{"id":5773,"date":"2009-09-26T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/espn2-college-football-betting-texas-tech-vs-houston\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:20:00","slug":"espn2-college-football-betting-texas-tech-vs-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/espn2-college-football-betting-texas-tech-vs-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN2 College Football Betting: Texas Tech vs Houston"},"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 Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Houston Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at John O&#8217;Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium. <?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 Red Raiders listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 75. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Taylor Potts had 417 yards passing with three touchdowns in Texas Tech&#8217;s 34-24 loss to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3. Texas Tech were 18.5-point underdogs in that contest, while the combined 58 points went UNDER the posted total of 66. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Case Keenum threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns, and Bryce Beall caught the go-ahead six-yard pass off a batted ball as <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> stunned <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oklahoma<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 45-35 in Week 2. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cougars won as 16.5-point underdogs, while the final score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 71. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Tech: 2-1 SU, 2-0 ATS <br \/>Houston: 2-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing outside the conference are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Texas Tech is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games <br \/>Texas Tech is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Tech home to New <st1:country-region><st1:place>Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, Saturday, October 3<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Texas El Paso, Saturday, October 3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><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 Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Houston Cougars will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at John O&#8217;Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Raiders listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 75. Taylor Potts had 417 yards passing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/espn2-college-football-betting-texas-tech-vs-houston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN2 College Football Betting: Texas Tech vs Houston<\/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-5773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773","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=5773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}