During Miami's heyday in the 1980s and early '90s, the Hurricanes routinely blew out opponents. But before this week, there was one elusive milestone Miami had never hit: a 60-point betting spread.

The Hurricanes are favored over Savannah State on Saturday by five dozen. Not only is that Miami's biggest spread ever—if it holds up until kickoff, it would be only the third spread of 60 points or more in college football since 1980, the earliest point that reliable records were kept, according to RJ Bell, the founder of Pregame.com.

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