[pincemob]

It may not mean much.  One casino could be advertising a high (or low) point spread to draw attention to themselves, but perhaps only paying out ~80 cents instead of ~90 cents on the dollar to cover their risk on average.

Whether you go back 100 years or to 1990, only about 25% of Rose Bowls have a final point spread within 5 points or less.  If you pick the winning team you are typically going to beat the spread.  Stanford is a little different animal because we tend to not punctuate our games with late touchdowns as much as other winning teams do, though.   

[pincemob]

It may not mean much.  One casino could be advertising a high (or low) point spread to draw attention to themselves, but perhaps only paying out ~80 cents instead of ~90 cents on the dollar to cover their risk on average.

Whether you go back 100 years or to 1990, only about 25% of Rose Bowls have a final point spread within 5 points or less.  If you pick the winning team you are typically going to beat the spread.  Stanford is a little different animal because we tend to not punctuate our games with late touchdowns as much as other winning teams do, though.