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Week 18
Houston Cougars (12-0) (6-0 H) vs Penn State Nittany Lions (8-3) (4-1 A) Game Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT Monday, January 2 Stadium: Robertson Stadium Surface: Grass

RECORD ANALYSIS
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
Penn State Nittany Lions	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	5 - 2	4 - 1	9 - 3	1 - 4	2 - 3	3 - 7	0 - 5	2 - 3	2 - 8
Last 5 games	1 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 2	0 - 1	2 - 1	2 - 2	0 - 2	2 - 1	2 - 3
YTD vs. Conf.	3 - 1	3 - 1	6 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 2	3 - 4	0 - 3	2 - 2	2 - 5
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
Houston Cougars	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	6 - 1	6 - 0	12 - 1	5 - 1	4 - 2	9 - 3	4 - 2	4 - 2	8 - 4
Last 5 games	1 - 1	3 - 0	4 - 1	1 - 1	3 - 0	4 - 1	1 - 1	1 - 2	2 - 3
YTD vs. Conf.	4 - 1	4 - 0	8 - 1	4 - 1	3 - 1	7 - 2	3 - 2	2 - 2	5 - 4
	AWAY VS. SPREAD					HOME VS. SPREAD
Year-to-Date	FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF		FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF
Penn State Nittany Lions	1 - 2	1 - 1	2 - 1	0 - 2		1 - 3	0 - 1	1 - 4	0 - 0
Houston Cougars	4 - 2	0 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 1		5 - 1	0 - 0	5 - 1	0 - 0

TEAM LOGS/SCHEDULE:
( * = overtime)

Penn State Nittany Lions
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/03/11	Sat	INS	41 - 7	W	-0	-0	W 34	NL	NL		G
09/10/11	Sat	AL	11 - 27	L	+9.5	+10	L -6	42.0	41.5	U -3.5	G
09/17/11	Sat	@TEMP	14 - 10	W	-10	-7	L -3	44.5	46.0	U -22.0	T
09/24/11	Sat	EM	34 - 6	W	-27.5	-29	L -1	44.0	46.5	U -6.5	G
10/01/11	Sat	@IN	16 - 10	W	-17.5	-14	L -8	47.5	49.0	U -23.0	G
10/08/11	Sat	IA	13 - 3	W	-2.5	-4.5	W 5.5	45.5	45.0	U -29.0	G
10/15/11	Sat	PUR	23 - 18	W	-13.5	-11	L -6	41.0	41.0	U 0.0	G
10/22/11	Sat	@NW	34 - 24	W	-4	-4.5	W 5.5	47.5	47.5	O +-10.5	G
10/29/11	Sat	IL	10 - 7	W	-6	-5	L -2	40.5	38.0	U -21.0	G
11/12/11	Sat	NE	14 - 17	L	+2	+3	L 0	43.5	43.0	U -12.0	G
11/19/11	Sat	@OHST	20 - 14	W	+6.5	+6.5	W 12.5	39.5	38.0	U -4.0	G
11/26/11	Sat	@WIS	7 - 45	L	+15.5	+17	L -21	48.5	49.0	O +- 3.0	T

Houston Cougars
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/03/11	Sat	UCLA	38 - 34	W	-3.5	-1	W 3	61.5	59.0	O +-13.0	G
09/10/11	Sat	@NTX	48 - 23	W	-22.5	-20.5	W 4.5	63.5	65.5	O +- 5.5	G
09/17/11	Sat	@LATECH	35 - 34	W	-8	-6	L -5	70.5	67.5	O +- 1.5	G
09/24/11	Sat	GST	56 - 0	W	-0	-0	W 56	NL	NL		G
09/29/11	Thu	@TXEP	49 - 42	W	-17	-14.5	L -7.5	65.0	65.0	O +-26.0	T
10/08/11	Sat	ECA	56 - 3	W	-12.5	-11.5	W 41.5	73.5	74.5	U -15.5	G
10/22/11	Sat	MRSHL	63 - 28	W	-20.5	-24	W 11	60.0	62.5	O +-28.5	G
10/27/11	Thu	RICE	73 - 34	W	-27.5	-27.5	W 11.5	71.0	73.0	O +-34.0	G
11/05/11	Sat	@ALBRM	56 - 13	W	-27.5	-28	W 15	74.0	76.0	U -7.0	T
11/10/11	Thu	@TLN	73 - 17	W	-34	-34	W 22	71.5	71.5	O +-18.5	T
11/19/11	Sat	SMU	37 - 7	W	-20	-20	W 10	75.0	74.5	U -30.5	G
11/25/11	Fri	@TLS	48 - 16	W	-3	-2	W 30	75.5	77.0	U -13.0	T
12/03/11	Sat	SMS	28 - 49	L	-12.5	-13	L -34	71.5	73.5	O +- 3.5	G

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

						LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	VIS	SC	HOM	SC	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
NO PREVIOUS MEETINGS

STATISTICAL AVERAGES:

AWAY/HOME			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
PAST (off)	18.2	18	38	165	4.3	29	15	0.5	177	6.1	342	0.6	1.2
HOU (def)	22.1	20	40	164	4.1	33	19	0.6	237	7.2	401	1.4	0.7
			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
PAST (def)	20.6	19	38	142	3.7	32	18	0.6	178	5.6	320	0.8	1.0
HOU (off)	50.1	29	31	145	4.7	47	33	0.7	426	9.1	571	0.4	0.7
ALL GAMES			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
PAST (off)	19.8	19	39	164	4.2	29	15	0.5	180	6.2	344	0.7	1.1
HOU (def)	23.1	20	41	172	4.2	34	19	0.6	214	6.3	386	1.4	0.8
			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
PAST (def)	15.7	17	39	139	3.6	30	16	0.5	162	5.4	301	1.2	1.0
HOU (off)	50.8	28	31	155	5.0	47	33	0.7	444	9.4	599	0.5	0.7

SCORING AVERAGES:

Penn State Nittany Lions (away)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	6.2	6.6	12.8	3.4	2.0	0.0	5.4
POINTS ALLOWED	6.2	9.6	15.8	2.8	2.0	0.0	4.8

Houston Cougars (home)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	10.9	17.9	28.8	11.4	10.0	0.0	21.4
POINTS ALLOWED	4.9	5.4	10.3	8.0	3.9	0.0	11.9

Penn State Nittany Lions (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	5.1	5.6	10.7	4.5	4.6	0.0	9.1
POINTS ALLOWED	3.4	6.2	9.6	3.1	3.0	0.0	6.1

Houston Cougars (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	8.2	16.3	24.5	13.6	12.7	0.0	26.3
POINTS ALLOWED	6.1	6.2	12.3	7.2	3.6	0.0	10.8

VALUE INDEX COMPARISON TO LAS VEGAS LINE:

	LV POINTSPREAD		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	LINE	EDGE
Penn State Nittany Lions			58.5	-4.5	10.0
Houston Cougars			50
	LV OVER/UNDER		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	EDGE
OVER/UNDER			45.5	UNKNOWN

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