Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Oddstrader web page (usually on Sunday night) and posted in a thread on CatsIllustrated (which we will hopefully get pinned for convenience). This contest runs for the entire football season (the bowls are treated as one really long week).
There are several ways to win: there are weekly winners, the person with the highest cumulative point total after the season is over is the overall winner but we recognize the contestants that have the most correct picks also.
How do you get points? Select the underdog (second team listed in each game) and have that team pull the upset. The bigger the dog, the bigger the reward but the longer the odds.
Some rules that we need to keep things running smoothly:
1) You should make your pick before the first game of the week has kicked off. Your pick may be invalidated otherwise. I can't know with the new Rivals format that you didn't delete a pick that didn't win and then post a pick from a later game in hopes of getting a winner. You can change your pick before the first game of the week has started by editing your pick or deleting the old pick and making a new post. To change your pick after the first kick off of the week, leave the original post alone, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick in that new post. I'll verify that you can change it manually.
2) If you make your pick after the first game of the week kicks off, it may be invalidated. Make your pick before the first kickoff of the day or pick a game that is played on a later date. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day in the "Don't forget to..." thread, but don't count on it.
3) If you pick the favored team instead of the underdog, we all laugh at you. Ok, we don't but you can't expect to get points in SUP for that.
4) You can appeal an invalidation by posting in that week's thread, include what you think is wrong.
5) Don't edit your picks after the first game of the week has kicked off.
Understand that a perl script is scoring this, if you make the spelling of the teams intentionally obtuse or you are just really bad at spelling, your pick might be missed. If you want to tell us all about the underdogs you thought you might choose and then tell us about the one you finally did pick, you might be surprised which one the script finds.
So your post should look something like:
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Purdue
*** Everyone hates the Irish right?
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Don't put any other team name in your post with your SUP pick without putting an '***' in front of it. Everything after the '***' will be ignored. My program may find the wrong name if you don't. Once you post your pick, you can post in the thread any comment you like. Your first post is your pick (if I can find your pick).
Because the scoring is done by a script and not by hand, if you feel a mistake was made in scoring your SUP, post that on that Week's thread. We'll try to get it resolved quickly. The scripts are far from perfect and VegasOdds also changes the HTML for the odds page quite often so report any errors you see there as soon as you see them.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 12:
Tuesday, Nov. 14
EASTERN MICHIGAN 5 Akron
Toledo 10½ BOWLING GREEN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3 Western Michigan
Wednesday, Nov. 15
MIAMI (OH) 9 Buffalo
OHIO 8½ Central Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 16
PITTSBURGH 1½ Boston College
Friday, Nov. 17
UTSA 16½ South Florida
WASHINGTON STATE 5 Colorado
Saturday, Nov. 18
Coastal Carolina 5 ARMY
INDIANA 4½ Michigan State
Michigan 21 MARYLAND
Louisville 1½ MIAMI (FL)
PENN STATE 18½ Rutgers
Tulane 9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
NAVY 3 East Carolina
NORTHWESTERN 2 Purdue
MISSISSIPPI STATE 13½ Southern Miss
Oklahoma 24 BRIGHAM YOUNG
OLE MISS 36 Louisiana-Monroe
SMU 7½ MEMPHIS
LIBERTY 27½ Massachusetts
JAMES MADISON 12 Appalachian State
BALL STATE 11½ Kent State
Rice 1½ CHARLOTTE
WYOMING 14 Hawaii
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7½ UTEP
JACKSONVILLE STATE 8½ Louisiana Tech
WEST VIRGINIA 6½ Cincinnati
Duke 4 VIRGINIA
COLORADO STATE 11 Nevada
North Texas 2½ TULSA
UAB 8 Temple
Texas State 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
Georgia 10 TENNESSEE
VIRGINIA TECH 3 North Carolina State
CLEMSON 7½ North Carolina
IOWA 4 Illinois
USC 6 UCLA
TROY 15½ Louisiana-Lafayette
TCU 12½ Baylor
WESTERN KENTUCKY 13 Sam Houston State
NOTRE DAME 24½ Wake Forest
AIR FORCE 3½ UNLV
OHIO STATE 28½ Minnesota
Oregon 22 ARIZONA STATE
Oklahoma State 7½ HOUSTON
