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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 17
TULANE 3 SMU
Friday, Nov. 18
TULSA 12½ South Florida
San Diego State 14½ NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Nov. 19
PITTSBURGH 8 Duke
LIBERTY 10 Virginia Tech
PURDUE 18½ Northwestern
ARMY 10 Connecticut
TEXAS A&M 33½ Massachusetts
Florida 15 VANDERBILT
UTSA 13½ RICE
JAMES MADISON 9 Georgia State
Washington State 4½ ARIZONA
Oregon State 7½ ARIZONA STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 14½ Old Dominion
NOTRE DAME 20½ Boston College
Penn State 18½ RUTGERS
LOUISVILLE 6 North Carolina State
Georgia 23 KENTUCKY
South Alabama 7½ SOUTHERN MISS
TROY 15½ Louisiana-Monroe
BUFFALO 16½ Akron
Louisiana Tech 2½ CHARLOTTE
Florida Atlantic 5½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Cincinnati 17½ TEMPLE
AUBURN 6½ Western Kentucky
UTEP 14½ Florida International
TEXAS STATE 6½ Arkansas State
NORTH CAROLINA 20½ Georgia Tech
CALIFORNIA 6 Stanford
Marshall 3½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Tennessee 21½ SOUTH CAROLINA
Ole Miss 3½ ARKANSAS
MISSOURI 28½ New Mexico State
WAKE FOREST 10 Syracuse
AIR FORCE 22½ Colorado State
WASHINGTON 31½ Colorado
San Jose State 2½ UTAH STATE
Fresno State 22½ NEVADA
UNLV 10 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Arizona : 19.5 points
Vanderbilt : 17.5 points
CONNECTICUT : 14.5 points
UL Monroe : 14.0 points
Washington : 13.5 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 8.5 points
TCU : 7.0 points
Purdue : 6.0 points
North Carolina : 3.5 points
Kansas State : 3.0 points
UCF : 2.0 points
IOWA : 1.5 points
Miami (Fla) : 1.0 points
MARSHALL : 1.0 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
CONNECTICUT: stinger11723
Washington: lazydave841
WEST VIRGINIA: TOMCATS1990, GoB!gBlue
TCU: Big_Blue_1018, Nuke99m, Hang_Time_2, On_track_4_8, Larry00, TRUEBLUEANDYC, MAYHOO22, GrandePdre, ukmonty2001, ArtLaibsGhost, TuckyFB, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Short-Dawg-69, ILiveBlue-GoCats, SWVA WildcatFan, Ken Cat
Purdue: mgp913
North Carolina: Tskware
Kansas State: Blueworld_3.0
Nobody picked: Arizona, Vanderbilt, UL Monroe, UCF, IOWA, Miami (Fla), MARSHALL, OKLAHOMA STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
49.0 : stinger11723
48.0 : JBHolmesfan
47.5 : BurgLife
45.5 : Chad Rock
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
42.0 : Blueisbest
40.5 : docholiday51
40.5 : Larry00
37.0 : catben
36.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
35.5 : gblue5744
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
34.0 : Greezy Kreek
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : warrior-cat
33.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : CGblue
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : GrandePdre
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : gamecockcat
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.0 : jrburt
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.5 : DubyaT
21.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
21.0 : Nuke99m
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.5 : Short-Dawg-69
19.5 : Tskware
19.0 : josh72484
19.0 : ukmonty2001
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
17.5 : On_track_4_8
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : JSgorocks
15.5 : bigbluemist
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : pappy52
15.0 : Serenity Now!!!
