Against All Odds: Pittsburgh SportsNation's Vegas Picks

By Mike Drakulich, Pittsburgh SportsNation

Presenting PSN's Vegas Picks, a weekly feature matching wits between myself and my dad. I choose the games and make my picks for the week, and my dad (MJD) agrees or disagrees. Each week we include the local teams, Pitt, Penn State, WVU, and the Steelers unless they are not scheduled.

Are you ready for some football? For your sake, I hope so, as 22 Bowl games are scheduled from December 27 thru January 2! We included 6 NFL games to even out the games at 190 at the end of week 18 of PSN's odds picks. We hope that you and your families had a Merry Christmas and wish you all a joyous and prosperous 2013!

Week 18.

NCAA

December 27

Military Bowl: (10-2) 24 San Jose St (-7.5) over Bowling Green (8-4) ...MJD picks Bowling Green

Belk Bowl: (9-3) Cincinnati (-8) over Duke (6-6) ...MJD picks Cincinnati

Holiday Bowl: (9-4) 17 UCLA (-2.5) over Baylor (7-5) ...MJD picks UCLA

December 28

Independence Bowl: (8-4) Ohio (+7) over LA Monroe (8-4) ...MJD picks LA Monroe

Russell Athletic Bowl: (9-3) Rutgers (+2.5) over Virginia Tech (6-6) ...MJD picks Rutgers

Meineke Car Care Bowl: (7-5) Texas Tech (-13) over Minnesota (6-6) ...MJD picks Texas Tech

December 29

Armed Forces Bowl: (6-6) Air Force (-2) over Rice (6-6) ...MJD picks Air Force

Fight Hunger Bowl: (8-4) Navy (+14) over Arizona State (7-5) ...MJD picks Navy

Pinstripe Bowl: (7-5) West Virginia (-3.5) over Syracuse (7-5) ...MJD picks Syracuse

Alamo Bowl: (8-4) 23 Texas (+3) over 13 Oregon State (9-3) ...MJD picks Texas

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: (7-5) TCU (-2.5) over Michigan State (6-6) ...MJD picks Michigan St

December 31

Music City Bowl: North Carolina State (+7) over Vanderbilt (8-4) ...MJD picks Vanderbilt

Sun Bowl: (7-5) Southern Cal (-10) over Georgia Tech (6-7) ...MJD picks Georgia Tech

Liberty Bowl: (10-3) Tulsa (+1) over Iowa State (6-6) ...MJD picks Iowa St

Chick-fil-A Bowl: (10-2) 14 Clemson (+5) over 8 LSU (10-2) ...MJD picks LSU

January 1

Gator Bowl: (9-3) 20 Northwestern (+1) over Mississippi State (8-4) ...MJD picks Mississippi St

Heart of Dallas Bowl: (7-5) Oklahoma State (-16.5) over Purdue (6-6) ...MJD picks Oklahoma St

Outback Bowl: (10-2) 10 South Carolina (-6) over 18 Michigan (8-4) ...MJD picks Michigan

Capital One Bowl: (11-2) 7 Georgia (-10) over Nebraska (10-3) ...MJD picks Georgia

Rose Bowl: (11-2) 6 Stanford (-6.5) over Wisconsin (8-5) ...MJD picks Stanford

Orange Bowl: (11-2) 12 Florida State (-13) over 15 Northern Illinois (12-1) ...MJD picks Florida St

January 2

Sugar Bowl: (10-2) 21 Louisville (+13.5) over 3 Florida (11-1) ...MJD picks Louisville


NFL

(7-8) Pittsburgh (-3) over Cleveland (5-10) ...MJD picks Pittsburgh

(9-6) Minnesota (+3) over Green Bay (11-4) ...MJD picks Green Bay

(11-4) New England (-10) over Miami (7-8) ...MJD picks Miami

(5-10) Arizona (+16.5) over San Francisco (10-4-1) ...MJD picks Arizona

(7-7) St Louis (+10.5) over Seattle (10-5) ...MJD picks St Louis

(9-6) Washington (-3) over Dallas (8-7) ...MJD picks Washington

* BOLD denotes Home Team


Standings:


Mike P. Drakulich (Jr): Last Week: 8-4 / Bowls: 5-3 / Overall: 87-73-2**

Mike J. Drakulich (Sr): Last Week: 5-7 / Bowls: 3-5 / Overall: 78-82-2**

**Replacement Refs costing 1 win


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