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 11:
Thursday, Nov. 7
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Florida Atlantic
COASTAL CAROLINA 1½ Appalachian State
Friday, Nov. 8
California 7 WAKE FOREST
MEMPHIS 10½ Rice
Iowa 6½ UCLA
SAN DIEGO STATE 3½ New Mexico
Saturday, Nov. 9
TEXAS 21½ Florida
CINCINNATI 4½ West Virginia
Miami (FL) 11 GEORGIA TECH
Navy 3 SOUTH FLORIDA
BOSTON COLLEGE 2 Syracuse
OHIO STATE 38½ Purdue
Texas State 6½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Minnesota 6½ RUTGERS
Liberty 10½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Connecticut 6 UAB
Marshall 13½ SOUTHERN MISS
Iowa State 3 KANSAS
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 3½ Duke
JAMES MADISON 16½ Georgia State
Georgia 2½ OLE MISS
Army 5½ NORTH TEXAS
OREGON STATE 4 San Jose State
INDIANA 14½ Michigan
Clemson 6½ VIRGINIA TECH
Colorado 3 TEXAS TECH
TULANE 26½ Temple
UTEP 4 Kennesaw State
South Carolina 3½ VANDERBILT
Jacksonville State 9½ LOUISIANA TECH
LOUISIANA 14½ Arkansas State
Western Kentucky 18 NEW MEXICO STATE
ARIZONA STATE 4½ UCF
TCU 12 Oklahoma State
OREGON 25½ Maryland
TENNESSEE 24½ Mississippi State
NOTRE DAME 26½ Florida State
Alabama 2½ LSU
MISSOURI 2½ Oklahoma
PITTSBURGH 7½ Virginia
BOISE STATE 26 Nevada
PENN STATE 13½ Washington
UNLV 13 HAWAII
Fresno State 10½ AIR FORCE
Brigham Young 4½ UTAH
WASHINGTON STATE 20½ Utah State
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Texas Tech : 14.5 points
Hawaii : 13.5 points
HOUSTON : 12.5 points
RICE : 12.5 points
Louisville : 11.5 points
UCLA : 7.5 points
UTSA : 7.5 points
Vanderbilt : 6.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
Georgia Southern : 6.0 points
SYRACUSE : 3.5 points
Middle Tennessee : 3.5 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 3.5 points
TROY : 3.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 2.0 points
WASHINGTON : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
Texas Tech: stinger11723, Hang_Time_2
Louisville: number8please, rockycard, *CatinIL*
UCLA: howercat
UTSA: Roe07
Vanderbilt: jwcat30, BC_Wader, kywildcatsfannumber1, pappy52, tdjohnsky, CrimsonCats, gamecockcat, Short-Dawg-69, jrburt, bigbluemist, Larry00
Georgia Southern: BurgLife, TheBlueCat, BeardedKatFan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Caveman Catfan, Old_Red
Nobody picked: Hawaii, HOUSTON, RICE, Wyoming, SYRACUSE, Middle Tennessee, TROY, APPALACHIAN STATE, WASHINGTON
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
53.5 : docholiday51
48.5 : stinger11723
47.5 : BC_Wader
44.5 : bigbluemist
44.0 : Chad Rock
44.0 : howercat
41.5 : Blueisbest
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
36.5 : warrior-cat
35.5 : TheBlueCat
33.5 : CrimsonCats
33.5 : Larry00
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.0 : number8please
31.5 : jrburt
29.0 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : cat tat2
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
27.5 : gamecockcat
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
26.0 : Roe07
25.0 : rockycard
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : BurgLife
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : blubo
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : jwcat30
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.5 : tdjohnsky
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : JSgorocks
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
6 : Blueisbest
6 : howercat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BC_Wader
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : number8please
5 : TheBlueCat
4 : Chad Rock
4 : CrimsonCats
4 : jrburt
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : maysvilleky
4 : Old_Red
4 : stinger11723
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Bryguy
3 : BurgLife
3 : cat tat2
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Roe07
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : warrior-cat
2 : blubo
2 : blubud
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : rockycard
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
Week 10: 16
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.2
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.4
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 53.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #10:
tdjohnsky
@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 11:
