Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Vegas Insider web page (usually on Monday) 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 must make your pick before any game has started or after the last game of the day has kicked off on the day you make your pick. Your pick will invalidated otherwise. I can't know 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 with the new Rivals format. If you want to change your pick before the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick or simply delete your first pick before the first kickoff.
2) If you make your pick after the first game kicks off that day, it is invalidated. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day, 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 VegasInsider 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 10:
Thursday, Nov. 4
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 11 Georgia State
Friday, Nov. 5
Virginia Tech 3 BOSTON COLLEGE
Utah 6½ STANFORD
Saturday, Nov. 6
AIR FORCE 3 Army
Pittsburgh 21 DUKE
North Carolina State 3 FLORIDA STATE
MIAMI (FL) 9 Georgia Tech
Wisconsin 12 RUTGERS
Clemson 3½ LOUISVILLE
UAB 13 Louisiana Tech
Iowa 12 NORTHWESTERN
Houston 13 SOUTH FLORIDA
MICHIGAN 19½ Indiana
NORTH CAROLINA 2 Wake Forest
Coastal Carolina 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
CENTRAL FLORIDA 13 Tulane
MINNESOTA 15 Illinois
CINCINNATI 23 Tulsa
Kansas State 24 KANSAS
Florida 19 SOUTH CAROLINA
EAST CAROLINA 15½ Temple
MISSISSIPPI 10 Liberty
Baylor 6 TEXAS CHRISTIAN
Penn State 11 MARYLAND
Utah State 17 NEW MEXICO STATE
Oregon State 11 COLORADO
ARIZONA STATE 8 Southern Cal
North Texas 5 SOUTHERN MISS
GEORGIA 38 Missouri
Appalachian State 21 ARKANSAS STATE
Ohio State 15½ NEBRASKA
ARKANSAS 5 Mississippi State
Southern Methodist 6½ MEMPHIS
NOTRE DAME 21 Navy
TROY 3 South Alabama
UNC CHARLOTTE 3½ Rice
Oklahoma State 3 WEST VIRGINIA
KENTUCKY 3 Tennessee
TEXAS STATE 3½ Louisiana-Monroe
IOWA STATE 6½ Texas
Michigan State 3 PURDUE
TEXAS AM 4½ Auburn
WESTERN KENTUCKY 15 Middle Tennessee St
Oregon 6½ WASHINGTON
California 12 ARIZONA
Colorado State 4 WYOMING
Texas-San Antonio 12½ UTEP
Marshall 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
FRESNO STATE 5½ Boise State
NEW MEXICO 1 UNLV
Old Dominion 2 FLORIDA INTL
ALABAMA 29 LSU
NEVADA 10 San Jose State
San Diego State 7½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
Washington State : 15.0 points
Bowling Green State : 12.5 points
Miami (FL) : 11.5 points
Navy : 10.0 points
Purdue : 7.0 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 3.5 points
Virginia Tech : 3.5 points
North Texas : 2.5 points
Washington : 2.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 1.5 points
Rutgers : 1.0 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
Washington State: ThreeHogNight
Bowling Green State: RocknRollCats
Miami (FL): southindycat, Glenn's take, pumpedupcats, jrburt
Navy: blubud
Purdue: DubyaT, straykat, gamecockcat, jwcat30
WEST VIRGINIA: BurgLife, sieken, Catapult, Uk##1, CGblue, jsyeag, ILiveBlue-GoCats, Littlefeller, Serenity Now!!!, *CatinIL*, SWVA WildcatFan, Chad Rock
OLD DOMINION: howercat, bigbluemist
MICHIGAN STATE: Blueisbest, jameslee32, WalterTheHippo
Rutgers: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Virginia Tech, North Texas, Washington, CALIFORNIA, MISSISSIPPI STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
52.5 : CGblue
47.5 : Chad Rock
45.0 : Nuke99m
43.5 : ThreeHogNight
40.0 : pumpedupcats
39.0 : southindycat
37.0 : *CatinIL*
37.0 : jbalasquide
35.0 : Big_Blue_1018
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
33.0 : BurgLife
32.5 : jsyeag
32.0 : blubud
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Greezy Kreek
31.5 : Littlefeller
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : docholiday51
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.0 : RocknRollCats
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.0 : TOMCATS1990
24.5 : gamecockcat
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
21.5 : Blueisbest
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.0 : Catapult
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.0 : Glenn's take
17.5 : H-D cat
17.0 : sieken
16.5 : catben
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.0 : On_track_4_8
16.0 : pappy52
15.5 : Tskware
15.0 : AdairCat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.5 : WalterTheHippo
13.0 : yes_takeaside
