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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 18
Louisville 19½ DUKE
Friday, Nov. 19
LOUISIANA TECH 17 Southern Miss
HOUSTON 9½ Memphis
WASHINGTON STATE 15 Arizona
NEVADA 2 Air Force
San Diego State 12 UNLV
Saturday, Nov. 20
PITTSBURGH 13½ Virginia
CINCINNATI 12½ Southern Methodist
ARMY 37½ Massachusetts
CENTRAL FLORIDA 30 Connecticut
MIAMI (FL) 7 Virginia Tech
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 11½ Syracuse
Kent State 13½ AKRON
OHIO STATE 19½ Michigan State
COASTAL CAROLINA 21½ Texas State
Michigan 15 MARYLAND
Florida 7½ MISSOURI
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Texas
TENNESSEE 27½ South Alabama
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Florida State
LIBERTY 4½ Louisiana-Lafayette
Purdue 12 NORTHWESTERN
Minnesota 6½ INDIANA
PENN STATE 17 Rutgers
CLEMSON 3½ Wake Forest
WISCONSIN 10½ Nebraska
WESTERN KENTUCKY 10½ Florida Atlantic
IOWA 12 Illinois
BOISE STATE 27½ New Mexico
UTAH 3 Oregon
Washington 6 COLORADO
NOTRE DAME 15½ Georgia Tech
California 4 STANFORD
Arizona State 2½ OREGON STATE
UCLA 3 SOUTHERN CAL
East Carolina 4 NAVY
Auburn 8 SOUTH CAROLINA
TULSA 21½ Temple
Appalachian State 10 TROY
MISSISSIPPI 37 Vanderbilt
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 3½ Old Dominion
ALABAMA 20½ Arkansas
LSU 29 Louisiana-Monroe
TULANE 3½ South Florida
OKLAHOMA 6½ Iowa State
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 21½ Kansas
KENTUCKY 36 New Mexico State
Marshall 15½ UNC CHARLOTTE
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 6 UAB
Oklahoma State 10½ TEXAS TECH
GEORGIA STATE 16 Arkansas State
UTEP 10 Rice
BYU 20 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
North Texas 10 FLORIDA INTL
UTAH STATE 6½ Wyoming
Colorado State 1½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Kansas : 29.5 points
TEXAS TECH : 10.0 points
Georgia State : 10.0 points
Rutgers : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.5 points
East Carolina : 6.0 points
UAB : 6.0 points
BAYLOR : 6.0 points
Mississippi State : 5.5 points
Utah State : 4.0 points
Arkansas State : 3.0 points
MISSISSIPPI : 2.5 points
FLORIDA STATE : 2.5 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
UNLV : 2.0 points
Boston College : 2.0 points
NORTH TEXAS : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
TEXAS TECH: blubud, Chad Rock, Greezy Kreek, Nuke99m, CatCall, Hang_Time_2
OLD DOMINION: howercat
BAYLOR: Big_Blue_1018, *CatinIL*, sieken, ThreeHogNight
Mississippi State: gamecockcat, pappy52, Ken Cat
MISSISSIPPI: H-D cat, Blueisbest, maysvilleky
FLORIDA STATE: ILiveBlue-GoCats
NORTH TEXAS: Old_Red, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Kansas, Georgia State, Rutgers, East Carolina, UAB, Utah State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, UNLV, Boston College
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
61.5 : Nuke99m
59.0 : CGblue
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
43.5 : jsyeag
43.0 : *CatinIL*
42.0 : blubud
41.5 : Greezy Kreek
41.0 : Big_Blue_1018
40.0 : Hang_Time_2
40.0 : pumpedupcats
40.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
39.0 : southindycat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.0 : BurgLife
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
30.5 : Blueisbest
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : gamecockcat
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.0 : RocknRollCats
27.5 : catben
27.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.5 : Ken Cat
25.5 : WalterTheHippo
25.0 : TOMCATS1990
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
23.0 : sieken
21.5 : pappy52
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.0 : Catapult
19.0 : On_track_4_8
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.5 : Tskware
18.0 : Glenn's take
17.0 : howercat
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
15.0 : AdairCat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.0 : yes_takeaside
12.5 : AsianPICat
12.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
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
7.0 : 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
4.5 : Old_Red
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
2.5 : maysvilleky
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
8 : AsianPICat
7 : Chad Rock
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : Blueisbest
6 : jbalasquide
6 : jsyeag
6 : Nuke99m
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : BurgLife
4 : CGblue
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : jrburt
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : sieken
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : Tskware
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : Larry00
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : pappy52
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : WalterTheHippo
3 : wildcatbd21
2 : billoliver40
2 : Catapult
2 : CatInCanuckLand
2 : Chum83
2 : DubyaT
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : Horhay961
2 : jameslee32
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Old_Red
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
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
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.2
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
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 23.8
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
Week 10: 64
Week 11: 60
Season Average for Total Picks: 76.6
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #11:
maysvilleky
