{"id":6366,"date":"2009-11-13T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/ncaa-football-handicapping-temple-vs-akron\/"},"modified":"2009-11-13T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T12:25:00","slug":"ncaa-football-handicapping-temple-vs-akron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/ncaa-football-handicapping-temple-vs-akron\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Handicapping: Temple vs Akron"},"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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Temple<\/st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName>Owls<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> and the Akron Zips when they take their seats on Friday. <?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 Owls listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Zips, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 44. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Brandon McManus booted a game-winning field goal with seconds left, as <st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (<st1:State><st1:place>Ohio<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>) 34-32 in Week 10. <st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> failed to cover the 17.5-point spread, while the 67 points sailed OVER the posted total of 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Bernard Pierce ran for 172 yards with three touchdowns to lead the way in that win for <st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Patrick Nicely passed for two touchdowns to lead <st1:City><st1:place>Akron<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to a 28-20 win over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kent<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>State<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> in Week 10. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Zips covered the 3.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total of 42. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-2 SU, 6-2 ATS <br \/>Akron: 2-7 SU, 3-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Temple most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 4-6<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 6-4<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Akron most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 3-7<br \/>When playing on turf are 2-8<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 1-9<br \/>When playing within the conference are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Temple is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Temple is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Temple&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Temple is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Akron&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Akron is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Akron is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>Akron is 1-6 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:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Kent<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> State, Saturday, November 21<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Akron<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Bowling Green<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, November 20<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>Temple Owls and the Akron Zips when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Owls listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Zips, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 44. Brandon McManus booted a game-winning field goal with seconds left, as Temple defeated Miami (Ohio) 34-32 in Week 10. Temple failed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/ncaa-football-handicapping-temple-vs-akron\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NCAA Football Handicapping: Temple vs Akron<\/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-6366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366","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=6366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}