{"id":6270,"date":"2009-11-05T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/ncaa-football-handicapping-virginia-tech-vs-east-carolina\/"},"modified":"2009-11-05T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:47:00","slug":"ncaa-football-handicapping-virginia-tech-vs-east-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/ncaa-football-handicapping-virginia-tech-vs-east-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Handicapping: Virginia Tech vs East Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n
The Virginia Tech Hokies and the East Carolina Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hokies listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total is sitting at 51. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech was upset 20-17 by North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 9 as 15.5-point favorites. That game’s 37 points went UNDER the night’s posted total of 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tyrod Taylor had two rushing touchdowns in that loss for the Hokies. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Patrick Pinkney went 14-of-26 for 214 yards with a touchdown and an interception as East Carolina<\/st1:place> handled Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 38-19 in Week 9. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
East Carolina<\/st1:place> covered as 4.5-point road favorites, while the teams played OVER the 48.5-point total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Virginia Tech has lost 2 straight games.
East Carolina<\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Virginia Tech: 5-3 SU, 3-5 ATS
East Carolina: 5-3 SU, 3-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Virginia Tech most recently:
When playing in November are 9-1
When playing on grass are 8-2
After being outgained are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n

East Carolina most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing outside the conference are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Virginia Tech is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing East Carolina
Virginia Tech is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia Tech’s last 6 games
Virginia Tech is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
East Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
East Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
East Carolina is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Virginia Tech<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Virginia Tech at Maryland<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 14
East Carolina<\/st1:place> at Tulsa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 15<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

 <\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Virginia Tech Hokies and the East Carolina Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Hokies listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total is sitting at 51. Virginia Tech was upset 20-17 by North Carolina in Week 9 … Continue reading NCAA Football Handicapping: Virginia Tech vs East Carolina<\/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-6270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270","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=6270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}