{"id":3190,"date":"2009-01-01T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/orange-bowl-virginia-tech-vs-cincinnati-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-01T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:28:00","slug":"orange-bowl-virginia-tech-vs-cincinnati-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/orange-bowl-virginia-tech-vs-cincinnati-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Virginia Tech Hokies, ranked 16th<\/sup> nationally on defense, face the 11-2 Cincinnati Bearcats at Dolphin Stadium in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Cincy won 10 of 11 to end the year, while the Hokies rebounded from a tough mid-season stretch to win their final three games. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bearcats listed as 2-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 42. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech rushed for three touchdowns and ran away from Boston<\/st1:PlaceName> College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to win 30-12 in Week 15. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hokies covered the 1-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the posted total of 39. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marshwan Gilyard had a late TD reception in Week 15 as Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> pulled out a 29-24 win over Hawaii<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bearcats weren’t able to cover the 7.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Virginia Tech: 9-4 SU, 5-7 ATS
Cincinnati: 10-2 SU, 6-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in January are 2-5
When playing on grass are 8-2
After being outgained are 8-2
When an underdog on the road are 5-5<\/p>\n

Cincinnati most recently:
When playing in January are 1-0
When playing on grass are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When favored at home are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia Tech’s last 5 games
Virginia Tech is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Virginia Tech Hokies, ranked 16th nationally on defense, face the 11-2 Cincinnati Bearcats at Dolphin Stadium in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.Cincy won 10 of 11 to end the year, while the Hokies rebounded from a tough mid-season stretch to win their final three games. Oddsmakers currently have the Bearcats listed as … Continue reading Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati 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-3190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190","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=3190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}