{"id":3085,"date":"2008-12-20T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/michigan-state-texas-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:53:00","slug":"michigan-state-texas-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/michigan-state-texas-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State-Texas 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 Michigan State Spartans and the Texas Longhorns will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Frank<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Erwin<\/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\">Raymar Morgan went for 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> over Citadel 79-65 on Wednesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> couldn&#8217;t cover as 29-point home favorites as the game played over the 134.5-point total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 6 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>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-2 SU, 3-4 ATS <br \/>Texas: 9-1 SU, 4-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michigan State most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 4-2<br \/>After playing The Citadel are 1-0<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Wisconsin are 1-3<br \/>After playing Texas Southern are 1-1<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 27<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, December 23<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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 Michigan State Spartans and the Texas Longhorns will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Frank Erwin Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Raymar Morgan went for 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead Michigan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/michigan-state-texas-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michigan State-Texas 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-3085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085","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=3085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}