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 10:
Tuesday, Oct. 31
Northern Illinois 3 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
TOLEDO 16 Buffalo
Wednesday, Nov. 1
BOWLING GREEN 6½ Ball State
AKRON 4½ Kent State
Thursday, Nov. 2
TEXAS TECH 3 TCU
DUKE 13 Wake Forest
TROY 6½ South Alabama
Friday, Nov. 3
SYRACUSE 3½ Boston College
WYOMING 7½ Colorado State
Saturday, Nov. 4
TENNESSEE 35 Connecticut
Wisconsin 8½ INDIANA
SOUTH CAROLINA 14½ Jacksonville State
Ohio State 18 RUTGERS
Nebraska 3 MICHIGAN STATE
FLORIDA 6½ Arkansas
OLE MISS 4½ Texas A&M
TEXAS 5½ Kansas State
Notre Dame 3 CLEMSON
VIRGINIA 2½ Georgia Tech
Navy 7 TEMPLE
UTAH 11½ Arizona State
AIR FORCE 19 Army
Louisiana-Lafayette 8 ARKANSAS STATE
MEMPHIS 13½ South Florida
UTSA 7 NORTH TEXAS
Florida Atlantic 2½ UAB
Coastal Carolina 1½ OLD DOMINION
UCF 4 CINCINNATI
Florida State 21 PITTSBURGH
Penn State 10½ MARYLAND
Tulane 16½ EAST CAROLINA
LOUISVILLE 10½ Virginia Tech
Iowa 5½ NORTHWESTERN
James Madison 5 GEORGIA STATE
MINNESOTA 3½ Illinois
BAYLOR 5 Houston
Oklahoma 6 OKLAHOMA STATE
GEORGIA 17 Missouri
TULSA 3½ Charlotte
SOUTHERN MISS 2½ Louisiana-Monroe
Auburn 13 VANDERBILT
NEVADA 4 Hawaii
OREGON 24 California
APPALACHIAN STATE 4 Marshall
LIBERTY 17 Louisiana Tech
NEW MEXICO STATE 3 Middle Tennessee
UNLV 10 NEW MEXICO
WEST VIRGINIA 9½ Brigham Young
Utah State 2½ SAN DIEGO STATE
IOWA STATE 2 Kansas
Georgia Southern 1½ TEXAS STATE
Washington 3 USC
SMU 10½ RICE
Kentucky 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE
MICHIGAN 32½ Purdue
ALABAMA 4½ LSU
Miami (FL) 3½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE 13½ Stanford
Western Kentucky 11 UTEP
Oregon State 13 COLORADO
FRESNO STATE 4 Boise State
UCLA 1½ ARIZONA
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
NORTHWESTERN : 13.0 points
GEORGIA TECH : 11.5 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 10.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 10.0 points
KANSAS : 9.5 points
Massachusetts : 9.5 points
West Virginia : 7.0 points
Miami (OH) : 7.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 6.0 points
ARIZONA : 3.5 points
COASTAL CAROLINA : 3.5 points
UTEP : 3.5 points
New Mexico State : 2.5 points
Arkansas State : 2.0 points
Iowa State : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
NORTHWESTERN: jsyeag
GEORGIA TECH: Chad Rock, Blueworld_3.0
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: RedLotMudcat, kybloo92, gblue5744
KANSAS: M4CAT, warrior-cat, TOMCATS1990, BigBlueBall, rockycard
Miami (OH): jameslee32, jwcat30
ARIZONA STATE: ILiveBlue-GoCats
ARIZONA: Nuke99m
COASTAL CAROLINA: rivercatinfl
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Lafayette, Massachusetts, West Virginia, UTEP, New Mexico State, Arkansas State, Iowa State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : jwcat30
28.5 : BeardedKatFan
28.0 : MAYHOO22
28.0 : stinger11723
27.5 : kybloo92
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.0 : jsyeag
18.5 : jameslee32
18.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : M4CAT
13.0 : pappy52
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.5 : rockycard
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Roe07
9.5 : BigBlueBall
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
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : mgp913
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
5 : jwcat30
5 : MAYHOO22
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : gblue5744
4 : Nuke99m
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : JSgorocks
3 : kybloo92
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : secrules3
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jsyeag
2 : Littlefeller
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : rockycard
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
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
Week 9: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.0
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
Week 9: 16
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.4
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
Week 9: 60
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
Blueworld_3.0, BigBlueBall
