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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 25
MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 Mississippi
Fresno State 8 SAN JOSE STATE
Friday, Nov. 26
Ohio 6 BOWLING GREEN STATE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9 Eastern Michigan
Boise State 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
TEXAS 2½ Kansas State
Utah State 16 NEW MEXICO
NEBRASKA 3½ Iowa
UAB 12½ UTEP
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7 North Carolina
ARKANSAS 15 Missouri
CENTRAL FLORIDA 18 South Florida
Coastal Carolina 15 SOUTH ALABAMA
AIR FORCE 18½ UNLV
IOWA STATE 15 Texas Christian
Washington State 2 WASHINGTON
UTAH 24 Colorado
Cincinnati 13½ EAST CAROLINA
Saturday, Nov. 27
Ohio State 8 MICHIGAN
LIBERTY 4 Army
TENNESSEE 31 Vanderbilt
Miami (FL) 22 DUKE
GEORGIA STATE 6½ Troy
Pittsburgh 11 SYRACUSE
Navy 13 TEMPLE
Wake Forest 5 BOSTON COLLEGE
West Virginia 15½ KANSAS
LOUISVILLE 2 Kentucky
Houston 32½ CONNECTICUT
Maryland 1½ RUTGERS
Georgia 35 GEORGIA TECH
PURDUE 15 Indiana
VIRGINIA 8 Virginia Tech
ILLINOIS 6½ Northwestern
TOLEDO 28 Akron
BAYLOR 15 Texas Tech
Wisconsin 6½ MINNESOTA
KENT STATE 2 Miami (OH)
Louisiana Tech 3 RICE
Texas-San Antonio 11½ NORTH TEXAS
ARIZONA STATE 20 Arizona
OLD DOMINION 10½ UNC Charlotte
NEW MEXICO STATE 6 Massachusetts
APPALACHIAN STATE 24 Georgia Southern
BYU 7½ SOUTHERN CAL
UCLA 7 California
OREGON 8 Oregon State
SOUTHERN MISS 10 Florida Intl
Notre Dame 16½ STANFORD
WYOMING 10 Hawaii
OKLAHOMA STATE 4 Oklahoma
SOUTHERN METHODIST 6 Tulsa
Alabama 20 AUBURN
MEMPHIS 5½ Tulane
Clemson 11 SOUTH CAROLINA
Penn State 1 MICHIGAN STATE
FLORIDA 1½ Florida State
Texas AM 6½ LSU
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 21 Louisiana-Monroe
ARKANSAS STATE 2 Texas State
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4 Middle Tennessee St
Nevada 6½ COLORADO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
Southern Miss : 17.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 8.0 points
MISSOURI : 7.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
COLORADO : 6.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 4.5 points
Old Dominion : 3.5 points
Florida State : 2.5 points
OREGON STATE : 2.5 points
Air Force : 2.0 points
HAWAII : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA: CGblue, sieken, LeWiz
MISSOURI: BurgLife, JSgorocks
COLORADO: jsyeag, TOMCATS1990, ILiveBlue-GoCats, SWVA WildcatFan
OREGON STATE: On_track_4_8
HAWAII: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Southern Miss, Wyoming, Louisiana-Lafayette, Old Dominion, Florida State, Air Force
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
67.0 : CGblue
61.5 : Nuke99m
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
49.5 : jsyeag
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
46.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
43.0 : *CatinIL*
42.0 : blubud
41.5 : Greezy Kreek
41.0 : Big_Blue_1018
40.5 : BurgLife
40.0 : Hang_Time_2
40.0 : pumpedupcats
39.0 : southindycat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
31.0 : sieken
31.0 : TOMCATS1990
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
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
22.0 : JSgorocks
21.5 : On_track_4_8
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
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
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 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : AsianPICat
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.0 : yes_takeaside
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 : LeWiz
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 #12:
9 : AsianPICat
7 : Chad Rock
7 : jsyeag
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : Blueisbest
6 : jbalasquide
6 : Nuke99m
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : BurgLife
5 : CGblue
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : sieken
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jrburt
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : Tskware
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Larry00
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : pappy52
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
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 : 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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.9
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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.8
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
Week 12: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 74.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #12:
LeWiz
