{"id":5611,"date":"2009-09-17T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/college-football-handicapping-ohio-state-vs-toledo\/"},"modified":"2009-09-17T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:19:00","slug":"college-football-handicapping-ohio-state-vs-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/college-football-handicapping-ohio-state-vs-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Handicapping: Ohio State vs Toledo"},"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 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Toledo Rockets will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Glass Bowl. <?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 Buckeyes listed as 20\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> was defeated 18-15 by USC in Week 2 as 7-point underdogs. The teams played UNDER the posted total of 45.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Daniel Herron had 44 yards rushing with a touchdown in that loss for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aaron Opelt threw four touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores to lead <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to a 54-38 victory over <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 2, as 4-point underdogs. That game&#8217;s 92 points sailed OVER the posted total of 56. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Opelt finished with 319 yards passing in that contest, and rushed for 109 yards off eight carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <br \/>Toledo: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ohio State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After being outgained are 10-0<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Toledo most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 3-7<br \/>When playing on turf are 3-7<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 2-8<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Ohio State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Ohio State is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games on the road<br \/>Ohio State is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>Toledo is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toledo&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toledo&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Toledo is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Florida International, Saturday, September 26<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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 Ohio State Buckeyes and the Toledo Rockets will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Glass Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Buckeyes listed as 20\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Ohio State was defeated 18-15 by USC in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/college-football-handicapping-ohio-state-vs-toledo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">College Football Handicapping: Ohio State vs Toledo<\/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-5611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5611","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=5611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}