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:
Thursday, Oct. 31
Tulane 15½ CHARLOTTE
Friday, Nov. 1
CONNECTICUT 7 Georgia State
South Florida 2½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
BOISE STATE 24 San Diego State
Saturday, Nov. 2
Virginia Tech 3½ SYRACUSE
ARMY 24½ Air Force
Ole Miss 6½ ARKANSAS
MIAMI (FL) 20½ Duke
Buffalo 1 AKRON
Toledo 7 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Northwestern 1 PURDUE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 10½ Stanford
Memphis 7½ UTSA
Ohio State 3½ PENN STATE
AUBURN 6½ Vanderbilt
Old Dominion 2 APPALACHIAN STATE
UAB 3 Tulsa
UCF 6½ Arizona
MARSHALL 10½ Louisiana-Monroe
Indiana 6½ MICHIGAN STATE
North Carolina 2½ FLORIDA STATE
GEORGIA 17 Florida
UTEP 3½ Middle Tennessee
IOWA STATE 14½ Texas Tech
Kansas State 12½ HOUSTON
NEBRASKA 7½ UCLA
Oregon 14½ MICHIGAN
Navy 12½ RICE
Coastal Carolina 3½ TROY
NEW MEXICO 6½ Wyoming
MISSISSIPPI STATE 18½ Massachusetts
Arizona State 1 OKLAHOMA STATE
FRESNO STATE 13½ Hawaii
CLEMSON 11½ Louisville
SOUTH ALABAMA 6 Georgia Southern
USC 1½ WASHINGTON
IOWA 3½ Wisconsin
Texas A&M 3½ SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE 15½ Kentucky
BAYLOR 3 TCU
SMU 7½ Pittsburgh
Colorado State 1 NEVADA
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
BALL STATE : 11.5 points
TULSA : 7.5 points
North Carolina : 5.5 points
Bowling Green : 3.5 points
HOUSTON : 3.5 points
West Virginia : 3.0 points
AKRON : 3.0 points
Auburn : 3.0 points
HAWAII : 2.5 points
Utah State : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
BALL STATE: blubo, docholiday51, BC_Wader
North Carolina: *CatinIL*
Auburn: Nuke99m, JSgorocks, number8please, gamecockcat
HAWAII: Old_Red
Nobody picked: TULSA, Bowling Green, HOUSTON, West Virginia, AKRON, Utah State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
53.5 : docholiday51
44.0 : Chad Rock
41.5 : Blueisbest
41.0 : BC_Wader
38.0 : bigbluemist
36.5 : howercat
36.5 : warrior-cat
34.0 : stinger11723
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.5 : BeardedKatFan
29.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : CrimsonCats
27.0 : Larry00
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : blubo
21.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
21.0 : gamecockcat
20.5 : number8please
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
18.5 : Roe07
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.0 : BurgLife
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rockycard
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : *CatinIL*
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
7.0 : jwcat30
7.0 : pappy52
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.0 : JSgorocks
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
6 : Blueisbest
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : docholiday51
5 : howercat
4 : BC_Wader
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : Chad Rock
4 : gamecockcat
4 : maysvilleky
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
3 : Bryguy
3 : cat tat2
3 : CrimsonCats
3 : jrburt
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : Larry00
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Old_Red
3 : secrules3
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : blubo
2 : blubud
2 : BurgLife
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : Roe07
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : YardCat
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.7
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 54.6
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
Nuke99m, JSgorocks
@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.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 10:
Thursday, Oct. 31
Tulane 15½ CHARLOTTE
Friday, Nov. 1
CONNECTICUT 7 Georgia State
South Florida 2½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
BOISE STATE 24 San Diego State
Saturday, Nov. 2
Virginia Tech 3½ SYRACUSE
ARMY 24½ Air Force
Ole Miss 6½ ARKANSAS
MIAMI (FL) 20½ Duke
Buffalo 1 AKRON
Toledo 7 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Northwestern 1 PURDUE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 10½ Stanford
Memphis 7½ UTSA
Ohio State 3½ PENN STATE
AUBURN 6½ Vanderbilt
Old Dominion 2 APPALACHIAN STATE
UAB 3 Tulsa
UCF 6½ Arizona
MARSHALL 10½ Louisiana-Monroe
Indiana 6½ MICHIGAN STATE
North Carolina 2½ FLORIDA STATE
GEORGIA 17 Florida
UTEP 3½ Middle Tennessee
IOWA STATE 14½ Texas Tech
Kansas State 12½ HOUSTON
NEBRASKA 7½ UCLA
Oregon 14½ MICHIGAN
Navy 12½ RICE
Coastal Carolina 3½ TROY
NEW MEXICO 6½ Wyoming
MISSISSIPPI STATE 18½ Massachusetts
Arizona State 1 OKLAHOMA STATE
FRESNO STATE 13½ Hawaii
CLEMSON 11½ Louisville
SOUTH ALABAMA 6 Georgia Southern
USC 1½ WASHINGTON
IOWA 3½ Wisconsin
Texas A&M 3½ SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE 15½ Kentucky
BAYLOR 3 TCU
SMU 7½ Pittsburgh
Colorado State 1 NEVADA
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Underdog Winners - Week #9:
BALL STATE : 11.5 points
TULSA : 7.5 points
North Carolina : 5.5 points
Bowling Green : 3.5 points
HOUSTON : 3.5 points
West Virginia : 3.0 points
AKRON : 3.0 points
Auburn : 3.0 points
HAWAII : 2.5 points
Utah State : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
BALL STATE: blubo, docholiday51, BC_Wader
North Carolina: *CatinIL*
Auburn: Nuke99m, JSgorocks, number8please, gamecockcat
HAWAII: Old_Red
Nobody picked: TULSA, Bowling Green, HOUSTON, West Virginia, AKRON, Utah State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
53.5 : docholiday51
44.0 : Chad Rock
41.5 : Blueisbest
41.0 : BC_Wader
38.0 : bigbluemist
36.5 : howercat
36.5 : warrior-cat
34.0 : stinger11723
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.5 : BeardedKatFan
29.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : CrimsonCats
27.0 : Larry00
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : blubo
21.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
21.0 : gamecockcat
20.5 : number8please
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
18.5 : Roe07
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.0 : BurgLife
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rockycard
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : *CatinIL*
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
7.0 : jwcat30
7.0 : pappy52
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.0 : JSgorocks
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
6 : Blueisbest
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : docholiday51
5 : howercat
4 : BC_Wader
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : Chad Rock
4 : gamecockcat
4 : maysvilleky
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
3 : Bryguy
3 : cat tat2
3 : CrimsonCats
3 : jrburt
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : Larry00
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Old_Red
3 : secrules3
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : blubo
2 : blubud
2 : BurgLife
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : Roe07
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : YardCat
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.7
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 54.6
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #9:
Nuke99m, JSgorocks
@Deeeefense