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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 25
MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 Mississippi
Fresno State 8 SAN JOSE STATE
Friday, Nov. 26
Ohio 6 BOWLING GREEN STATE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9 Eastern Michigan
Boise State 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
TEXAS 2½ Kansas State
Utah State 16 NEW MEXICO
NEBRASKA 3½ Iowa
UAB 12½ UTEP
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7 North Carolina
ARKANSAS 15 Missouri
CENTRAL FLORIDA 18 South Florida
Coastal Carolina 15 SOUTH ALABAMA
AIR FORCE 18½ UNLV
IOWA STATE 15 Texas Christian
Washington State 2 WASHINGTON
UTAH 24 Colorado
Cincinnati 13½ EAST CAROLINA
Saturday, Nov. 27
Ohio State 8 MICHIGAN
LIBERTY 4 Army
TENNESSEE 31 Vanderbilt
Miami (FL) 22 DUKE
GEORGIA STATE 6½ Troy
Pittsburgh 11 SYRACUSE
Navy 13 TEMPLE
Wake Forest 5 BOSTON COLLEGE
West Virginia 15½ KANSAS
LOUISVILLE 2 Kentucky
Houston 32½ CONNECTICUT
Maryland 1½ RUTGERS
Georgia 35 GEORGIA TECH
PURDUE 15 Indiana
VIRGINIA 8 Virginia Tech
ILLINOIS 6½ Northwestern
TOLEDO 28 Akron
BAYLOR 15 Texas Tech
Wisconsin 6½ MINNESOTA
KENT STATE 2 Miami (OH)
Louisiana Tech 3 RICE
Texas-San Antonio 11½ NORTH TEXAS
ARIZONA STATE 20 Arizona
OLD DOMINION 10½ UNC Charlotte
NEW MEXICO STATE 6 Massachusetts
APPALACHIAN STATE 24 Georgia Southern
BYU 7½ SOUTHERN CAL
UCLA 7 California
OREGON 8 Oregon State
SOUTHERN MISS 10 Florida Intl
Notre Dame 16½ STANFORD
WYOMING 10 Hawaii
OKLAHOMA STATE 4 Oklahoma
SOUTHERN METHODIST 6 Tulsa
Alabama 20 AUBURN
MEMPHIS 5½ Tulane
Clemson 11 SOUTH CAROLINA
Penn State 1 MICHIGAN STATE
FLORIDA 1½ Florida State
Texas AM 6½ LSU
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 21 Louisiana-Monroe
ARKANSAS STATE 2 Texas State
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4 Middle Tennessee St
Nevada 6½ COLORADO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
Southern Miss : 17.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 8.0 points
MISSOURI : 7.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
COLORADO : 6.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 4.5 points
Old Dominion : 3.5 points
Florida State : 2.5 points
OREGON STATE : 2.5 points
Air Force : 2.0 points
HAWAII : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA: CGblue, sieken, LeWiz
MISSOURI: BurgLife, JSgorocks
COLORADO: jsyeag, TOMCATS1990, ILiveBlue-GoCats, SWVA WildcatFan
OREGON STATE: On_track_4_8
HAWAII: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Southern Miss, Wyoming, Louisiana-Lafayette, Old Dominion, Florida State, Air Force
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
67.0 : CGblue
61.5 : Nuke99m
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
49.5 : jsyeag
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
46.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
43.0 : *CatinIL*
42.0 : blubud
41.5 : Greezy Kreek
41.0 : Big_Blue_1018
40.5 : BurgLife
40.0 : Hang_Time_2
40.0 : pumpedupcats
39.0 : southindycat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
31.0 : sieken
31.0 : TOMCATS1990
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
24.5 : Larry00
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
22.0 : JSgorocks
21.5 : On_track_4_8
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
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
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 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : AsianPICat
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : Uk##1
13.0 : yes_takeaside
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 : LeWiz
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 #12:
9 : AsianPICat
7 : Chad Rock
7 : jsyeag
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : Blueisbest
6 : jbalasquide
6 : Nuke99m
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : BurgLife
5 : CGblue
5 : docholiday51
5 : gamecockcat
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : sieken
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jrburt
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : Tskware
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Larry00
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : pappy52
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
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 : 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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.9
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
Week 12: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.8
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
Week 12: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 74.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #12:
LeWiz