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
11.0 : AsianPICat
10.5 : Cat4life_
10.5 : TuckyFB
10.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
10.0 : jwcat30
10.0 : rockycard
9.5 : billoliver40
9.0 : BigTyrone
8.0 : jameslee32
8.0 : VikingCat21
8.0 : waste24
7.5 : howercat
7.0 : CatCall
7.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
6.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : josh72484
6.5 : stinger11723
5.5 : ashlandcatfan600
5.5 : CC_332
5.5 : KYFanInAL
5.5 : OleBluCatz
5.5 : Owen68
5.5 : PRPcoach
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
3.0 : Old_Red
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
7 : AsianPICat
6 : Chad Rock
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : bigbluemist
5 : jbalasquide
5 : jsyeag
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : Big_Blue_1018
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : BurgLife
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : jrburt
4 : Littlefeller
4 : Nuke99m
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : ThreeHogNight
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : CGblue
3 : Greezy Kreek
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : Larry00
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : sieken
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : Tskware
3 : wildcatbd21
2 : billoliver40
2 : Catapult
2 : catben
2 : CatInCanuckLand
2 : Chum83
2 : DubyaT
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Horhay961
2 : howercat
2 : jameslee32
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
2 : pappy52
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior-cat
2 : yes_takeaside
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 14
Week 4: 13
Week 5: 21
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 37
Week 2: 34
Week 3: 33
Week 4: 36
Week 5: 28
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 8
Week 9: 29
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.1
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 90
Week 2: 92
Week 3: 83
Week 4: 76
Week 5: 86
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 75
Week 8: 68
Week 9: 71
Season Average for Total Picks: 79.9
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
ILiveBlue-GoCats
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 must make your pick before any game has started or after the last game of the day has kicked off on the day you make your pick. Your pick will invalidated otherwise. I can't know 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 with the new Rivals format. If you want to change your pick before the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick or simply delete your first pick before the first kickoff.
2) If you make your pick after the first game kicks off that day, it is invalidated. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day, 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 VegasInsider 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 10:
Thursday, Nov. 4
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 11 Georgia State
Friday, Nov. 5
Virginia Tech 3 BOSTON COLLEGE
Utah 6½ STANFORD
Saturday, Nov. 6
AIR FORCE 3 Army
Pittsburgh 21 DUKE
North Carolina State 3 FLORIDA STATE
MIAMI (FL) 9 Georgia Tech
Wisconsin 12 RUTGERS
Clemson 3½ LOUISVILLE
UAB 13 Louisiana Tech
Iowa 12 NORTHWESTERN
Houston 13 SOUTH FLORIDA
MICHIGAN 19½ Indiana
NORTH CAROLINA 2 Wake Forest
Coastal Carolina 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
CENTRAL FLORIDA 13 Tulane
MINNESOTA 15 Illinois
CINCINNATI 23 Tulsa
Kansas State 24 KANSAS
Florida 19 SOUTH CAROLINA
EAST CAROLINA 15½ Temple
MISSISSIPPI 10 Liberty
Baylor 6 TEXAS CHRISTIAN
Penn State 11 MARYLAND
Utah State 17 NEW MEXICO STATE
Oregon State 11 COLORADO
ARIZONA STATE 8 Southern Cal
North Texas 5 SOUTHERN MISS
GEORGIA 38 Missouri
Appalachian State 21 ARKANSAS STATE
Ohio State 15½ NEBRASKA
ARKANSAS 5 Mississippi State
Southern Methodist 6½ MEMPHIS
NOTRE DAME 21 Navy
TROY 3 South Alabama
UNC CHARLOTTE 3½ Rice
Oklahoma State 3 WEST VIRGINIA
KENTUCKY 3 Tennessee
TEXAS STATE 3½ Louisiana-Monroe
IOWA STATE 6½ Texas
Michigan State 3 PURDUE
TEXAS AM 4½ Auburn
WESTERN KENTUCKY 15 Middle Tennessee St
Oregon 6½ WASHINGTON
California 12 ARIZONA
Colorado State 4 WYOMING
Texas-San Antonio 12½ UTEP
Marshall 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
FRESNO STATE 5½ Boise State
NEW MEXICO 1 UNLV
Old Dominion 2 FLORIDA INTL
ALABAMA 29 LSU
