If the 'margins' are set by Vegas or other bookies, then yes. They evaluate the game on full-out play, wire-to-wire. If Tress is up by 20, he'll play the 2's, not have the 1's go for another TD. Doesn't get alot of starters hurt that way, but doesn't 'win-against-the-spread' as they call it. His record counts a win, albeit ever so slight, as the same as a blow-out. There's always the upset, or 'closer-than-anticipated', but that's the beauty and glory of college football. That David can smite the Goliath at anytime. (I'd probably have given odds to the 7 footer with armor, than a lad, clothed in a tunic, without a shield or helmet).
The PLAYERS take their Standord/UCLA brothers lightly, and those kids are the ones that USC didn't even let visit for a game. They had something to prove. Could go on and on, but you get my drift......
