{"id":3235,"date":"2009-01-04T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/fiesta-bowl-ohio-state-texas-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T03:06:00","slug":"fiesta-bowl-ohio-state-texas-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/fiesta-bowl-ohio-state-texas-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State-Texas Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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 <\/span>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> won’t get thumped in the BCS title game like it did the past two seasons. But the Buckeyes might get thumped by Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> January 5 in the Fiesta Bowl.
The Longhorns believe they deserved a better BCS fate since they beat Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, so whether they take out that frustration on 10-2 Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> or sulk about it remains to be seen. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Longhorns listed as 9-point favorites versus the Buckeyes, while the game’s total is sitting at 52. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Terrelle Pryor led Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> with two touchdown passes to beat Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 42-7 in Week 13. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Buckeyes covered the 20.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the posted total of 45.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Colt McCoy threw two TD passes and ran for another pair in helping lift Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 49-9 win over Texas A&M last time out. Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered the 35-point spread, while the 57 points fell UNDER the posted total of 67. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
McCoy completed 23-of-28 for 311 yards for Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Cody Johnson ran for 108 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 10-2 SU, 5-6 ATS
Texas: 11-1 SU, 9-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ohio State most recently:
When playing in January are 5-5
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When an underdog on the road are 4-6<\/p>\n

Texas most recently:
When playing in January are 4-2
When playing on grass are 10-0
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When favored at home are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State’s last 5 games
Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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 Ohio State won’t get thumped in the BCS title game like it did the past two seasons. But the Buckeyes might get thumped by Texas January 5 in the Fiesta Bowl.The Longhorns believe they deserved a better BCS fate since they beat Oklahoma, so whether they take out that frustration on 10-2 Ohio State or … Continue reading Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State-Texas 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-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235","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=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}