{"id":3092,"date":"2008-12-20T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/steelers-titans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T02:58:00","slug":"steelers-titans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/steelers-titans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers-Titans 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 fans at LP Field will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 Steelers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Titans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 34. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 13-9 as a 3-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (34). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Roethlisberger passed for 246 yards with a touchdown for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Hines Ward caught eight passes for 107 yards in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Titans lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 13-12 as a 3-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kerry Collins threw for 181 yards with an interception for <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Chris Johnson rushed for 65 yards on 13 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-3 SU, 8-6 ATS <br \/>Tennessee: 12-2 SU, <st1:date Month=\"11\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\">11-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/p>\n<p><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 10-0<br \/>When playing outside the division 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 \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Tennessee<br \/>Tennessee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>Tennessee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<br \/>Tennessee is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tennessee&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<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 fans at LP Field will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Titans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 34. The Steelers defeated Baltimore 13-9 as a 3-point underdog &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/steelers-titans-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steelers-Titans 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-3092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092","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=3092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}