Rose Bowl Game Line: Michigan State vs. Stanford line and spread

Rose Bowl Game Line: Michigan State vs. Stanford line and spread Just a couple of days left until 2014 and one of the more exciting college bowl games, the Rose Bowl, which will see Michigan State face off Stanford for the prestigious trophy, here you can find the latest Rose Bowl line and point spread. Michigan State earned tickets to Rose Bowl this season with an impressive victory over Ohio State to finish 12-1 and Stanford will make the short trip to Pasadena ending the season with a 11-2 record. Despite the numbers, which you can see further down, the Rose Bowl line and point spread may surprise just a few. Let's check the odds and spread on the 2014 Rose Bowl game right away:

As always, we will compare the line and spread at two of the most popular US online sportsbooks, Bookmaker and Bovada Sports. Starting with Bookmaker, we find the Rose Bowl line favoring Stanford Cardinal at -260, while the Michigan State Spartans will arrive in CA with +215 line to win the Rose Bowl game on Wednesday. At this sportsbook the Michigan State vs. Stanford point spread is set at -6.5 points chalk Stanford and the over under is at 42.5 points. Heading over to Bovada Sports, we find that the Rose Bowl line on the underdog Michigan State is a bit longer at +220, while Stanford's odds to win Rose Bowl are at -260, as well. The Rose Bowl point spread here, however, is at -7 points in favor of Stanford and the odds makers have set the total at 43 points for the over under on the Rose Bowl game. Despite the small differences in the lines and spread, one thing is for certain, the sportsbooks are making Stanford a heavy favorite to win the 2014 Rose Bowl game.

The betting stats are showing that Michigan State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of Stanford's last 8 games and UNDER in 5 of Michigan State's last 7 games. Also keep in mind that while on average Stanford scores 3.4 points more than Michigan State per game, the Spartans have the tighter defense, allowing just 12.7 pts per game, compared to 18.6 for Stanford Cardinal. Injuries also appear to be a non-factor in this Rose Bowl, Stanford reporting only defensive end Ben Gardner out for the season, while Michigan State will play the Rose Bowl game without linebackers Max Bullough and Jairus Jones. The 2014 Rose Bowl game between Michigan State and Stanford will start at 5pm EST on Wednesday, January 1st 2014.

Published on 12/30/2013