{"id":5489,"date":"2009-09-04T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/abc-football-odds-virginia-tech-vs-alabama\/"},"modified":"2009-09-04T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T01:14:00","slug":"abc-football-odds-virginia-tech-vs-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/abc-football-odds-virginia-tech-vs-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Football Odds: Virginia Tech vs Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Georgia Dome has a Week 1 contest on tap for Saturday as the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Alabama Crimson Tide play their season openers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 7-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 37. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
2009 team records:
Virginia Tech: 10-4 SU, 6-7 ATS
Alabama: 12-2 SU, 9-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on turf are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When an underdog on the road are 5-5<\/p>\n

Alabama most recently:
When playing in September are 7-3
When playing on turf are 5-5
After being outgained are 7-3
When favored at home are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Virginia Tech’s last 6 games
Virginia Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Virginia Tech is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Alabama is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Alabama’s last 9 games
Alabama is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Virginia Tech home to Marshall<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 12
Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Florida International, Saturday, September 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Georgia Dome has a Week 1 contest on tap for Saturday as the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Alabama Crimson Tide play their season openers. Oddsmakers currently have the Crimson Tide listed as 7-point favorites versus the Hokies, while the game’s total is sitting at 37. 2009 team records:Virginia Tech: 10-4 SU, 6-7 ATS Alabama: … Continue reading ABC Football Odds: Virginia Tech vs Alabama<\/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-5489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489","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=5489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}