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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 24
OLE MISS 3½ Mississippi State
Friday, Nov. 25
TEXAS 8½ Baylor
EASTERN MICHIGAN 1½ Central Michigan
Toledo 7½ WESTERN MICHIGAN
BOISE STATE 16½ Utah State
CINCINNATI 2½ Tulane
ARIZONA 4½ Arizona State
NORTH CAROLINA 6½ North Carolina State
Arkansas 3½ MISSOURI
COLORADO STATE 7 New Mexico
IOWA 10½ Nebraska
UCLA 9 CALIFORNIA
FLORIDA STATE 10 Florida
FRESNO STATE 14½ Wyoming
Saturday, Nov. 26
GEORGIA 35½ Georgia Tech
Army 19½ MASSACHUSETTS
MARYLAND 14 Rutgers
CLEMSON 15 South Carolina
LIBERTY 24 New Mexico State
JAMES MADISON 14 Coastal Carolina
MARSHALL 6½ Georgia State
Western Kentucky 6½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
SOUTH ALABAMA 17 Old Dominion
OHIO STATE 8½ Michigan
OKLAHOMA STATE 9½ West Virginia
VIRGINIA TECH 2 Virginia
East Carolina 12 TEMPLE
BUFFALO 3 Kent State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10½ Akron
NORTH TEXAS 13½ Rice
KENTUCKY 3½ Louisville
Troy 13½ ARKANSAS STATE
Oregon 3½ OREGON STATE
Purdue 9½ INDIANA
Wake Forest 3½ DUKE
WISCONSIN 3 Minnesota
Illinois 12½ NORTHWESTERN
SMU 4½ Memphis
UAB 16½ LOUISIANA TECH
SAN JOSE STATE 13½ Hawaii
ALABAMA 22 Auburn
UTSA 17½ UTEP
PENN STATE 18½ Michigan State
Utah 29½ COLORADO
TCU 10½ Iowa State
Southern Miss 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Louisiana-Lafayette 5½ TEXAS STATE
Appalachian State 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
UNLV 12½ Nevada
Middle Tennessee 19½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UCF 17½ SOUTH FLORIDA
LSU 9½ TEXAS A&M
Syracuse 9½ BOSTON COLLEGE
USC 6½ Notre Dame
HOUSTON 12½ Tulsa
Oklahoma 2½ TEXAS TECH
Tennessee 14½ VANDERBILT
KANSAS STATE 12 Kansas
Pittsburgh 6½ MIAMI (FL)
Air Force 1 SAN DIEGO STATE
Washington 2½ WASHINGTON STATE
Brigham Young 6½ STANFORD
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA : 21.5 points
Georgia Tech : 20.5 points
VANDERBILT : 15.0 points
HAWAII : 10.0 points
Virginia Tech : 10.0 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE : 5.5 points
ARKANSAS : 3.5 points
CHARLOTTE : 2.5 points
UTAH STATE : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA: CGblue, Nuke99m
VANDERBILT: Chad Rock, Greezy Kreek, gblue5744
HAWAII: *CatinIL*
Virginia Tech: number8please, TRUEBLUEANDYC, Tskware, josh72484
MIDDLE TENNESSEE: Blueworld_3.0
ARKANSAS: YardCat, rockycard
UTAH STATE: SWVA WildcatFan, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Georgia Tech, CHARLOTTE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
60.5 : Chad Rock
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
52.0 : CGblue
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
50.5 : gblue5744
49.0 : Greezy Kreek
49.0 : stinger11723
48.0 : JBHolmesfan
47.5 : BurgLife
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
42.5 : Nuke99m
42.0 : Blueisbest
40.5 : docholiday51
40.5 : Larry00
37.0 : catben
36.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : warrior-cat
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
29.5 : Tskware
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : josh72484
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : gamecockcat
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.5 : number8please
22.0 : jrburt
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.5 : DubyaT
21.0 : *CatinIL*
21.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.5 : Short-Dawg-69
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
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : Ken Cat
12.0 : mgp913
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
11.0 : Old_Red
11.0 : YardCat
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : rockycard
9.0 : Catapult
8.5 : Glenn's take
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : Cat4life_
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #12:
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : Larry00
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : Tskware
5 : AsianPICat
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : Chad Rock
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Greezy Kreek
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : JBHolmesfan
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : Blueisbest
4 : CGblue
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : gblue5744
4 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
