[Husker] Point spreads

[Mike Nolan]

> Yes, I can.  Point spreads -- people putting their money behind  their 
> projections.  

It isn't the people making the projections who are putting their money
behind them, it is the people betting on those projections.

Point spreads are designed to even out the money on both sides of the game,
so that the sports book, the people setting the point spreads, has a 
guaranteed profit.  

Thus point spreads represent not the likely point difference of the game 
but what point difference people are willing to put money on.

Husker fans have been grumbling for years that Nebraska seldom covers the
spread.  I wonder if Bapi knows of any research on the actual margin vs 
the point spread in either football or basketball?
--
Mike Nolan