{"id":3187,"date":"2009-01-01T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/gator-bowl-clemson-vs-nebraska-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-01T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:20:00","slug":"gator-bowl-clemson-vs-nebraska-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/gator-bowl-clemson-vs-nebraska-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Gator Bowl: Clemson vs. Nebraska 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 Clemson Tigers finished the season on a roll playing tough defense and the Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the year on a roll playing great offense. <br \/>Both will after a win January 1 when they meet at Municipal Stadium in the Gator Bowl. <?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 Tigers listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 57. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">James Davis rushed for three touchdowns to pace Clemson to a 31-14 win over <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 14. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tigers covered the 1-point spread, while the final score played OVER the posted total of 40.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Ganz tossed two touchdown strikes in Week 14 as <st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> surged to a 40-31 win over <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cornhuskers failed to cover the 18-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the posted total (57.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Clemson: 7-5 SU, 4-6 ATS <br \/>Nebraska: 8-4 SU, 6-6 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Clemson most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 1-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 3-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Clemson is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Clemson is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nebraska&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 8-15 ATS in its last 23 games <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 Clemson Tigers finished the season on a roll playing tough defense and the Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the year on a roll playing great offense. Both will after a win January 1 when they meet at Municipal Stadium in the Gator Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cornhuskers, while &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/gator-bowl-clemson-vs-nebraska-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gator Bowl: Clemson vs. Nebraska 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-3187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187","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=3187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}