ESPN's FPI predicts outcome of Michigan State-Pittsburgh Peach Bowl

A year ago at this time, Michigan State fans were feting Mel Tucker online with the phrase "Tuck Comin' " - an homage to feared stick-up man Omar from "The Wire." There was good reason for the exuberance. The Spartans were coming in hot off of an 11-2 season, and Tucker was 2-0 head-to-head against Jim Harbaugh and Michigan. Tucker's approval…

The start of the college football season is still a month away but the hype is about to ramp up. Big Ten media days are Wednesday and Thursday as coaches and players from all 14 schools will be at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to talk about the upcoming season. Michigan State will be represented by fourth-year coach Mel Tucker along with a trio…

IOWA CITY - Someone who saw the 2021 Michigan State Spartans might not have recognized the 2022 Spartans. The last two seasons have brought much different results in East Lansing, Mich. Mel Tucker led the Spartans to an 11-2 season in 2021 that ended with a Peach Bowl win and top-10 finishes in the Associated Press and College Football Playoff…

The Michigan State Spartans are coming off a terrible 5-7 season after a 2021 season that saw them beat Michigan and win the Peach Bowl. Can Mel Tucker get his squad to improve on their record from last year? Check out our college football odds series for our Michigan State over-under prediction and pick. In 2021, Michigan State had one of its more…

College football bowl season continues Friday with a matchup between 18th-ranked UCLA and 8-4 Pittsburgh in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. The unique Texas border town of El Paso is the backdrop as the Bruins (9-3) chase a 10-win season under the guidance of coach Chip Kelly. All eyes will be on Bruins QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, a dual-threat who…

Sharp money has hit the board in Friday's UCLA vs Pitt showdown in the Sun Bowl. What has caused the point spread to climb in favor of the Bruins? The college football handicapping team from The GoldSheet Each weekly edition of The Football GoldSheet is normally $15, but for the holidays, you can get every edition from now through Super Bowl 57 for…

college football odds series for our Michigan State Penn State prediction and pick. Penn State is heading for a 10-2 season in which the two losses were against Michigan and Ohio State. The Nittany Lions can't do anything about those two big games, but they can do something about this game against Michigan State, played for the Land Grant Trophy,…

Teams: No. 20 Syracuse Orange (6-2, 3-1) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (4-4, 1-3) Day & Time: Saturday, November 5, 3:30 pm Location: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pa. Line: The Draftkings Line doesn't think Syracuse can get it done on the road, with the Orange sitting as 3 point underdogs TV/Streaming: ACC Network, WatchESPN Radio: Cuse.com, TK…

college football odds series for our Michigan State Michigan prediction and pick. The Michigan State Spartans are laboring through a very difficult season. Head coach Mel Tucker received a massive pay raise last year when MSU administrators worried that LSU or other potential suitors in the coaching carousel might snap him up. Michigan State was…

Kickoff temperature in East Lansing was a glorious 61 degrees on Saturday. You couldn't ask for a more welcoming embrace for the first football game following the autumnal equinox. Yet Michigan State coach Mel Tucker looked as if he was coaching a game somewhere near the equator. It did not take the internet long to notice. Jokes aside, Tucker's…

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in college football last season with a nine-win improvement and top 10 finish in the country. The unanimous Big Ten coach of the year, Tucker seemed to be establishing the Spartans as an elite program coming off an 11-win season, the team's best since 2015. Surprisingly,…

Week 1 of the college football season continues with eight games on Friday, and the only game with a ranked team will take place in East landing, where Michigan State hosts Western Michigan. Last season, Western Michigan upset Pitt, the eventual Atlantic Coast Conference champion. However, WMU could only manage to win half of its Mid-American…

Week 1 of the college football season is here and we waste no time with a loaded Thursday slate of games. The first night of Week 1 is headlined by the renewal of The Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pittsburgh. Pitt won the ACC Championship last season, but must replace its first-round pick quarterback, Biletnikoff Award winning wide…

Michigan State heads into 2022 as one of the top curiosities in college football, with the Spartans attempting to follow up on last year's surprising 11-2 season, No. 9 national ranking and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory, all of which allowed third-year coach Mel Tucker to gain traction as a rising force in the profession. "Last year, we as a staff…

Pitt's Kenny Pickett and Michigan State's Kenneth Walker III were the two marquee names heading into this bowl game. Both players were Heisman finalists and are now heading for the NFL Draft and skipping the Peach Bowl. Walker beat Pickett to the punch by announcing earlier on Thursday, but Pickett's announcement came hours later. Oh what could've…

This college football bowl season has been a fun ride yet again, but the time has arrived for the serious business to commence as the New Year's Six slate kicks off on Thursday night. It begins with the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta with No. 10 Michigan State battling No. 12 Pittsburgh in a matchup featuring Big Ten and ACC…

The No. 13 Pittsburgh Panthers can win 12 games in a season for just the second time in program history when they take on the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans in the 2021 Peach Bowl on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. With a win on Thursday, the Panthers (11-2) can join the Johnny Majors-coached 1976 Pitt squad that went 12-0 and was…

The good news is last week's special Four Pack edition of The Six Pack had a winning week. The bad news is that only three of the four games were played. The Hawaii Bowl was canceled on the eve of the game -- which would be Christmas Eve Eve? -- and more have gone down since. It shouldn't come as a surprise considering what's happening in every…

No. 10 Michigan State meets No. 12 Pitt in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game will be televised on ESPN. Pitt (11-2) won the ACC championship under coach Pat Narduzzi this season. The Panthers, however, will be without Heisman finalist Kenny Pickett. The Pitt…

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Pittsburgh has a 11-2 record this season (10-3 against the spread) Michigan State has a 10-2 record this season (8-3-1 against the spread) First matchup between these two teams since 2007 The 2021 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl presents us with a matchup between the ACC Champion Pittsburgh Panthers against the Michigan State…

Since the opening lines for bowls hit the board at Caesars Sportsbooks on Dec. 5, the favorite has flipped in 10 games, and the spread in the Quick Lane Bowl has moved 11 points. It's only the beginning of the annual high-stakes guessing game between bettors and bookmakers that has become a college football tradition during bowl season in the age…

The 2021 Big Ten season will be one to remember, especially for Michigan fans. There was plenty of success to go around, though, with the Buckeyes and Spartans earning New Year's Six bids and the West division champion Hawkeyes ending with a 10-3 record. As a result, nine different members will take part in bowls against at least one school from…

It wouldn't officially be "Bowl Season" if rumors weren't flying around about which star NFL prospects might play or pass in their non-postseason bowls these next several weeks. While the games may not mean much as glorified exhibitions, bettors and the books have every incentive to stay on high-alert. One game has already created havoc on the…

Pitt beat Wake Forest 45-21 in the ACC Championship Game to earn a trip the Chik-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30 where they will face No. 12 Michigan State (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten). Pitt Panthers bowl games odds are now available at sports betting apps. The Pittsburgh Panthers are among the best in college football with a 10-3 ATS record. Michigan State…

It's one thing to develop a computerized power-ranking system that factors in rushing yards per game, strength of schedule and average margin of victory. But since the nation's oddsmakers haven't yet created a program that can read minds, setting point spreads for a slew of college bowl games is an exercise akin to palm reading. There's been…