Against All Odds: PSN's Vegas Picks

By Mike Drakulich, Pittsburgh SportsNation

It's week 17 in the NFL and there are a few key games left that will determine the final playoffs spots, and in the NCAA, the top Bowls are set to be played. PSN's Dad continued his hot streak over yours truly, going 8-6 to my 7-7 last week. This week features 25 games, so whoever comes out on top this week, will have a stranglehold on what's left of the football season between us.

Bowl Games:

*12-30

Armed Forces Bowl: (9-3) BYU (+1) over Tulsa (8-4) ...Dad takes BYU

Pinstripe Bowl: (8-4) Rutgers (-1) over Iowa State (6-6) ...Dad takes Rutgers

Music City Bowl: (6-6) Wake Forest (+7) over Mississippi State (6-6) ...Dad takes Wake

Insight Bowl: (9-3) 19 Oklahoma (-14) over Iowa (7-5) ...Dad takes Oklahoma

*12-31

Meineke Car Care Bowl: (6-6) Northwestern (+10) over Texas A&M (6-6) ...Dad takes Northwestern

Sun Bowl: (8-4) Georgia Tech (-3) over Utah (7-5) ...Dad takes Utah

Fight Hunger Bowl: (6-6) Illinois (-3) over UCLA (6-7) ...Dad takes UCLA

Liberty Bowl: (9-3) Cincinnati (+1.5) over Vanderbilt (6-6) ...Dad takes Cincy

Chick-fil-A Bowl: (8-4) Virginia (+3) over Auburn (7-5) ...Dad takes Virginia

*1-2

TicketCity Bowl: (12-1) 20 Houston (-6) over 24 Penn State (9-3) ...Dad takes Penn State

Gator Bowl: (6-6) Ohio State (+2) over Florida (6-6) ...Dad takes Florida

Capital One Bowl: (9-3) 21 Nebraska (+3) over 10 South Carolina (10-2) ...Dad takes Nebraska

Outback Bowl: (10-3) 12 Michigan State (+3.5) over 18 Georgia (10-3) ...Dad takes Georgia

Rose Bowl: (11-2) 9 Wisconsin (+6) over 6 Oregon (11-2) ...Dad takes Oregon

Fiesta Bowl: (11-1) 3 Oklahoma State (-4) over 4 Stanford (11-1) ...Dad takes OSU

*1-3

Sugar Bowl: (11-2) 17 Virginia Tech (+3) over 13 Michigan (10-2) ...Dad takes Michigan

*1-4

Orange Bowl: (10-3) 14 Clemson (-3) over 23 West Virginia (9-3) ...Dad takes WVU

NFL Games:

Pittsburgh (off) over Cleveland ...Dad takes Pittsburgh

NY Jets (+2) over Miami ...Dad takes Miami

Tennessee (-3) over Houston ...Dad takes Houston

Buffalo (+11) over New England ...Dad takes Buffalo

Cincinnati (+2.5) over Baltimore ...Dad takes Cincy

Denver (-3.5) over Kansas City ...Dad takes KC

San Diego (+3) over Oakland ...Dad takes Oakland

NY Giants (-3) over Dallas ...Dad takes NY Giants


PSN (Drak): Last Week: 7-7 / Overall: 60-52-2
Dad (Big Drak): Last Week: 8-6 / Overall: 62-50-2

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