{"id":3181,"date":"2008-12-31T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/music-city-bowl-boston-college-vs-vanderbilt-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-31T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T18:37:00","slug":"music-city-bowl-boston-college-vs-vanderbilt-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/music-city-bowl-boston-college-vs-vanderbilt-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Music City Bowl: Boston College vs. Vanderbilt Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Vanderbilt looked like a contender in the SEC before the Commodore season wrecked on the rocks with four losses in five games to end the year. Now at 6-6, they face the 9-4 Boston College Eagles – losers in the ACC title game – December 31 at LP Field in the Music City Bowl. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 5-point favorites versus the Commodores, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dominique Davis threw for 258 yards, one TD and two interceptions for Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in a 30-12 loss to Virginia Tech in Week 15. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Eagles failed to cover the 1-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the posted total of 39. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Vanderbilt fell 23-10 to Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 14 as a 4-point road underdog. That game’s 33 points fell UNDER the posted total of 38. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon Barden caught two passes and scored the lone TD. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 9-4 SU, 7-5 ATS
Vanderbilt: 6-6 SU, 7-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston College most recently:
When playing in December are 8-2
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 10-0<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt most recently:
When playing in December are 0-1
When playing on grass are 4-6
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston College is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Boston College is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Boston College’s last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Vanderbilt’s last 9 games
Vanderbilt is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Vanderbilt is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Vanderbilt looked like a contender in the SEC before the Commodore season wrecked on the rocks with four losses in five games to end the year. Now at 6-6, they face the 9-4 Boston College Eagles – losers in the ACC title game – December 31 at LP Field in the Music City Bowl. Oddsmakers … Continue reading Music City Bowl: Boston College vs. Vanderbilt 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-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","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=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}