Any commercial where all they do is dance…not creative

however, I love the Progressive commercials with the therapist coaching new home owners out of becoming their parents

To the portal

I have some inside knowledge on a player that will be entering the portal soon. Tackle Zen Michalski from OSU will be going into the portal at seasons end. He was playing a lot this year before the injury, great size and experience. OSU would like him back but he would prefer to end up closer to home for whoever offers the best deal I think. OSU will come with a good offer to keep him though. May be someone we should look into.

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 and this is it - I'm not going to try to pick up the subsequent playoff games).

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 16:

Saturday, Dec. 14

South Alabama 8½ WESTERN MICHIGAN

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Memphis 2½ WEST VIRGINIA

Wednesday, Dec. 18

JAMES MADISON 7 Western Kentucky
California 3½ UNLV

Thursday, Dec. 19

Georgia Southern 4½ SAM HOUSTON STATE

Friday, Dec. 20

Ohio 2½ JACKSONVILLE STATE
FLORIDA 13½ Tulane
NOTRE DAME 7½ Indiana

Saturday, Dec. 21

PENN STATE 8½ SMU
TEXAS 11½ Clemson
OHIO STATE 7½ Tennessee

Monday, Dec. 23

UTSA 7 Coastal Carolina
Northern Illinois 1½ FRESNO STATE

Tuesday, Dec. 24

SAN JOSE STATE 3 South Florida

Thursday, Dec. 26

Pittsburgh 8½ TOLEDO
KANSAS STATE 6½ Rutgers
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Arkansas State

Friday, Dec. 27

Oklahoma 8½ NAVY
Georgia Tech 2½ VANDERBILT
ARKANSAS 3½ Texas Tech
Syracuse 6½ WASHINGTON STATE
Texas A&M 2½ USC

Saturday, Dec. 28

NORTH CAROLINA 4½ Connecticut
NEBRASKA 3½ Boston College
TCU 10½ Louisiana
MIAMI (FL) 3½ Iowa State
Miami (OH) 2 COLORADO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5½ East Carolina
COLORADO 3 Brigham Young
ARMY 16½ Louisiana Tech

Monday, Dec. 30

MISSOURI 3½ Iowa

Tuesday, Dec. 31

Alabama 11½ MICHIGAN
Louisville 4½ WASHINGTON
South Carolina 10½ ILLINOIS
LSU 3 Baylor

Thursday, Jan. 2

OLE MISS 13 Duke

Friday, Jan. 3

TEXAS STATE 9½ North Texas
Minnesota 4½ VIRGINIA TECH

Saturday, Jan. 4

LIBERTY 2½ Buffalo
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Underdog Winners - Week #15:

Marshall : 6.0 points
ARMY : 4.5 points
Ohio : 3.0 points
Clemson : 2.5 points
Georgia : 2.5 points

Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:

Marshall: cat tat2, jwcat30, TOMCATS1990, stinger11723

ARMY: warrior-cat, Hang_Time_2, *CatinIL*, Chad Rock, Ken Cat, Larry00

Ohio: CGblue

Clemson: Caveman Catfan, howercat, Old_Red

Georgia: RocknRollCats, catben, secrules3, maysvilleky, rockycard, YardCat




Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:

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



Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:

9 : howercat
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : gamecockcat
6 : ArtLaibsGhost
6 : bigbluemist
6 : Caveman Catfan
6 : Chad Rock
6 : docholiday51
6 : maysvilleky
6 : Roe07
6 : secrules3
6 : stinger11723
6 : TheBlueCat
6 : warrior-cat
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : cat tat2
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : jrburt
5 : Larry00
5 : number8please
5 : Old_Red
4 : blubo
4 : Bryguy
4 : catben
4 : CGblue
4 : jwcat30
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : rockycard
4 : YardCat
3 : Ken Cat
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : tdjohnsky
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
Week 15: 5

Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1


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
Week 15: 20

Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.3

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
Week 15: 25

Season Average for Total Picks: 49.1



Edited: Had to blast the Army/Navy game since otherwise Navy would have been a SUP in two games. My code can't resolve that so one had to go. Edited again: Marshall dropped out of the game with Army because of the transfer portal gutting the team. Replaced with Louisiana Tech.

I have two tickets available. These are very good seats - Sec 19 Row R Seats 1-2 for $350 per ticket.

I thought it was time to start a new thread since that one had been going on for almost a year now.

Feel free to add to this however you want.