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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 18
Louisville 19½ DUKE
Friday, Nov. 19
LOUISIANA TECH 17 Southern Miss
HOUSTON 9½ Memphis
WASHINGTON STATE 15 Arizona
NEVADA 2 Air Force
San Diego State 12 UNLV
Saturday, Nov. 20
PITTSBURGH 13½ Virginia
CINCINNATI 12½ Southern Methodist
ARMY 37½ Massachusetts
CENTRAL FLORIDA 30 Connecticut
MIAMI (FL) 7 Virginia Tech
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 11½ Syracuse
Kent State 13½ AKRON
OHIO STATE 19½ Michigan State
COASTAL CAROLINA 21½ Texas State
Michigan 15 MARYLAND
Florida 7½ MISSOURI
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Texas
TENNESSEE 27½ South Alabama
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Florida State
LIBERTY 4½ Louisiana-Lafayette
Purdue 12 NORTHWESTERN
Minnesota 6½ INDIANA
PENN STATE 17 Rutgers
CLEMSON 3½ Wake Forest
WISCONSIN 10½ Nebraska
WESTERN KENTUCKY 10½ Florida Atlantic
IOWA 12 Illinois
BOISE STATE 27½ New Mexico
UTAH 3 Oregon
Washington 6 COLORADO
NOTRE DAME 15½ Georgia Tech
California 4 STANFORD
Arizona State 2½ OREGON STATE
UCLA 3 SOUTHERN CAL
East Carolina 4 NAVY
Auburn 8 SOUTH CAROLINA
TULSA 21½ Temple
Appalachian State 10 TROY
MISSISSIPPI 37 Vanderbilt
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 3½ Old Dominion
ALABAMA 20½ Arkansas
LSU 29 Louisiana-Monroe
TULANE 3½ South Florida
OKLAHOMA 6½ Iowa State
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 21½ Kansas
KENTUCKY 36 New Mexico State
Marshall 15½ UNC CHARLOTTE
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 6 UAB
Oklahoma State 10½ TEXAS TECH
GEORGIA STATE 16 Arkansas State
UTEP 10 Rice
BYU 20 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
North Texas 10 FLORIDA INTL
UTAH STATE 6½ Wyoming
Colorado State 1½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Kansas : 29.5 points
TEXAS TECH : 10.0 points
Georgia State : 10.0 points
Rutgers : 7.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 6.5 points
East Carolina : 6.0 points
UAB : 6.0 points
BAYLOR : 6.0 points
Mississippi State : 5.5 points
Utah State : 4.0 points
Arkansas State : 3.0 points
MISSISSIPPI : 2.5 points
FLORIDA STATE : 2.5 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
UNLV : 2.0 points
Boston College : 2.0 points
NORTH TEXAS : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
TEXAS TECH: blubud, Chad Rock, Greezy Kreek, Nuke99m, CatCall, Hang_Time_2
OLD DOMINION: howercat
BAYLOR: Big_Blue_1018, *CatinIL*, sieken, ThreeHogNight
Mississippi State: gamecockcat, pappy52, Ken Cat
MISSISSIPPI: H-D cat, Blueisbest, maysvilleky
FLORIDA STATE: ILiveBlue-GoCats
NORTH TEXAS: Old_Red, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Kansas, Georgia State, Rutgers, East Carolina, UAB, Utah State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, UNLV, Boston College
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
61.5 : Nuke99m
59.0 : CGblue
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
43.5 : jsyeag
43.0 : *CatinIL*
42.0 : blubud
41.5 : Greezy Kreek
41.0 : Big_Blue_1018
40.0 : Hang_Time_2
40.0 : pumpedupcats
40.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
39.0 : southindycat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.0 : BurgLife
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
30.5 : Blueisbest
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : gamecockcat
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.0 : RocknRollCats
27.5 : catben
27.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.5 : Ken Cat
25.5 : WalterTheHippo
25.0 : TOMCATS1990
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
23.0 : sieken
21.5 : pappy52
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.0 : Catapult
19.0 : On_track_4_8
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.5 : Tskware
18.0 : Glenn's take
17.0 : howercat
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
15.0 : AdairCat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : JSgorocks
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.0 : yes_takeaside
12.5 : AsianPICat
12.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
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
7.0 : 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
4.5 : Old_Red
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
2.5 : maysvilleky
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
8 : AsianPICat
7 : Chad Rock
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : Blueisbest
6 : jbalasquide
6 : jsyeag
6 : Nuke99m
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : BurgLife
4 : CGblue
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : jrburt
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : sieken
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : Tskware
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : Larry00
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : pappy52
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : WalterTheHippo
3 : wildcatbd21
2 : billoliver40
2 : Catapult
2 : CatInCanuckLand
2 : Chum83
2 : DubyaT
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : Horhay961
2 : jameslee32
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Old_Red
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
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
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.2
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
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 23.8
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
Week 10: 64
Week 11: 60
Season Average for Total Picks: 76.6
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #11:
maysvilleky
