Mark Pope called a timeout not once, but TWICE during crucial moments. I'm pretty sure that's not even allowed. I haven't seen that since Tubby Smith. I hope the program doesn't get fined.

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 15:

Friday, Dec. 6

JACKSONVILLE STATE 3½ Western Kentucky
Tulane 4½ ARMY
BOISE STATE 4 UNLV

Saturday, Dec. 7

ARIZONA STATE 2½ Iowa State
MIAMI (OH) 3 Ohio
TEXAS 2½ Georgia
LOUISIANA 6 Marshall
OREGON 3½ Penn State
SMU 2½ Clemson
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Underdog Winners - Week #14:

Michigan : 20.5 points
Wyoming : 17.5 points
Memphis : 14.0 points
SYRACUSE : 10.5 points
Utah : 8.5 points
RICE : 4.5 points
North Carolina State : 4.0 points
Marshall : 3.5 points
Miami (OH) : 3.0 points
South Carolina : 3.0 points
SAM HOUSTON STATE : 2.5 points
UTEP : 2.5 points
Minnesota : 2.0 points
HAWAII : 1.5 points
Navy : 1.5 points
Rutgers : 1.5 points
Texas State : 1.5 points

Correct Underdog Picks - Week #14:

Michigan: catben

Memphis: stinger11723, YardCat

SYRACUSE: blubo, BurgLife, howercat, secrules3

South Carolina: gamecockcat, ArtLaibsGhost



Nobody picked: Wyoming, Utah, RICE, North Carolina State, Marshall, Miami (OH), SAM HOUSTON STATE, UTEP, Minnesota, HAWAII, Navy, Rutgers, Texas State



Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #14:

67.5 : Roe07
67.0 : BC_Wader
65.0 : warrior-cat
62.5 : stinger11723
57.0 : howercat
56.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : docholiday51
56.0 : secrules3
51.5 : bigbluemist
51.0 : blubo
48.0 : Blueisbest
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
45.0 : jrburt
44.0 : TheBlueCat
43.5 : CrimsonCats
40.0 : BurgLife
39.5 : catben
39.0 : Hang_Time_2
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : maysvilleky
37.0 : gamecockcat
35.0 : cat tat2
35.0 : rockycard
33.5 : Larry00
32.0 : number8please
30.0 : YardCat
29.5 : *CatinIL*
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
26.0 : jwcat30
25.5 : Bryguy
25.0 : CGblue
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.5 : Catapult
23.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : MAYHOO22
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : Uk##1
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : Nuke99m



Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #14:

8 : howercat
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : gamecockcat
6 : ArtLaibsGhost
6 : bigbluemist
6 : docholiday51
6 : Roe07
6 : TheBlueCat
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : Chad Rock
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : jrburt
5 : maysvilleky
5 : number8please
5 : secrules3
5 : stinger11723
5 : warrior-cat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : blubo
4 : Bryguy
4 : cat tat2
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : Old_Red
3 : catben
3 : CGblue
3 : jwcat30
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : rockycard
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : WalterTheHippo
3 : YardCat
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : ukalum1988


Underdog Winners:

Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 12
Week 7: 15
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 14
Week 13: 18
Week 14: 17

Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.7


Correct Underdog Picks:

Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 18
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 23
Week 11: 9
Week 12: 9
Week 13: 19
Week 14: 9

Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.0

Total Picks Made:

Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Week 6: 50
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 54
Week 9: 51
Week 10: 46
Week 11: 42
Week 12: 45
Week 13: 44
Week 14: 43

Season Average for Total Picks: 50.8

? I don't think so.

After 25 years, I gave up 4.

Wrote the book on smug.

Fun watching the conference championship games with great coaches, play calling, and unbelievable talent. Depressing when you realize UK football will never sniff that level.

“Mark Pope goes to a 1-3-1, a handful of possessions Kentucky has played all year, in the defense . . . But your gotta do something, you gotta throw a curveball, something at Gonzaga to try to change the game . . . Kentucky played zone for the entire possession till the shot clock got under :10 then went man-to-man . . . So, Kentucky has changed the game. Mark Pope just one possession of zone that ended up to man, gets a key stop, and now Kentucky playing with force on their offensive end, and all of a sudden, you’ve got a ballgame in Seattle.

Commercial Break
Chryon: UK 7-0 RUN IN LAST 1:13

All Kentucky is doing, they’re showing zone alignment, 1-3-1, but then they’re quickly going right back into their man-to-man, and just slowing Gonzaga down a little bit, trying to confuse them, take that early ball-screen action away from Gonzaga by showing zone.”

What fantastic coaching. This is gonna be an exciting era in UK basketball. It’s a great day in BBN.

We have to look hard to find any good. Losing one of the top 10 RB's, especially to Mizzo, is only the tip of the iceberg, I'm afraid. It's going to be a long time until the start of next season. All the SEC will use this to their advantage in recruiting and the media is going to love dissing us. Unfortunately I don't see a short term fix unless Stoops leaves and hit it out of the park with the new coach.

