{"id":3129,"date":"2008-12-27T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/meineke-bowl-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-27T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T14:43:00","slug":"meineke-bowl-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/meineke-bowl-west-virginia-vs-north-carolina-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Meineke Bowl: West Virginia vs. North Carolina Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Pat White will be looking for 81 rushing yards to set a personal mark while he tries to get his West Virginia Mountaineers past North Carolina December 27 in the Meineke Bowl. The game between a pair of 8-4 teams is a veritable home game for UNC as it’s played at nearby Bank of America Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mountaineers listed as 2-point favorites versus the Tar Heels, while the game’s total is sitting at 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> accumulated less total yards, but managed to sneak past South Florida<\/st1:place> 13-7 in their regular-season finale. West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> failed to cover the 7-point spread, while the 20 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 47. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pat White threw for 140 yards with a touchdown, and Pat McAfee booted two field goals over 40 yards in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A near-perfect T.J. Yates threw three touchdown passes, and Trimane Goddard intercepted a pass in the closing seconds to seal a 28-20 win for North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> over Duke in Week 14. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tar Heels covered the 7-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the posted total of 43.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 8-4 SU, 4-7 ATS
North Carolina: 8-4 SU, 5-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
West Virginia most recently:
When playing in December are 4-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 8-2
When playing outside the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
West Virginia is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 6 games
North Carolina is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of North Carolina’s last 9 games<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Pat White will be looking for 81 rushing yards to set a personal mark while he tries to get his West Virginia Mountaineers past North Carolina December 27 in the Meineke Bowl. The game between a pair of 8-4 teams is a veritable home game for UNC as it’s played at nearby Bank of America … Continue reading Meineke Bowl: West Virginia vs. North Carolina 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-3129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129","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=3129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}