12/3
DB Avery Stuart enters the portal
DL Keeshawn Silver enters the portal

12/4
TE Tanner Lemaster enters the portal
OT Courtland Ford enters the portal
TE Khamari Anderson enters the portal
DL Tommy Ziesmer enters the portal
LB Jayvant Brown enters the portal
WR Dane Key enters the portal
LS Walker Himebauch enters the portal
WR Anthony Brown-Stephens enters the portal

12/5
WR Barion Brown enters the portal
TE Jordan Dingle enters the portal
OL Ben Christman enters the portal

12/6
LB Tyreese Fearbry enters the portal
LB Noah Matthews enters the portal

12/9
LB Caleb Redd enters the portal
RB Chip Trayanum enters the portal
WR Brandon White enters the portal
QB Gavin Wimsatt enters the portal


PORTAL TARGETS

Duke QB Malik Murphy
Liberty QB Kaiden Salter
ULM RB Ahmad Harvey
Cal WR Nyziah Hunter
UCONN WR Brock Montgomery
Wake Forest WR Horatio Fields
FIU WR Eric Rivers
Western Carolina OT Derek Simmons
Rice OT Ethan Onianwa
Arkansas OL Joshua Braun
Sam Houston State DL Chris Murray
Marshall LB Landyn Watson
Elon EDGE Cazeem Moore
South Alabama CB Jordan Scruggs
Syracuse CB Marcellus Barnes
Mississippi State CB Brice Pollack

PORTAL COMMITS

Incarnate Word QB Zach Calzada
Nebraska RB Dante Dowdell
Alabama WR Kendrick Law
Oklahoma WR JJ Hester
Illinois TE Henry Boyer
Arkansas OG Joshua Braun
Bowling Green OT Alex Wollschlaeger
New Mexico OL Wallace Unamba
Wyoming DT Jaden Williams
USC EDGE Sam Greene
Marshall LB Landyn Watson

Always passing the buck to someone else vs the schools profits



Auburn athletic director John Cohen is warning fans that the school could raise ticket prices in preparation for a revenue-sharing model in college athletics under the pending $2.8 billion settlement with the NCAA and the nation's biggest conferences.
"Growing revenue opportunities because of additional expenses has become essential for Auburn's sustained success," Cohen wrote in an email sent to season ticket holders Wednesday and reported by on3. He called it "imperative that ticket prices in several seating zones be adjusted due to a new era of NIL," but said that other ticket prices won't change.
The so-called House settlement will be distributed over the next 10 years to players both past and present, leaving schools with the resources able to share as much as $20 million in annual revenue with their athletes.
Those payments and a drop in NCAA revenue to pay damages as part of the settlement are having an effect. Tennessee plans to add a "talent fee" to the price of sports tickets. Arkansas says it will charge 3% more at the concessions stands. Clemson is going to start adding an athletic surcharge to tuition bills.

Auburn warns of potential ticket price increases

Auburn athletic director John Cohen is warning fans that the school could raise ticket prices in preparation for a revenue-sharing model in college athletics under the pending $2.8 billion settlement with the NCAA and the nation's biggest conferences.

www.espn.com

Die with Mike Leach? Did he produce any protégés or is anyone else out there doing something similar? Reason I ask is because one thing that offense did was take pedestrian QB’s and turn them into Darn near Heisman contenders with ridiculous stats. Will Rogers was a prime example. Just curious if there’s other masterminds like Leach out there doing similar things.

Nm

Definitely a position of need also. Looks to have had a Georgia offer as well.

Chinese
Thai
Italian
Japanese
Mexican
Indian
Korean
Cajun
Mediterranean

I would go: Cajun, Thai, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Mediterranean, Mexican

Duke QB heading out west.

NM

I know it's tough to rely on unproven players (Brock) last year. That being said I feel really good about Hardley Gilmore. If he hadn't been injured I'd bet he would have been much more involved in the offense. Add Law, Maclin and Farrier, and Hester. That is a solid five deep I think, with some upside. Law would provide us some spark. I think we would enjoy the trade of consistancy and tenacity with Law over Brown. We lose the alpha with Key for sure, but that is college football. While we are on the topic of pass catching.....if Dowdell joins the backfield with Wilcox, who would be our receiving back? Seems like Washington has made some traction in the room. Let's see if he can coach them up!

7-4 - Losses @ #23 Texas A&M (9-2) by 14 / Pitt (9-2) by 1 in OT / @Maryland (9-2) by 24 / #2 Auburn (10-1) by 38
Quality wins : Beat Texas by 8 / Rutgers by 14.

