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Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
In the NFL Week 13 odds market, you aren’t going to find a more intriguing matchup than 49ers-Eagles. There might not be a better matchup this entire regular season. All we need this time is for Brock Purdy to stay healthy so that the rematch of last season’s NFC Championship Game lives up to its full billing.
The San Francisco-Philadelphia contest is rightly FOX’s Game of the Week.
It’s also conference championship weekend. The college football Week 14 oddsboard is lit up with interesting games, most notably Oregon-Washington in the Pac-12, Georgia-Alabama in the SEC, and Michigan-Iowa in the Big Ten, with a point spread that looks more like a total for the low-scoring Hawkeyes.
Let’s get to it as oddsmakers and sharp bettors dive into this week’s NFL and college football betting nuggets.
NFL Rocks on FOX
Niners-Eagles is appointment viewing at 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX and FOX Sports app. After a three-game hiccup, San Fran is on a three-game winning streak, improving to 8-3 straight up (SU), though the 49ers are a more modest 6-5 against the spread (ATS).
Philly has lost just once this season, somehow tumbling to the New York Jets. The Eagles (10-1 SU, 7-2-2 ATS) have since won five in a row SU, including a Week 12 screamer in the rain against the Buffalo Bills. A Jalen Hurts TD in overtime gave the Eagles a 37-34 victory as 2.5-point favorites.
In last season’s NFC title tilt, the Eagles rolled to a 31-7 victory. But as alluded to above, San Fran lost Purdy to an elbow injury early in the game. For Sunday’s showdown, PointsBet sports trader Ethan Useloff said action has swayed depending on whether the spread is 2.5 or 3 points.
“With this spread sitting around the field-goal mark, bettors are keen to back the 49ers at the 2.5-point handicap. However, as this has shifted to 3 points, the Eagles covering this spread has become the popular pick among the…
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