Thursday, Nov. 7
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Florida Atlantic
COASTAL CAROLINA 1½ Appalachian State
Friday, Nov. 8
California 7 WAKE FOREST
MEMPHIS 10½ Rice
Iowa 6½ UCLA
SAN DIEGO STATE 3½ New Mexico
Saturday, Nov. 9
TEXAS 21½ Florida
CINCINNATI 4½ West Virginia
Miami (FL) 11 GEORGIA TECH
Navy 3 SOUTH FLORIDA
BOSTON COLLEGE 2 Syracuse
OHIO STATE 38½ Purdue
Texas State 6½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Minnesota 6½ RUTGERS
Liberty 10½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Connecticut 6 UAB
Marshall 13½ SOUTHERN MISS
Iowa State 3 KANSAS
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 3½ Duke
JAMES MADISON 16½ Georgia State
Georgia 2½ OLE MISS
Army 5½ NORTH TEXAS
OREGON STATE 4 San Jose State
INDIANA 14½ Michigan
Clemson 6½ VIRGINIA TECH
Colorado 3 TEXAS TECH
TULANE 26½ Temple
UTEP 4 Kennesaw State
South Carolina 3½ VANDERBILT
Jacksonville State 9½ LOUISIANA TECH
LOUISIANA 14½ Arkansas State
Western Kentucky 18 NEW MEXICO STATE
ARIZONA STATE 4½ UCF
TCU 12 Oklahoma State
OREGON 25½ Maryland
TENNESSEE 24½ Mississippi State
NOTRE DAME 26½ Florida State
Alabama 2½ LSU
MISSOURI 2½ Oklahoma
PITTSBURGH 7½ Virginia
BOISE STATE 26 Nevada
PENN STATE 13½ Washington
UNLV 13 HAWAII
Fresno State 10½ AIR FORCE
Brigham Young 4½ UTAH
WASHINGTON STATE 20½ Utah State
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Texas Tech : 14.5 points
Hawaii : 13.5 points
HOUSTON : 12.5 points
RICE : 12.5 points
Louisville : 11.5 points
UCLA : 7.5 points
UTSA : 7.5 points
Vanderbilt : 6.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
Georgia Southern : 6.0 points
SYRACUSE : 3.5 points
Middle Tennessee : 3.5 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 3.5 points
TROY : 3.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 2.0 points
WASHINGTON : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
Texas Tech: stinger11723, Hang_Time_2
Louisville: number8please, rockycard, *CatinIL*
UCLA: howercat
UTSA: Roe07
Vanderbilt: jwcat30, BC_Wader, kywildcatsfannumber1, pappy52, tdjohnsky, CrimsonCats, gamecockcat, Short-Dawg-69, jrburt, bigbluemist, Larry00
Georgia Southern: BurgLife, TheBlueCat, BeardedKatFan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Caveman Catfan, Old_Red
Nobody picked: Hawaii, HOUSTON, RICE, Wyoming, SYRACUSE, Middle Tennessee, TROY, APPALACHIAN STATE, WASHINGTON
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
53.5 : docholiday51
48.5 : stinger11723
47.5 : BC_Wader
44.5 : bigbluemist
44.0 : Chad Rock
44.0 : howercat
41.5 : Blueisbest
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
36.5 : warrior-cat
35.5 : TheBlueCat
33.5 : CrimsonCats
33.5 : Larry00
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.0 : number8please
31.5 : jrburt
29.0 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : cat tat2
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
27.5 : gamecockcat
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
26.0 : Roe07
25.0 : rockycard
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : BurgLife
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : blubo
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : jwcat30
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.5 : tdjohnsky
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : JSgorocks
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
6 : Blueisbest
6 : howercat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BC_Wader
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : number8please
5 : TheBlueCat
4 : Chad Rock
4 : CrimsonCats
4 : jrburt
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : maysvilleky
4 : Old_Red
4 : stinger11723
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Bryguy
3 : BurgLife
3 : cat tat2
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Roe07
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : warrior-cat
2 : blubo
2 : blubud
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : rockycard
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
Week 10: 16
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.2
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
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.4
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
Season Average for Total Picks: 53.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #10:
tdjohnsky
@Deeeefense
