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 13:
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Bowling Green 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN
BUFFALO 6½ Eastern Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 23
Ole Miss 11½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
Friday, Nov. 24
Miami (FL) 8½ BOSTON COLLEGE
Ohio 14 AKRON
Toledo 11½ CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Iowa 1 NEBRASKA
OKLAHOMA 11½ TCU
Memphis 11 TEMPLE
Utah State 8½ NEW MEXICO
TULANE 3 UTSA
Missouri 7 ARKANSAS
BOISE STATE 6½ Air Force
TEXAS 14 Texas Tech
Penn State 20 MICHIGAN STATE
OREGON 14 Oregon State
Saturday, Nov. 25
MICHIGAN 4 Ohio State
LOUISVILLE 7 Kentucky
Connecticut 2½ MASSACHUSETTS
UCF 13½ Houston
DUKE 6 Pittsburgh
PURDUE 2½ Indiana
Miami (OH) 6½ BALL STATE
Northern Illinois 17½ KENT STATE
Middle Tennessee 4 SAM HOUSTON STATE
SMU 20½ Navy
LSU 10½ Texas A&M
Troy 16½ SOUTHERN MISS
RICE 5 Florida Atlantic
SYRACUSE 2½ Wake Forest
EAST CAROLINA 3 Tulsa
OLD DOMINION 2½ Georgia State
NORTH TEXAS 3 UAB
UTAH 22 Colorado
UNLV 3 San Jose State
Western Kentucky 10 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 12 Louisiana-Monroe
Wisconsin 2 MINNESOTA
Virginia Tech 2½ VIRGINIA
Maryland 1 RUTGERS
APPALACHIAN STATE 8½ Georgia Southern
James Madison 9 COASTAL CAROLINA
TENNESSEE 26 Vanderbilt
MARSHALL 2½ Arkansas State
Arizona 12½ ARIZONA STATE
Alabama 14½ AUBURN
OKLAHOMA STATE 18 Brigham Young
ILLINOIS 6 Northwestern
Liberty 17 UTEP
WASHINGTON 17 Washington State
NEW MEXICO STATE 2½ Jacksonville State
Florida State 6½ FLORIDA
Notre Dame 25 STANFORD
South Alabama 5 TEXAS STATE
West Virginia 6½ BAYLOR
Georgia 23 GEORGIA TECH
Kansas 6 CINCINNATI
Clemson 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH FLORIDA 5½ Charlotte
North Carolina 2 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
KANSAS STATE 11½ Iowa State
Wyoming 11 NEVADA
UCLA 10½ California
Fresno State 6 SAN DIEGO STATE
Colorado State 5½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
New Mexico : 24.5 points
New Mexico State : 22.5 points
Appalachian State : 12.0 points
Old Dominion : 7.5 points
UCLA : 6.0 points
ARMY : 5.0 points
Michigan State : 4.5 points
VIRGINIA : 4.0 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 3.5 points
UNLV : 3.5 points
North Carolina State : 3.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
Appalachian State: Larry00, jwcat30
UCLA: Blueisbest
ARMY: warrior-cat, howercat, BurgLife
Michigan State: *CatinIL*
VIRGINIA: mgp913, rockycard, Bryguy, rivercatinfl
Nobody picked: New Mexico, New Mexico State, Old Dominion, ARKANSAS STATE, UNLV, North Carolina State, SOUTH CAROLINA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
41.0 : jwcat30
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : stinger11723
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
25.0 : warrior-cat
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.5 : rockycard
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : Larry00
18.5 : Roe07
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
16.0 : Blueisbest
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : howercat
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 : Bryguy
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
11.5 : BurgLife
11.0 : *CatinIL*
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : mgp913
10.5 : wildcatbd21
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
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 #12:
6 : jwcat30
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
4 : rivercatinfl
4 : rockycard
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Bryguy
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : howercat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : mgp913
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : BurgLife
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : Larry00
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
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
Week 12: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.0
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
Week 12: 53
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.5
@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.