@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 10:
Tuesday, Oct. 31
Northern Illinois 3 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
TOLEDO 16 Buffalo
Wednesday, Nov. 1
BOWLING GREEN 6½ Ball State
AKRON 4½ Kent State
Thursday, Nov. 2
TEXAS TECH 3 TCU
DUKE 13 Wake Forest
TROY 6½ South Alabama
Friday, Nov. 3
SYRACUSE 3½ Boston College
WYOMING 7½ Colorado State
Saturday, Nov. 4
TENNESSEE 35 Connecticut
Wisconsin 8½ INDIANA
SOUTH CAROLINA 14½ Jacksonville State
Ohio State 18 RUTGERS
Nebraska 3 MICHIGAN STATE
FLORIDA 6½ Arkansas
OLE MISS 4½ Texas A&M
TEXAS 5½ Kansas State
Notre Dame 3 CLEMSON
VIRGINIA 2½ Georgia Tech
Navy 7 TEMPLE
UTAH 11½ Arizona State
AIR FORCE 19 Army
Louisiana-Lafayette 8 ARKANSAS STATE
MEMPHIS 13½ South Florida
UTSA 7 NORTH TEXAS
Florida Atlantic 2½ UAB
Coastal Carolina 1½ OLD DOMINION
UCF 4 CINCINNATI
Florida State 21 PITTSBURGH
Penn State 10½ MARYLAND
Tulane 16½ EAST CAROLINA
LOUISVILLE 10½ Virginia Tech
Iowa 5½ NORTHWESTERN
James Madison 5 GEORGIA STATE
MINNESOTA 3½ Illinois
BAYLOR 5 Houston
Oklahoma 6 OKLAHOMA STATE
GEORGIA 17 Missouri
TULSA 3½ Charlotte
SOUTHERN MISS 2½ Louisiana-Monroe
Auburn 13 VANDERBILT
NEVADA 4 Hawaii
OREGON 24 California
APPALACHIAN STATE 4 Marshall
LIBERTY 17 Louisiana Tech
NEW MEXICO STATE 3 Middle Tennessee
UNLV 10 NEW MEXICO
WEST VIRGINIA 9½ Brigham Young
Utah State 2½ SAN DIEGO STATE
IOWA STATE 2 Kansas
Georgia Southern 1½ TEXAS STATE
Washington 3 USC
SMU 10½ RICE
Kentucky 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE
MICHIGAN 32½ Purdue
ALABAMA 4½ LSU
Miami (FL) 3½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
WASHINGTON STATE 13½ Stanford
Western Kentucky 11 UTEP
Oregon State 13 COLORADO
FRESNO STATE 4 Boise State
UCLA 1½ ARIZONA
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
NORTHWESTERN : 13.0 points
GEORGIA TECH : 11.5 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 10.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 10.0 points
KANSAS : 9.5 points
Massachusetts : 9.5 points
West Virginia : 7.0 points
Miami (OH) : 7.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 6.0 points
ARIZONA : 3.5 points
COASTAL CAROLINA : 3.5 points
UTEP : 3.5 points
New Mexico State : 2.5 points
Arkansas State : 2.0 points
Iowa State : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
NORTHWESTERN: jsyeag
GEORGIA TECH: Chad Rock, Blueworld_3.0
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: RedLotMudcat, kybloo92, gblue5744
KANSAS: M4CAT, warrior-cat, TOMCATS1990, BigBlueBall, rockycard
Miami (OH): jameslee32, jwcat30
ARIZONA STATE: ILiveBlue-GoCats
ARIZONA: Nuke99m
COASTAL CAROLINA: rivercatinfl
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Lafayette, Massachusetts, West Virginia, UTEP, New Mexico State, Arkansas State, Iowa State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : jwcat30
28.5 : BeardedKatFan
28.0 : MAYHOO22
28.0 : stinger11723
27.5 : kybloo92
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.0 : jsyeag
18.5 : jameslee32
18.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : M4CAT
13.0 : pappy52
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.5 : rockycard
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Roe07
9.5 : BigBlueBall
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
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : mgp913
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
5 : jwcat30
5 : MAYHOO22
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : gblue5744
4 : Nuke99m
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : JSgorocks
3 : kybloo92
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : secrules3
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jsyeag
2 : Littlefeller
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : rockycard
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
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
Week 9: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.0
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
Week 9: 16
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.4
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
Week 9: 60
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
Blueworld_3.0, BigBlueBall
@Deeeefense
