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 2:
Friday, Sep. 8
KANSAS 3½ Illinois
Saturday, Sep. 9
WAKE FOREST 11½ Vanderbilt
Notre Dame 7 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
GEORGIA 43½ Ball State
James Madison 7 VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA TECH 3 Purdue
COLORADO 3½ Nebraska
Utah 7 BAYLOR
KANSAS STATE 16 Troy
SYRACUSE 23½ Western Michigan
Miami (OH) 6½ MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN 36½ UNLV
Texas A&M 4 MIAMI (FL)
Iowa 3½ IOWA STATE
UTSA 12½ Texas State
Ole Miss 7 TULANE
UTEP 1½ NORTHWESTERN
Marshall 3 EAST CAROLINA
ARKANSAS 38½ Kent State
WASHINGTON 34½ Tulsa
NORTH CAROLINA 18½ Appalachian State
OKLAHOMA 16½ SMU
LIBERTY 10½ New Mexico State
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 5½ Ohio
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 UAB
Louisiana-Lafayette 6 OLD DOMINION
PITTSBURGH 8 Cincinnati
North Texas 12½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
MISSOURI 21 Middle Tennessee
Houston 9 RICE
Oregon 6½ TEXAS TECH
COASTAL CAROLINA 13½ Jacksonville State
GEORGIA STATE 3 Connecticut
Memphis 21 ARKANSAS STATE
UCF 3 BOISE STATE
ALABAMA 7½ Texas
UCLA 13½ SAN DIEGO STATE
Wisconsin 6 WASHINGTON STATE
MINNESOTA 21 Eastern Michigan
MISSISSIPPI STATE 10½ Arizona
RUTGERS 9½ Temple
MARYLAND 26½ Charlotte
Air Force 14½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
FLORIDA STATE 30½ Southern Miss
Oklahoma State 3½ ARIZONA STATE
USC 30½ Stanford
Auburn 6½ CALIFORNIA
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Texas State : 26.5 points
Colorado : 21.0 points
WYOMING : 13.5 points
DUKE : 12.5 points
Northern Illinois : 10.0 points
Massachusetts : 8.0 points
LOUISIANA-MONROE : 7.5 points
Fresno State : 5.5 points
FLORIDA STATE : 2.5 points
JS : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Colorado: WalterTheHippo, UKfirst, catben, secrules3, Short-Dawg-69, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!
WYOMING: AVCat, RedLotMudcat, H-D cat, Chad Rock, LordEggForgotHisPassword, TOMCATS1990, blue cincy
DUKE: gblue5744
Northern Illinois: rivercatinfl, Roe07
Massachusetts: docholiday51
LOUISIANA-MONROE: MAYHOO22, Old_Red, bluecoon1, BlueInTheBoro, Cat4life_, jwcat30, Littlefeller
Fresno State: BlueBallz, PickSixKing
Nobody picked: Texas State, FLORIDA STATE, JS
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
21.0 : catben
21.0 : Hang_Time_2
21.0 : secrules3
21.0 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : Short-Dawg-69
21.0 : UKfirst
21.0 : WalterTheHippo
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Chad Rock
13.5 : H-D cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.5 : RedLotMudcat
13.5 : TOMCATS1990
12.5 : gblue5744
10.0 : rivercatinfl
10.0 : Roe07
8.0 : docholiday51
7.5 : bluecoon1
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : Cat4life_
7.5 : jwcat30
7.5 : Littlefeller
7.5 : MAYHOO22
7.5 : Old_Red
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : PickSixKing
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Season Average for Correct Picks: 27.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Season Average for Total Picks: 93.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
WalterTheHippo, UKfirst, catben, secrules3, Short-Dawg-69, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, AVCat, RedLotMudcat, H-D cat, Chad Rock, LordEggForgotHisPassword, TOMCATS1990, blue cincy, gblue5744, rivercatinfl, Roe07, docholiday51, MAYHOO22, Old_Red, bluecoon1, BlueInTheBoro, Cat4life_, jwcat30, Littlefeller, BlueBallz, PickSixKing
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