{"id":6663,"date":"2009-12-05T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn-ncaa-football-odds-west-virginia-vs-rutgers\/"},"modified":"2009-12-05T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:55:00","slug":"espn-ncaa-football-odds-west-virginia-vs-rutgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn-ncaa-football-odds-west-virginia-vs-rutgers\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN NCAA Football Odds: West Virginia vs Rutgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Courtesy of OddsShark.com <\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at Rutgers Stadium will be treated to a game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 Scarlet Knights listed as 2-point favorites versus the Mountaineers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tyler Bitancurt kicked a 43-yard field goal to lift <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to a 19-16 win over <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 13. <st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won that game as a pick&#8217;em, and the teams played UNDER the posted total of 48. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Noel Devine led <st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with 136 yards off 18 carries with a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place>Rutgers<\/st1:place> defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-14 as a 3.5-point favorite in Week 13. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (43). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mohamed Sanu rushed for rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries for the Scarlet Kinghts and Tom Savage passed for 163 yards with a touchdown pass and a TD run. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 8-3 SU, 4-6 ATS <br \/>Rutgers: 8-3 SU, 5-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">West Virginia most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 5-4<br \/>When playing on turf are 9-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Rutgers most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 3-2<br \/>When playing on turf are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>West Virginia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Rutgers<br \/>West Virginia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Rutgers<br \/>West Virginia is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of West Virginia&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Rutgers is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Rutgers is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games <br \/>Rutgers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Rutgers is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing West Virginia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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>Courtesy of OddsShark.com &nbsp; The fans at Rutgers Stadium will be treated to a game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Scarlet Knights listed as 2-point favorites versus the Mountaineers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. Tyler Bitancurt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/espn-ncaa-football-odds-west-virginia-vs-rutgers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN NCAA Football Odds: West Virginia vs Rutgers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663","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=6663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}