{"id":3188,"date":"2009-01-01T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/capital-one-bowl-michigan-state-vs-georgia-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-01T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:23:00","slug":"capital-one-bowl-michigan-state-vs-georgia-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/capital-one-bowl-michigan-state-vs-georgia-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital One Bowl: Michigan State vs. Georgia 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 fans at Florida Citrus Bowl will be treated to a possible defensive battle when the Michigan State Spartans and the Georgia Bulldogs clash January 1 for the Capital One Bowl.<br \/>And Bulldog backers will be hoping for a victory to take the money-losing sting out of four consecutive ATS losses. <?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 Bulldogs listed as 9-point favorites versus the Spartans, 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\">Javon Ringer had one TD for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, giving him 21 on the season, but the team ended up losing 49-18 to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 13. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Spartans did not cover the 16.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the posted total of 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matthew Stafford finished with 407 yards passing, five touchdowns and one interception but it was not enough as <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> was upset 45-42 by Georgia Tech in Week 14. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bulldogs failed to cover the 7.5-point spread, while the final score played well OVER the posted total of 50.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 9-3 SU, 6-6 ATS <br \/>Georgia: 9-3 SU, <st1:date Month=\"3\" Day=\"6\" Year=\"2002\">3-6-2<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Michigan State most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 1-0<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Georgia most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 6-1<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Michigan State is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan State&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Georgia is 16-3 SU in its last 19 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Georgia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Georgia is 1-6-1 ATS in its last 8 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 fans at Florida Citrus Bowl will be treated to a possible defensive battle when the Michigan State Spartans and the Georgia Bulldogs clash January 1 for the Capital One Bowl.And Bulldog backers will be hoping for a victory to take the money-losing sting out of four consecutive ATS losses. Oddsmakers currently have the Bulldogs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/capital-one-bowl-michigan-state-vs-georgia-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Capital One Bowl: Michigan State vs. Georgia 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-3188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188","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=3188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}