AUBURN 22½ New Mexico State
TEXAS TECH 3 UCF
SOUTH ALABAMA 8½ Marshall
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7½ Old Dominion
California 4½ STANFORD
Kansas State 6½ KANSAS
Boise State 3½ UTAH STATE
Kentucky 2 SOUTH CAROLINA
ARKANSAS 31 Florida International
MISSOURI 11 Florida
WISCONSIN 5 Nebraska
GEORGIA TECH 5½ Syracuse
LSU 31½ Georgia State
Texas 8 IOWA STATE
FRESNO STATE 24½ New Mexico
SAN JOSE STATE 14½ San Diego State
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
HAWAII : 18.5 points
Arizona State : 17.5 points
Southern Miss : 12.5 points
Northwestern : 12.5 points
Ball State : 10.5 points
East Carolina : 10.0 points
Sam Houston State : 8.5 points
New Mexico State : 5.5 points
NAVY : 4.5 points
Texas Tech : 4.0 points
Auburn : 3.0 points
Cincinnati : 2.5 points
Virginia Tech : 2.5 points
Appalachian State : 2.5 points
UCF : 2.0 points
SYRACUSE : 1.0 points
MARSHALL : 1.0 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
NAVY: howercat
Texas Tech: ArtLaibsGhost
Auburn: Short-Dawg-69, mgp913
Nobody picked: HAWAII, Arizona State, Southern Miss, Northwestern, Ball State, East Carolina, Sam Houston State, New Mexico State, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, Appalachian State, UCF, SYRACUSE, MARSHALL, SAN JOSE STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
29.0 : jwcat30
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : stinger11723
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : rockycard
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : docholiday51
14.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
14.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : howercat
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.5 : mgp913
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : jwcat30
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : rockycard
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : howercat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : mgp913
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.4
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Week 11: 53
Season Average for Total Picks: 69.9
@Deeeefense
There are several ways to win: there are weekly winners, the person with the highest cumulative point total after the season is over is the overall winner but we recognize the contestants that have the most correct picks also.
How do you get points? Select the underdog (second team listed in each game) and have that team pull the upset. The bigger the dog, the bigger the reward but the longer the odds.
Some rules that we need to keep things running smoothly:
1) You should make your pick before the first game of the week has kicked off. Your pick may be invalidated otherwise. I can't know with the new Rivals format that you didn't delete a pick that didn't win and then post a pick from a later game in hopes of getting a winner. You can change your pick before the first game of the week has started by editing your pick or deleting the old pick and making a new post. To change your pick after the first kick off of the week, leave the original post alone, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick in that new post. I'll verify that you can change it manually.
2) If you make your pick after the first game of the week kicks off, it may be invalidated. Make your pick before the first kickoff of the day or pick a game that is played on a later date. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day in the "Don't forget to..." thread, but don't count on it.
3) If you pick the favored team instead of the underdog, we all laugh at you. Ok, we don't but you can't expect to get points in SUP for that.
4) You can appeal an invalidation by posting in that week's thread, include what you think is wrong.
5) Don't edit your picks after the first game of the week has kicked off.
Understand that a perl script is scoring this, if you make the spelling of the teams intentionally obtuse or you are just really bad at spelling, your pick might be missed. If you want to tell us all about the underdogs you thought you might choose and then tell us about the one you finally did pick, you might be surprised which one the script finds.
So your post should look something like:
------------
Purdue
*** Everyone hates the Irish right?
------------
Don't put any other team name in your post with your SUP pick without putting an '***' in front of it. Everything after the '***' will be ignored. My program may find the wrong name if you don't. Once you post your pick, you can post in the thread any comment you like. Your first post is your pick (if I can find your pick).
