{"id":3203,"date":"2009-01-02T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/international-bowl-buffalo-vs-connecticut-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-02T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:32:00","slug":"international-bowl-buffalo-vs-connecticut-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/international-bowl-buffalo-vs-connecticut-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"International Bowl: Buffalo vs. Connecticut Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Buffalo Bulls upset Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in winning the MAC title and will head north to face the UConn Huskies January 3 for the International Bowl.
If you look at the recent history between the Bulls and UConn, you will see four straight ATS wins by the Huskies and a 139-10 total score. But these Bulls have improved dramatically under coach Turner Gill. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Huskies listed as 7-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total is sitting at 51. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Naaman Roosevelt caught three TD passes in leading Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to a 42-24 season-ending victory over Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Week 15. Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won the game as 16-point underdogs, while the 66 points made it OVER the posted total of 63.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Willy completed 19-of-28 for 206 yards with three touchdowns. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Donald Brown totaled 189 yards on the ground and one touchdown for Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in a 34-10 loss to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 15. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Huskies failed to cover the 1.5-point spread, while the combined score played just UNDER the posted total of 46. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-5 SU, 9-4 ATS
Connecticut: 7-5 SU, 5-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on turf are 6-4
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing outside the conference are 2-8
After playing Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> are 1-2<\/p>\n

Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on turf are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the conference are 7-3
After playing Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 2-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Buffalo’s last 8 games
Buffalo is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Buffalo is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Buffalo is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut
Connecticut is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Buffalo
Connecticut is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Buffalo
Connecticut is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Buffalo Bulls upset Ball State in winning the MAC title and will head north to face the UConn Huskies January 3 for the International Bowl.If you look at the recent history between the Bulls and UConn, you will see four straight ATS wins by the Huskies and a 139-10 total score. But these Bulls … Continue reading International Bowl: Buffalo vs. Connecticut 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-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203","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=3203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}