Welcome to the Official Kentucky @ Gonzaga OOC Prediction Contest!

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but try not to put anything above as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction. This is the 1st of three prediction contests this season: the OOC Contest, the SEC Regular Season contest, and the Postseason Contest.

Whoever predicts the score closest to the actual score wins. I take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. There is a penalty for picking the wrong winner. That penalty is the worst score among those who predicted the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

I will be awarding points for the first 10 places, including a 3 point bonus for a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative point totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest ends with the Brown game.

Your post should look something really close to the example below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers will be negative.

This game's tiebreaker is Kentucky Missed 3 Ptrs.

Kentucky @ Gonzaga game:

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Kentucky: 85
Gonzaga: 90

Tiebreaker: 23
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Just cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type very carefully. Remember to type in the word "Tiebreaker:" so that I can find it. Anything my scripts can't figure out will not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.

BTW I really would prefer exact names for the teams, but will try to be accommodating as long as it doesn't create too much work for me. If we are playing Louisville, just about anything not obscene will be OK.

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OOC Season Basketball Prediction Scores - Kentucky @ Clemson (tiebreaker was 8 Clemson Made 3 Ptrs):

10 1 . ThreeHogNight : 19 points, tiebreaker=9
9 2 . drew_ukfan : 19 points, tiebreaker=10
8 3 . Smashcat : 20 points, tiebreaker=11
7 4 . number8please : 22 points, tiebreaker=10
6 5 . Chad Rock : 22 points, tiebreaker=12
5 6 . coolfred : 24 points, tiebreaker=9
4 7 . Blueworld_3.0 : 25 points, tiebreaker=10
3 8 . TheKentuckyKid : 28 points, tiebreaker=8
2 9 . JFCats22 : 28 points, tiebreaker=13
1 10 . kywildcatsfannumber1: 38 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 11 . darkshadesofblue : 39 points, tiebreaker=13
.. 12 . LogicalCat : 41 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 13 . TheBlueCat : 42 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 13 . kybloo92 : 42 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 15 . GoBIG BLUE : 43 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 16 . Bigblueincincy : 43 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 17 . ukypug : 43 points, tiebreaker=13
.. 18 . nickhorvathsuxazz : 45 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 19 . Oldbluefart : 46 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 20 . Jperry1987 : 47 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 20 . Demarcus Kidd-Miller: 47 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 22 . jimmy cowboy : 47 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 23 . Blueisbest : 47 points, tiebreaker=11
.. 24 . The Grand Poohbah : 48 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 24 . Rideordiewildcat : 48 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 24 . Jazzycat : 48 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 27 . Blue_belly : 48 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 27 . Hargyt13 : 48 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 27 . YardCat : 48 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 30 . the nail at the foul line: 49 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 30 . GoAndRunIsGoneAndDone: 49 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 32 . truckbrandon : 49 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 32 . onearmedjesus : 49 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 32 . Roe07 : 49 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 32 . IL Wildcat : 49 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 36 . sg24 : 49 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 37 . TNCatfanforever : 51 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 38 . howercat : 51 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 39 . M4CAT : 51 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 39 . Kycatspaws : 51 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 41 . UK Widget : 52 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 42 . kyfanrob : 52 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 43 . AFSTALLION13 : 52 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 43 . warrior-cat : 52 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 45 . *CatinIL* : 53 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 46 . UKCatWoman : 53 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 47 . rivercatinfl : 53 points, tiebreaker=11
.. 48 . BlobUK : 54 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 49 . blubo : 54 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 49 . CBBCrazy : 54 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 51 . pappy52 : 55 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 52 . kennyskywalker34 : 55 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 52 . North Carolina Blue Wildcat: 55 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 52 . maysvilleky : 55 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 55 . tdjohnsky : 56 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 56 . Wildcat_In_Florida: 56 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 57 . lyngz : 57 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 57 . cat tat2 : 57 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 59 . Old_Red : 57 points, tiebreaker=11
.. 60 . TOMCATS1990 : 58 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 61 . BlueWorldOrder74 : 58 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 61 . Short-Dawg-69 : 58 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 61 . yes_takeaside : 58 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 61 . wfm101981 : 58 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 65 . ORCAT : 58 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 66 . TexKat : 58 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 67 . BigBlueFanGA : 59 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 68 . Hang_Time_2 : 60 points, tiebreaker=9
.. 69 . runt#69 : 61 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 70 . kywildcat41035 : 64 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 70 . ukfan041 : 64 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 72 . UK Cats1 : 66 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 73 . $Z71$ : 71 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 74 . ArtLaibsGhost : 73 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 75 . cat888 : 94 points, tiebreaker=12

OOC Season Basketball Prediction Contest Leader Board:

