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 9:
Tuesday, Oct. 24
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ New Mexico State
Liberty 3½ WESTERN KENTUCKY
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Jacksonville State 7½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
SAM HOUSTON STATE 3½ UTEP
Thursday, Oct. 26
VIRGINIA TECH 3½ Syracuse
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2½ Georgia State
Friday, Oct. 27
Florida Atlantic 5½ CHARLOTTE
Saturday, Oct. 28
ARMY 9½ Massachusetts
BOSTON COLLEGE 12½ Connecticut
Florida State 19 WAKE FOREST
UCF 7 West Virginia
Oklahoma 9½ KANSAS
PENN STATE 31 Indiana
Maryland 13 NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS STATE 16½ Houston
TEXAS A&M 14 South Carolina
SMU 19½ Tulsa
Western Michigan 1 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Clemson 10 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Memphis 7½ NORTH TEXAS
MINNESOTA 7 Michigan State
MIAMI (FL) 18 Virginia
LOUISVILLE 4½ Duke
APPALACHIAN STATE 17½ Southern Miss
OHIO 7 Miami (OH)
NEBRASKA 3 Purdue
Oregon 5½ UTAH
Georgia 14½ FLORIDA
NOTRE DAME 19 Pittsburgh
BAYLOR 1½ Iowa State
TEXAS 20 Brigham Young
AUBURN 6½ Mississippi State
UTSA 18 East Carolina
USC 10 CALIFORNIA
Tulane 10½ RICE
LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 Arkansas State
SOUTH ALABAMA 10 Louisiana-Lafayette
BOISE STATE 5 Wyoming
Marshall 3½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Tennessee 3½ KENTUCKY
Air Force 11½ COLORADO STATE
Washington 26½ STANFORD
Troy 5 TEXAS STATE
UCLA 17½ Colorado
Ohio State 14 WISCONSIN
OLE MISS 26½ Vanderbilt
North Carolina 11½ GEORGIA TECH
JAMES MADISON 18 Old Dominion
Washington State 6 ARIZONA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 8½ Cincinnati
FRESNO STATE 9½ UNLV
Oregon State 3½ ARIZONA
NEVADA 2½ New Mexico
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Virginia : 24.0 points
Nevada : 14.0 points
Charlotte : 8.5 points
JACKSONVILLE STATE : 7.0 points
Mississippi State : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.0 points
Minnesota : 5.5 points
Florida International : 5.5 points
Utah : 5.5 points
Boston College : 5.0 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 3.5 points
BALL STATE : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 3.0 points
Rice : 2.5 points
Georgia State : 2.5 points
MIAMI (FL) : 2.5 points
Baylor : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Mississippi State: kybloo92, WalterTheHippo
Utah: jwcat30, BeardedKatFan
BRIGHAM YOUNG: MAYHOO22
MIAMI (FL): Blueisbest
Nobody picked: Virginia, Nevada, Charlotte, JACKSONVILLE STATE, OLD DOMINION, Minnesota, Florida International, Boston College, BALL STATE, Oklahoma State, Rice, Georgia State, Baylor
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
43.0 : RedLotMudcat
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
34.5 : gblue5744
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : BeardedKatFan
28.0 : MAYHOO22
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
23.5 : TOMCATS1990
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : jwcat30
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : Chad Rock
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
18.5 : Nuke99m
17.5 : kybloo92
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : rivercatinfl
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.5 : jameslee32
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : warrior-cat
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Roe07
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : docholiday51
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : jimmy cowboy
7.5 : Ken Cat
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
6.0 : jsyeag
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : M4CAT
3.5 : mgp913
3.0 : rockycard
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : MAYHOO22
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : jwcat30
4 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : gblue5744
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : secrules3
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : Chad Rock
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jameslee32
2 : kybloo92
2 : Littlefeller
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.8
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 75.1
@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 9:
Tuesday, Oct. 24
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ New Mexico State
Liberty 3½ WESTERN KENTUCKY
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Jacksonville State 7½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
SAM HOUSTON STATE 3½ UTEP
Thursday, Oct. 26
VIRGINIA TECH 3½ Syracuse
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2½ Georgia State
Friday, Oct. 27
Florida Atlantic 5½ CHARLOTTE
Saturday, Oct. 28
ARMY 9½ Massachusetts
BOSTON COLLEGE 12½ Connecticut
Florida State 19 WAKE FOREST
UCF 7 West Virginia
Oklahoma 9½ KANSAS
PENN STATE 31 Indiana
Maryland 13 NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS STATE 16½ Houston
TEXAS A&M 14 South Carolina
SMU 19½ Tulsa
Western Michigan 1 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Clemson 10 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Memphis 7½ NORTH TEXAS
MINNESOTA 7 Michigan State
MIAMI (FL) 18 Virginia
LOUISVILLE 4½ Duke
APPALACHIAN STATE 17½ Southern Miss
OHIO 7 Miami (OH)
NEBRASKA 3 Purdue
Oregon 5½ UTAH
Georgia 14½ FLORIDA
NOTRE DAME 19 Pittsburgh
BAYLOR 1½ Iowa State
TEXAS 20 Brigham Young
AUBURN 6½ Mississippi State
UTSA 18 East Carolina
USC 10 CALIFORNIA
Tulane 10½ RICE
LOUISIANA-MONROE 2 Arkansas State
SOUTH ALABAMA 10 Louisiana-Lafayette
BOISE STATE 5 Wyoming
Marshall 3½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Tennessee 3½ KENTUCKY
Air Force 11½ COLORADO STATE
Washington 26½ STANFORD
Troy 5 TEXAS STATE
UCLA 17½ Colorado
Ohio State 14 WISCONSIN
OLE MISS 26½ Vanderbilt
North Carolina 11½ GEORGIA TECH
JAMES MADISON 18 Old Dominion
Washington State 6 ARIZONA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 8½ Cincinnati
FRESNO STATE 9½ UNLV
Oregon State 3½ ARIZONA
NEVADA 2½ New Mexico
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Virginia : 24.0 points
Nevada : 14.0 points
Charlotte : 8.5 points
JACKSONVILLE STATE : 7.0 points
Mississippi State : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.0 points
Minnesota : 5.5 points
Florida International : 5.5 points
Utah : 5.5 points
Boston College : 5.0 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 3.5 points
BALL STATE : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 3.0 points
Rice : 2.5 points
Georgia State : 2.5 points
MIAMI (FL) : 2.5 points
Baylor : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Mississippi State: kybloo92, WalterTheHippo
Utah: jwcat30, BeardedKatFan
BRIGHAM YOUNG: MAYHOO22
MIAMI (FL): Blueisbest
Nobody picked: Virginia, Nevada, Charlotte, JACKSONVILLE STATE, OLD DOMINION, Minnesota, Florida International, Boston College, BALL STATE, Oklahoma State, Rice, Georgia State, Baylor
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
43.0 : RedLotMudcat
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
34.5 : gblue5744
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : BeardedKatFan
28.0 : MAYHOO22
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
23.5 : TOMCATS1990
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : jwcat30
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : Chad Rock
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
18.5 : Nuke99m
17.5 : kybloo92
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : rivercatinfl
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.5 : jameslee32
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : warrior-cat
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Roe07
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : docholiday51
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : jimmy cowboy
7.5 : Ken Cat
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
6.0 : jsyeag
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : M4CAT
3.5 : mgp913
3.0 : rockycard
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : MAYHOO22
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : jwcat30
4 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : gblue5744
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : secrules3
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : Chad Rock
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jameslee32
2 : kybloo92
2 : Littlefeller
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.8
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 75.1
@Deeeefense
