacons listed as 3-point favorites versus the Midshipmen, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Shun White ran for 147 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Navy over Army 34-0 in Week 15. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Midshipmen easily covered the 10.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 43. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> snapped a two-game losing skid with a 23-10 victory over Vanderbilt in Week 14. Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> covered the 4-point spread at home, but the 33 points fell UNDER the posted total of 38. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon Pendergrass ran for 43 yards on 10 carries with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Navy: 8-4 SU, 6-5 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Navy most recently:
When playing in December are 7-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n

Wake Forest most recently:
When playing in December are 3-0-1
When playing on grass are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Navy’s last 5 games
Navy is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Navy is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Navy is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Wake Forest
Wake Forest is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Navy
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Wake Forest’s last 10 games
Wake Forest is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games
Wake Forest is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Navy Midshipmen (8-4) and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-5) will both be looking to have their names inscribed on college football’s newest bowl December 20. The teams will do battle at RFK Stadium in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Demon Deacons listed as 3-point favorites versus the Midshipmen, while the … Continue reading EagleBank Bowl: Navy vs. Wake Forest 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-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","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=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}