14.5 : M4CAT
14.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : LeWiz
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : number8please
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : Ken Cat
12.0 : mgp913
11.0 : *CatinIL*
11.0 : Old_Red
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : Catapult
8.5 : Glenn's take
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.5 : YardCat
7.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : Blueworld_3.0
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : Larry00
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : JBHolmesfan
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : Tskware
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Chad Rock
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TuckyFB
4 : warrior-cat
3 : catben
3 : CGblue
3 : DubyaT
3 : gblue5744
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : bigbluemist
2 : blubud
2 : BlueInTheBoro
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : Catapult
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : josh72484
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : mgp913
2 : Old_Red
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 13
Week 9: 13
Week 10: 9
Week 11: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 39
Week 8: 44
Week 9: 11
Week 10: 10
Week 11: 23
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 74
Week 8: 72
Week 9: 76
Week 10: 53
Week 11: 62
Season Average for Total Picks: 77.4
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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 17
TULANE 3 SMU
Friday, Nov. 18
TULSA 12½ South Florida
San Diego State 14½ NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Nov. 19
PITTSBURGH 8 Duke
LIBERTY 10 Virginia Tech
PURDUE 18½ Northwestern
ARMY 10 Connecticut
TEXAS A&M 33½ Massachusetts
Florida 15 VANDERBILT
UTSA 13½ RICE
JAMES MADISON 9 Georgia State
Washington State 4½ ARIZONA
Oregon State 7½ ARIZONA STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 14½ Old Dominion
NOTRE DAME 20½ Boston College
Penn State 18½ RUTGERS
LOUISVILLE 6 North Carolina State
Georgia 23 KENTUCKY
South Alabama 7½ SOUTHERN MISS
TROY 15½ Louisiana-Monroe
BUFFALO 16½ Akron
Louisiana Tech 2½ CHARLOTTE
Florida Atlantic 5½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Cincinnati 17½ TEMPLE
AUBURN 6½ Western Kentucky
UTEP 14½ Florida International
TEXAS STATE 6½ Arkansas State
NORTH CAROLINA 20½ Georgia Tech
CALIFORNIA 6 Stanford
Marshall 3½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Tennessee 21½ SOUTH CAROLINA
Ole Miss 3½ ARKANSAS
MISSOURI 28½ New Mexico State
WAKE FOREST 10 Syracuse
AIR FORCE 22½ Colorado State
WASHINGTON 31½ Colorado
San Jose State 2½ UTAH STATE
Fresno State 22½ NEVADA
UNLV 10 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Arizona : 19.5 points
Vanderbilt : 17.5 points
CONNECTICUT : 14.5 points
UL Monroe : 14.0 points
Washington : 13.5 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 8.5 points
TCU : 7.0 points
Purdue : 6.0 points
North Carolina : 3.5 points
Kansas State : 3.0 points
UCF : 2.0 points
IOWA : 1.5 points
Miami (Fla) : 1.0 points
MARSHALL : 1.0 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
CONNECTICUT: stinger11723
Washington: lazydave841
WEST VIRGINIA: TOMCATS1990, GoB!gBlue
TCU: Big_Blue_1018, Nuke99m, Hang_Time_2, On_track_4_8, Larry00, TRUEBLUEANDYC, MAYHOO22, GrandePdre, ukmonty2001, ArtLaibsGhost, TuckyFB, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Short-Dawg-69, ILiveBlue-GoCats, SWVA WildcatFan, Ken Cat
Purdue: mgp913
North Carolina: Tskware
Kansas State: Blueworld_3.0
Nobody picked: Arizona, Vanderbilt, UL Monroe, UCF, IOWA, Miami (Fla), MARSHALL, OKLAHOMA STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
49.0 : stinger11723
48.0 : JBHolmesfan
47.5 : BurgLife
45.5 : Chad Rock
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
42.0 : Blueisbest
40.5 : docholiday51
40.5 : Larry00
37.0 : catben
36.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
35.5 : gblue5744
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
34.0 : Greezy Kreek
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : warrior-cat
33.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : CGblue
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
29.0 : GrandePdre
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : gamecockcat
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.0 : jrburt
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.5 : DubyaT
21.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
21.0 : Nuke99m
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.5 : Short-Dawg-69
19.5 : Tskware
19.0 : josh72484
19.0 : ukmonty2001
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
17.5 : On_track_4_8
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : JSgorocks
15.5 : bigbluemist
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : pappy52
15.0 : Serenity Now!!!
14.5 : M4CAT
14.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : LeWiz
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : number8please
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : Ken Cat
12.0 : mgp913
11.0 : *CatinIL*
11.0 : Old_Red
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : Catapult
8.5 : Glenn's take
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.5 : YardCat
7.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : Blueworld_3.0
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #11:
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : Larry00
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : JBHolmesfan
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : Tskware
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Chad Rock
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TuckyFB
4 : warrior-cat
3 : catben
3 : CGblue
3 : DubyaT
3 : gblue5744
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : bigbluemist
2 : blubud
2 : BlueInTheBoro
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : Catapult
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : josh72484
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : mgp913
2 : Old_Red
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 13
Week 9: 13
Week 10: 9
Week 11: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 39
Week 8: 44
Week 9: 11
Week 10: 10
Week 11: 23
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 74
Week 8: 72
Week 9: 76
Week 10: 53
Week 11: 62
Season Average for Total Picks: 77.4
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