{"id":3164,"date":"2008-12-29T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/papa-johns-com-bowl-north-carolina-state-vs-rutgers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-29T01:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T06:03:00","slug":"papa-johns-com-bowl-north-carolina-state-vs-rutgers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/papa-johns-com-bowl-north-carolina-state-vs-rutgers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa John’s.com Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Rutgers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If you had said in mid-October that the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights would be playing in the Papa John’s.com Bowl, it would have sounded crazy.
NC State was 2-6 and Rutgers<\/st1:place> was 2-5, but both reeled off winning streaks to earn this December 29 game at Legion Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Scarlet Knights listed as 7-point favorites versus the Wolfpack, while the game’s total is sitting at 56. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Russell Wilson threw for two touchdown passes to lead North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to an 38-28 upset win over Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 14. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wolfpack covered the 2-point spread, while the final score played OVER the posted total of 50. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Teel threw seven touchdown passes last time out, as Rutgers<\/st1:place> ran over Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 63-14. Rutgers<\/st1:place> easily covered the 11-point spread, and the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 54. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Teel completed 21-of-26 for 447 yards for Rutgers<\/st1:place>. Tim Brown had 173 yards receiving with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
North Carolina<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 6-6 SU, 9-2 ATS
Rutgers: 7-5 SU, 7-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
North Carolina State most recently:
When playing in December are 3-2
When playing on turf are 2-5
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/p>\n

Rutgers most recently:
When playing in December are 2-2
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
North Carolina State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
North Carolina State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of North Carolina State’s last 9 games
Rutgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Rutgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Rutgers’s last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If you had said in mid-October that the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights would be playing in the Papa John’s.com Bowl, it would have sounded crazy. NC State was 2-6 and Rutgers was 2-5, but both reeled off winning streaks to earn this December 29 game at Legion Field. Oddsmakers currently … Continue reading Papa John’s.com Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Rutgers 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-3164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164","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=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}