[Jack Hydrazine]

The odds makers are saying the 49ers over the Seahawks by 3.5 points.

Sep 15: Seahawks 29, 49ers 3 (game held in SEA)
Dec 8: 49ers 19, Seahawks 17 (game held in SFO)
Total those numbers up and you have
Seahawks 46 and the 49ers 22.

With the upcoming game being played in SEA why are the odds makers favoring the 49ers?

[okie01]

With the upcoming game being played in SEA why are the odds makers favoring the 49ers?

Oddsmakers favor the side that has the most money bet on the outcome, not who they believe will win (or cover the spread).

If the odds favor the 49ers, that means there is more money supporting the 49ers than is supporting the Seahawks.

[ken5050]

Because SF's hot team, and that's where the $$ is flowing to.

Vegas books come out with an "outlaw line" a few days before the release the offical line for the first time. They allow a few of their best customers, smartest gamblers, to bet the line...it show them if the're way off..and they adjust it accordingly..

Seattle didn't finish the regular season well..true, they had nothing to play for..but the 49er's really look hot..and Kapernick's viewed as a Brady+ Manning with a great set of wheels..

[campaignPete R-CT]

DEN & SEA are favorites

1/19 3:00 ET At Denver -4.5 New England
1/19 6:30 ET At Seattle -3.5 San Francisco