21 : jimmy cowboy
20 : The Grand Poohbah
18 : Chad Rock
16 : kybloo92
15 : cat888
15 : CBBCrazy
13 : Rideordiewildcat
12 : Blueisbest
10 : 19jhadams
10 : kyfanrob
10 : kywildcat41086
10 : ORCAT
10 : Roe07
10 : Short-Dawg-69
10 : ThreeHogNight
10 : UK Widget
10 : UKCatWoman
9 : cat tat2
9 : drew_ukfan
9 : Hargyt13
9 : TFCats11
8 : blubo
8 : Kycatspaws
8 : maysvilleky
8 : runt#69
8 : Smashcat
8 : truckbrandon
7 : Blue_belly
7 : Creed Bratton
7 : Jperry1987
7 : number8please
7 : OldEvilleCat
7 : onearmedjesus
7 : pappy52
7 : wfm101981
6 : BlobUK
6 : LogicalCat
5 : Blueworld_3.0
5 : coolfred
5 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
5 : docholiday51
5 : Farsight
5 : Old_Red
4 : howercat
4 : kennyskywalker34
4 : lyngz
4 : Oldbluefart
4 : TexKat
3 : Bigblueincincy
3 : Jazzycat
3 : mrjuk
3 : TheKentuckyKid
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : ukfan041
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BC_Wader
2 : JFCats22
2 : JonathanUSAF
2 : yes_takeaside
1 : kywildcatsfannumber1
1 : ukypug
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

3 : cat888
3 : Chad Rock
3 : kyfanrob
3 : The Grand Poohbah
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : cat tat2
2 : CBBCrazy
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : kybloo92
2 : Kycatspaws
2 : onearmedjesus
2 : ORCAT
2 : Rideordiewildcat
2 : Roe07
2 : wfm101981
1 : 19jhadams
1 : BC_Wader
1 : Bigblueincincy
1 : BlobUK
1 : blubo
1 : Blue_belly
1 : coolfred
1 : Creed Bratton
1 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
1 : docholiday51
1 : drew_ukfan
1 : Farsight
1 : Hargyt13
1 : howercat
1 : Jazzycat
1 : JFCats22
1 : JonathanUSAF
1 : Jperry1987
1 : kennyskywalker34
1 : kywildcat41086
1 : kywildcatsfannumber1
1 : LogicalCat
1 : lyngz
1 : maysvilleky
1 : mrjuk
1 : number8please
1 : Oldbluefart
1 : OldEvilleCat
1 : Old_Red
1 : pappy52
1 : runt#69
1 : Short-Dawg-69
1 : Smashcat
1 : TexKat
1 : TFCats11
1 : TheKentuckyKid
1 : ThreeHogNight
1 : TOMCATS1990
1 : truckbrandon
1 : UK Widget
1 : UKCatWoman
1 : ukfan041
1 : ukypug
1 : warrior-cat
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida
1 : yes_takeaside


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Wright State : 96
Kentucky vs Bucknell : 63
Kentucky vs Duke : 73
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : 61
Kentucky vs Jackson State : 80
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : 67
Kentucky vs Georgia State : 62
Kentucky @ Clemson : 75

Season Average for Players: 72.1


OOC Season Basketball Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Wright State : kywildcat41086: 1
Kentucky vs Bucknell : Short-Dawg-69: 2
Kentucky vs Duke : 19jhadams: 2
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : UKCatWoman: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : Rideordiewildcat: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : UK Widget: 1
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : jimmy cowboy: 0
Kentucky vs Georgia State : cat888: 4
Kentucky @ Clemson : ThreeHogNight: 19


@Deeeefense

Where are those people at today?

….we have flaws and we get out of sorts at times, but imagine how good this team can be by March?

Everyone knows we will take some losses in league play but I honestly think we are capable of a Final 4 this year. It’s amazing considering that none of these guys played a minute together prior to this season.

Last 20 champions have come from the top 12 of the AP Poll after week 6. Is that correct? So AP this week could reveal the champion. Just have to pick which one of the 12.

Field of 68 on YouTube has me chuckling. Goodman with the Kentucky Santa hat on and loving him some Coach Pope. Yes, he's obnoxious but he gives Cal the good old raspberry and I love it.

I’m guessing I’m not the only one who noticed the UK female fan who managed to slip in several “LFG!” and variations of it on live TV. I think I want to marry her! 😁🏀

Has a nice ring?

Vince Marrow retweeted this...

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It really seems like the culture crashed really hard...
AJ Rose left in 2020
Quinton Bohanna left in 2021

Say what you will, these are 2 guys that played in the NFL.

I don't think it's the same program those 2 guys left.....but it's interesting to see their thoughts. It's not like they're coming out saying "We knew this would happen" and such. But it's interesting to see these guys who left right before things fell apart....

Was picked up by the Vikings. I could see him doing some damage in the Flores D. I hope he takes advantage of the opportunity.

KENTUCKY playing the spoiler in climate control arena
LONG LIVE THE POPE

I’m late! But let’s get it on!!!

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• Bounce back effort from Clemson loss
• Beat Top 10 team on the road
• Roll out more offense
• Build PG depth confidence

You take 1 or 2 of those on Wednesday last week but to get all four has to feel good on the plane flight back.

Do we win this if Kerr doesn't go down ? I think not