I know for a fact that college athletes look at spreads on the games they are playing. Back in college I was friends with a group of football players at a large university in TX, and they definately were in tune with the lines. Games they felt they would easily cover rarely worked out. I think over three-fourths of the kids playing these days look at these lines. I think the lines give alot of schools a sense of confidence or they are a source of motivation. I think lines provide a source of overconfidence in many cases for teams. Anyone have other info on this?
I know a guy who was a 4 year starter at evansville, graduated a few years ago....he said they would always look at the spreads. I don't know if it motivated them or anything but he did say they picked sides for all the games in the MVC and hit like 75% every year (not betting, just for fun)
in college nowadays the players usually want to cover spreads a little more because so many of their friends are betting on the games....i used to bet every week on football with my friend who was kicked off a major ncaa basketball program for it...and he played basketball not football....ruined shit for him, he was possibly nba draft bound now he's struggling from nbdl to euro leagues trying to get a shot at nba....
