{"id":3180,"date":"2008-12-31T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/sun-bowl-pittsburgh-vs-oregon-state-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-31T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T18:35:00","slug":"sun-bowl-pittsburgh-vs-oregon-state-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/sun-bowl-pittsburgh-vs-oregon-state-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Oregon State Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Panthers clobbered Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> the last time they met in a bowl game back in 2002. But Pitt (9-3)opened as a small dog for its New Year’s Eve battle with the 8-4 Beavers in the Sun Bowl. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Beavers listed as 1-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total is sitting at 52. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bill Stull threw for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to a 34-10 win over Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 15. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Panthers covered the 1.5-point spread, while the combined score played just UNDER the posted total of 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State was upset 65-38 by Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 14 as a 3-point favorite at home. That game’s 103 points sailed OVER the posted total of 58. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lyle Moevao threw for 363 yards with five touchdowns for Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. Shane Morales finished with 62 yards rushing with two touchdowns in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 9-3 SU, 6-6 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 8-4 SU, 8-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in December are 6-3
When playing on turf are 5-5
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n

Oregon State most recently:
When playing in December are 6-4
When playing on turf are 8-2
After being outgained are 10-0
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s last 18 games
Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Oregon<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Panthers clobbered Oregon State the last time they met in a bowl game back in 2002. But Pitt (9-3)opened as a small dog for its New Year’s Eve battle with the 8-4 Beavers in the Sun Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Beavers listed as 1-point favorites versus the Panthers, while the game’s total … Continue reading Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Oregon State 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-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","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=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}