------------
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 13:
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Bowling Green 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN
BUFFALO 6½ Eastern Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 23
Ole Miss 11½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
Friday, Nov. 24
Miami (FL) 8½ BOSTON COLLEGE
Ohio 14 AKRON
Toledo 11½ CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Iowa 1 NEBRASKA
OKLAHOMA 11½ TCU
Memphis 11 TEMPLE
Utah State 8½ NEW MEXICO
TULANE 3 UTSA
Missouri 7 ARKANSAS
BOISE STATE 6½ Air Force
TEXAS 14 Texas Tech
Penn State 20 MICHIGAN STATE
OREGON 14 Oregon State
Saturday, Nov. 25
MICHIGAN 4 Ohio State
LOUISVILLE 7 Kentucky
Connecticut 2½ MASSACHUSETTS
UCF 13½ Houston
DUKE 6 Pittsburgh
PURDUE 2½ Indiana
Miami (OH) 6½ BALL STATE
Northern Illinois 17½ KENT STATE
Middle Tennessee 4 SAM HOUSTON STATE
SMU 20½ Navy
LSU 10½ Texas A&M
Troy 16½ SOUTHERN MISS
RICE 5 Florida Atlantic
SYRACUSE 2½ Wake Forest
EAST CAROLINA 3 Tulsa
OLD DOMINION 2½ Georgia State
NORTH TEXAS 3 UAB
UTAH 22 Colorado
UNLV 3 San Jose State
Western Kentucky 10 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 12 Louisiana-Monroe
Wisconsin 2 MINNESOTA
Virginia Tech 2½ VIRGINIA
Maryland 1 RUTGERS
APPALACHIAN STATE 8½ Georgia Southern
James Madison 9 COASTAL CAROLINA
TENNESSEE 26 Vanderbilt
MARSHALL 2½ Arkansas State
Arizona 12½ ARIZONA STATE
Alabama 14½ AUBURN
OKLAHOMA STATE 18 Brigham Young
ILLINOIS 6 Northwestern
Liberty 17 UTEP
WASHINGTON 17 Washington State
NEW MEXICO STATE 2½ Jacksonville State
Florida State 6½ FLORIDA
Notre Dame 25 STANFORD
South Alabama 5 TEXAS STATE
West Virginia 6½ BAYLOR
Georgia 23 GEORGIA TECH
Kansas 6 CINCINNATI
Clemson 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH FLORIDA 5½ Charlotte
North Carolina 2 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
KANSAS STATE 11½ Iowa State
Wyoming 11 NEVADA
UCLA 10½ California
Fresno State 6 SAN DIEGO STATE
Colorado State 5½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
New Mexico : 24.5 points
New Mexico State : 22.5 points
Appalachian State : 12.0 points
Old Dominion : 7.5 points
UCLA : 6.0 points
ARMY : 5.0 points
Michigan State : 4.5 points
VIRGINIA : 4.0 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 3.5 points
UNLV : 3.5 points
North Carolina State : 3.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
Appalachian State: Larry00, jwcat30
UCLA: Blueisbest
ARMY: warrior-cat, howercat, BurgLife
Michigan State: *CatinIL*
VIRGINIA: mgp913, rockycard, Bryguy, rivercatinfl
Nobody picked: New Mexico, New Mexico State, Old Dominion, ARKANSAS STATE, UNLV, North Carolina State, SOUTH CAROLINA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
41.0 : jwcat30
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : stinger11723
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
25.0 : warrior-cat
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.5 : rockycard
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : Larry00
18.5 : Roe07
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
16.0 : Blueisbest
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : howercat
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 : Bryguy
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
11.5 : BurgLife
11.0 : *CatinIL*
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : mgp913
10.5 : wildcatbd21
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
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 #12:
6 : jwcat30
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
4 : rivercatinfl
4 : rockycard
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Bryguy
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : howercat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : mgp913
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : BurgLife
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : Larry00
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
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
Week 12: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.0
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
Week 12: 53
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.5
@Deeeefense
