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.

The Bowl Season comes to an end this week, and the NFL playoffs are set to begin as both my dad and I venture into week 19 of our picks vs the spread.


NCAA

January 3

Fiesta Bowl: (11-1) 5 Kansas State (+8) over 4 Oregon (11-1) ...MJD picks Kansas St

January 4

Cotton Bowl: (10-2) 9 Texas A&M (-3.5) over 11 Oklahoma (10-2) ...MJD picks Oklahoma

January 5

BBVA Compass Bowl: (6-6) Pitt (+3) over Mississippi St (6-6) ...MJD picks Pitt

January 6

GoDaddy.com Bowl: (11-2) 25 Kent St (+3.5) over Arkansas St (9-3) ...MJD picks Kent St

January 7

BCS Championship: (12-0) 1 Notre Dame (+10) over 2 Alabama (12-1) ...MJD picks Notre Dame


NFL

Wild Card

Saturday

(12-4) Houston (-4.5) over Cincinnati (10-6) ...MJD picks Cincinnati

(10-6) Minnesota (+9.5) over Green Bay (11-5) ...MJD picks Green Bay

Sunday

(11-5) Indianapolis (+6.5) over Baltimore (10-6) ...MJD picks Baltimore

(10-6) Washington (+3) over Seattle (11-5) ...MJD picks Seattle

* BOLD denotes Home Team


Standings:


Mike P. Drakulich (Jr): Last Week: 17-11 / Bowls: 16-14 / Overall: 104-84-2**

Mike J. Drakulich (Sr): Last Week: 15-13 / Bowls: 14-16 / Overall: 93-95-2**

**Replacement Refs costing 1 win


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