Likely starters :
Devin Royal (soph) - 6-6 220 lbs. Forward - 15.6 ppg / 8 rpg. / 1 apg.
Bruce Thornton (JR.) - 6-2 215 lbs. Guard - 14.8 ppg / 2.7 rpg. / 5.3 apg.
Michael Parrish (SR.) - 6-6 205 lbs. Guard - 10.5 ppg / 4.7 rpg / 2 apg
Meechie Johnson (SR.) - 6-2 185 lbs. Guard - 9 ppg / 2.5 rpg / 2.7 apg
Sean Stewart (Soph) - 6.9 220 lbs. Forward - 5.7 ppg / 5.8 rpg

Key reserves :
John Mobley (Freshman) - 6-1 175 lbs. Guard - 12 ppg / 1.3 rpg. / 1.5 apg.
Aaron Bradshaw (Soph.) - 7-1 215 lbs. C/PF - 7.8 ppg. / 4.8 rpg.
Evan Mohaffey (JR.) - 6-6 200 lbs. G/F - 5.4 ppg. / 4.1 rpg. / 1.2 apg.

They have played a really solid schedule, been blown out by the better teams, have a couple solid wins. We need to be ready from the tip and play 40 minutes. Cats favored by 6, over / under 160. Cats can't just show up and expect to win, it will be a game for a while, hopefully, a nice double digit win, 88-74 is my prediction. Mobley (53.57%) can stroke it, he actually shoots it better than Brea (53.12%) from 3. Mobley has hit 4 less 3's than Brea, both are from New York.

So Adam Silver has recently said that the league is looking at how the game has been affected by teams increasing their volume of 3’s. Look no further than Boston C’s…

I have a crazy message board solution to this problem. Make any basket assisted from beyond half court worth an extra point. 3’s & 2’s become 4’s & 3’s. Max 3 free throws.

It’s ranked the toughest schedule in college basketball. They have 15 Quad 1 games left.

Has committed to Kentucky

UC vs. Dayton might be a good CBB game.
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“Kerr had his first day in the weight room, doing conditioning and strength training yesterday,” Pope said. “Our goal is to make that so unpleasant that he’s like, ‘I’m getting back on the court.'”

Wanted to put together a list of who is still here out of each of UK's remaining recruiting classes. The 20-22 classes have almost been wiped out. I have question marks beside the players I'm unsure if they still have eligibility or not. If I've left anyone off that's still on the team or have someone on here who has left let me know. There are 80 players listed below who I think are on scholarship. I'll remove players who leave and add incoming transfers.

Scholarship count 80

2020
Josaih Hayes

2021
Jager Burton
Jordan Lovett
Kahlil Saunders

2022
Alex Afari
Josh Kattus
2022 Transfers
Darrion Henry Young ?

2023
Kendrick Gilbert
Jamarion Wilcox
Tavion Gadson
Grant Godfrey
Nasir Addison
Austin Ramsey
Malachi Wood
Ty Bryant
2023 Transfers
Daveren Rayner
Jantzen Dunn
JQ Hardaway

2024
Cutter Boley
Tovani Mizell
Jason Patterson
Hardley Gilmore
David Washington
Willie Rodriguez
Aba Selm
Hayes Johnson
Marc Nave
Daniel Mincey
Brian Robinson
Jerod Smith
Jacob Smith
Antwan Smith
Steven Soles
Devin Smith
Quintavion Norman
Jaden Smith
Terhyon Nichols
Jiquavious Marshall
Quaysheed Scott
Cam Dooley
Jacob Kauwe
2024 Transfers
Aiden Laros
Ja’mori Maclin
Fred Farrier
Jalen Farmer
Anfernee Crease
DJ Waller
Dennious Jackson

2025
Stone Saunders
Brenen Ward
Quintin Simmons
DJ Miller
Preston Bowman
Montavin Quisenberry
Cameron Miller
Mikkel Skinner
Jayden Clark
Darrin Strey
Bryan Aguste
Jermiel Atkins
Kalen Edwards
Nicholas Smith
Javeon Campbell
Cedric Works
Andrew Purcell
Demarcus Gardner
Martels Carter
Dyllon Williams
Grant Grayton
2025 Transfers
Sam Greene
Landyn Watson
Josh Braun
Alex Wollschlaeger
Wallace Unamba
JJ Hester
Nick Calzada
Henry Boyer
Kendrick Law
Dante Dowdell
Jaden Williams