NEVADA 10 San Jose State
San Diego State 7½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
Washington State : 15.0 points
Bowling Green State : 12.5 points
Miami (FL) : 11.5 points
Navy : 10.0 points
Purdue : 7.0 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 3.5 points
Virginia Tech : 3.5 points
North Texas : 2.5 points
Washington : 2.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 1.5 points
Rutgers : 1.0 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
Washington State: ThreeHogNight
Bowling Green State: RocknRollCats
Miami (FL): southindycat, Glenn's take, pumpedupcats, jrburt
Navy: blubud
Purdue: DubyaT, straykat, gamecockcat, jwcat30
WEST VIRGINIA: BurgLife, sieken, Catapult, Uk##1, CGblue, jsyeag, ILiveBlue-GoCats, Littlefeller, Serenity Now!!!, *CatinIL*, SWVA WildcatFan, Chad Rock
OLD DOMINION: howercat, bigbluemist
MICHIGAN STATE: Blueisbest, jameslee32, WalterTheHippo
Rutgers: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Virginia Tech, North Texas, Washington, CALIFORNIA, MISSISSIPPI STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
52.5 : CGblue
47.5 : Chad Rock
45.0 : Nuke99m
43.5 : ThreeHogNight
40.0 : pumpedupcats
39.0 : southindycat
37.0 : *CatinIL*
37.0 : jbalasquide
35.0 : Big_Blue_1018
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
33.0 : BurgLife
32.5 : jsyeag
32.0 : blubud
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Greezy Kreek
31.5 : Littlefeller
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : docholiday51
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.0 : RocknRollCats
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.0 : TOMCATS1990
24.5 : gamecockcat
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
21.5 : Blueisbest
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.0 : Catapult
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.0 : Glenn's take
17.5 : H-D cat
17.0 : sieken
16.5 : catben
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.0 : On_track_4_8
16.0 : pappy52
15.5 : Tskware
15.0 : AdairCat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.5 : WalterTheHippo
13.0 : yes_takeaside
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
11.0 : AsianPICat
10.5 : Cat4life_
10.5 : TuckyFB
10.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
10.0 : jwcat30
10.0 : rockycard
9.5 : billoliver40
9.0 : BigTyrone
8.0 : jameslee32
8.0 : VikingCat21
8.0 : waste24
7.5 : howercat
7.0 : CatCall
7.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
6.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : josh72484
6.5 : stinger11723
5.5 : ashlandcatfan600
5.5 : CC_332
5.5 : KYFanInAL
5.5 : OleBluCatz
5.5 : Owen68
5.5 : PRPcoach
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
3.0 : Old_Red
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
7 : AsianPICat
6 : Chad Rock
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : bigbluemist
5 : jbalasquide
5 : jsyeag
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : Big_Blue_1018
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : BurgLife
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : jrburt
4 : Littlefeller
4 : Nuke99m
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : ThreeHogNight
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : CGblue
3 : Greezy Kreek
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : Larry00
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : sieken
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : Tskware
3 : wildcatbd21
2 : billoliver40
2 : Catapult
2 : catben
2 : CatInCanuckLand
2 : Chum83
2 : DubyaT
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Horhay961
2 : howercat
2 : jameslee32
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
2 : pappy52
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior-cat
2 : yes_takeaside
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 14
Week 4: 13
Week 5: 21
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 37
Week 2: 34
Week 3: 33
Week 4: 36
Week 5: 28
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 8
Week 9: 29
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.1
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 90
Week 2: 92
Week 3: 83
Week 4: 76
Week 5: 86
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 75
Week 8: 68
Week 9: 71
Season Average for Total Picks: 79.9
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
ILiveBlue-GoCats
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