Because the scoring is done by a script and not by hand, if you feel a mistake was made in scoring your SUP, post that on that Week's thread. We'll try to get it resolved quickly. The scripts are far from perfect and VegasOdds also changes the HTML for the odds page quite often so report any errors you see there as soon as you see them.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 12:
Tuesday, Nov. 14
EASTERN MICHIGAN 5 Akron
Toledo 10½ BOWLING GREEN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3 Western Michigan
Wednesday, Nov. 15
MIAMI (OH) 9 Buffalo
OHIO 8½ Central Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 16
PITTSBURGH 1½ Boston College
Friday, Nov. 17
UTSA 16½ South Florida
WASHINGTON STATE 5 Colorado
Saturday, Nov. 18
Coastal Carolina 5 ARMY
INDIANA 4½ Michigan State
Michigan 21 MARYLAND
Louisville 1½ MIAMI (FL)
PENN STATE 18½ Rutgers
Tulane 9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
NAVY 3 East Carolina
NORTHWESTERN 2 Purdue
MISSISSIPPI STATE 13½ Southern Miss
Oklahoma 24 BRIGHAM YOUNG
OLE MISS 36 Louisiana-Monroe
SMU 7½ MEMPHIS
LIBERTY 27½ Massachusetts
JAMES MADISON 12 Appalachian State
BALL STATE 11½ Kent State
Rice 1½ CHARLOTTE
WYOMING 14 Hawaii
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7½ UTEP
JACKSONVILLE STATE 8½ Louisiana Tech
WEST VIRGINIA 6½ Cincinnati
Duke 4 VIRGINIA
COLORADO STATE 11 Nevada
North Texas 2½ TULSA
UAB 8 Temple
Texas State 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
Georgia 10 TENNESSEE
VIRGINIA TECH 3 North Carolina State
CLEMSON 7½ North Carolina
IOWA 4 Illinois
USC 6 UCLA
TROY 15½ Louisiana-Lafayette
TCU 12½ Baylor
WESTERN KENTUCKY 13 Sam Houston State
NOTRE DAME 24½ Wake Forest
AIR FORCE 3½ UNLV
OHIO STATE 28½ Minnesota
Oregon 22 ARIZONA STATE
Oklahoma State 7½ HOUSTON
AUBURN 22½ New Mexico State
TEXAS TECH 3 UCF
SOUTH ALABAMA 8½ Marshall
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7½ Old Dominion
California 4½ STANFORD
Kansas State 6½ KANSAS
Boise State 3½ UTAH STATE
Kentucky 2 SOUTH CAROLINA
ARKANSAS 31 Florida International
MISSOURI 11 Florida
WISCONSIN 5 Nebraska
GEORGIA TECH 5½ Syracuse
LSU 31½ Georgia State
Texas 8 IOWA STATE
FRESNO STATE 24½ New Mexico
SAN JOSE STATE 14½ San Diego State
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
HAWAII : 18.5 points
Arizona State : 17.5 points
Southern Miss : 12.5 points
Northwestern : 12.5 points
Ball State : 10.5 points
East Carolina : 10.0 points
Sam Houston State : 8.5 points
New Mexico State : 5.5 points
NAVY : 4.5 points
Texas Tech : 4.0 points
Auburn : 3.0 points
Cincinnati : 2.5 points
Virginia Tech : 2.5 points
Appalachian State : 2.5 points
UCF : 2.0 points
SYRACUSE : 1.0 points
MARSHALL : 1.0 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
NAVY: howercat
Texas Tech: ArtLaibsGhost
Auburn: Short-Dawg-69, mgp913
Nobody picked: HAWAII, Arizona State, Southern Miss, Northwestern, Ball State, East Carolina, Sam Houston State, New Mexico State, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, Appalachian State, UCF, SYRACUSE, MARSHALL, SAN JOSE STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
29.0 : jwcat30
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : stinger11723
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : rockycard
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : docholiday51
14.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
14.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : howercat
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.5 : mgp913
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : jwcat30
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : rockycard
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : howercat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : mgp913
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.4
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Week 11: 53
Season Average for Total Picks: 69.9
@Deeeefense