4 : Nuke99m
4 : number8please
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
4 : TuckyFB
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Blueworld_3.0
3 : catben
3 : DubyaT
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : josh72484
3 : jsyeag
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : maysvilleky
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : bigbluemist
2 : blubud
2 : BlueInTheBoro
2 : Catapult
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : mgp913
2 : Old_Red
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior_SW
2 : YardCat
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
Week 12: 9
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.0
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
Week 12: 15
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.2
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
Week 12: 49
Season Average for Total Picks: 75.0
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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 24
OLE MISS 3½ Mississippi State
Friday, Nov. 25
TEXAS 8½ Baylor
EASTERN MICHIGAN 1½ Central Michigan
Toledo 7½ WESTERN MICHIGAN
BOISE STATE 16½ Utah State
CINCINNATI 2½ Tulane
ARIZONA 4½ Arizona State
NORTH CAROLINA 6½ North Carolina State
Arkansas 3½ MISSOURI
COLORADO STATE 7 New Mexico
IOWA 10½ Nebraska
UCLA 9 CALIFORNIA
FLORIDA STATE 10 Florida
FRESNO STATE 14½ Wyoming
Saturday, Nov. 26
GEORGIA 35½ Georgia Tech
Army 19½ MASSACHUSETTS
MARYLAND 14 Rutgers
CLEMSON 15 South Carolina
LIBERTY 24 New Mexico State
JAMES MADISON 14 Coastal Carolina
MARSHALL 6½ Georgia State
Western Kentucky 6½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
SOUTH ALABAMA 17 Old Dominion
OHIO STATE 8½ Michigan
OKLAHOMA STATE 9½ West Virginia
VIRGINIA TECH 2 Virginia
East Carolina 12 TEMPLE
BUFFALO 3 Kent State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10½ Akron
NORTH TEXAS 13½ Rice
KENTUCKY 3½ Louisville
Troy 13½ ARKANSAS STATE
Oregon 3½ OREGON STATE
Purdue 9½ INDIANA
Wake Forest 3½ DUKE
WISCONSIN 3 Minnesota
Illinois 12½ NORTHWESTERN
SMU 4½ Memphis
UAB 16½ LOUISIANA TECH
SAN JOSE STATE 13½ Hawaii
ALABAMA 22 Auburn
UTSA 17½ UTEP
PENN STATE 18½ Michigan State
Utah 29½ COLORADO
TCU 10½ Iowa State
Southern Miss 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Louisiana-Lafayette 5½ TEXAS STATE
Appalachian State 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
UNLV 12½ Nevada
Middle Tennessee 19½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UCF 17½ SOUTH FLORIDA
LSU 9½ TEXAS A&M
Syracuse 9½ BOSTON COLLEGE
USC 6½ Notre Dame
HOUSTON 12½ Tulsa
Oklahoma 2½ TEXAS TECH
Tennessee 14½ VANDERBILT
KANSAS STATE 12 Kansas
Pittsburgh 6½ MIAMI (FL)
Air Force 1 SAN DIEGO STATE
Washington 2½ WASHINGTON STATE
Brigham Young 6½ STANFORD
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA : 21.5 points
Georgia Tech : 20.5 points
VANDERBILT : 15.0 points
HAWAII : 10.0 points
Virginia Tech : 10.0 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE : 5.5 points
ARKANSAS : 3.5 points
CHARLOTTE : 2.5 points
UTAH STATE : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
SOUTH CAROLINA: CGblue, Nuke99m
VANDERBILT: Chad Rock, Greezy Kreek, gblue5744
HAWAII: *CatinIL*
Virginia Tech: number8please, TRUEBLUEANDYC, Tskware, josh72484
MIDDLE TENNESSEE: Blueworld_3.0
ARKANSAS: YardCat, rockycard
UTAH STATE: SWVA WildcatFan, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Georgia Tech, CHARLOTTE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
60.5 : Chad Rock
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
52.0 : CGblue
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
50.5 : gblue5744
49.0 : Greezy Kreek
49.0 : stinger11723
48.0 : JBHolmesfan
47.5 : BurgLife
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
42.5 : Nuke99m
42.0 : Blueisbest
40.5 : docholiday51
40.5 : Larry00
37.0 : catben
36.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : warrior-cat
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
29.5 : Tskware
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : josh72484
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : gamecockcat
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.5 : number8please
22.0 : jrburt
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.5 : DubyaT
21.0 : *CatinIL*
21.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.5 : Short-Dawg-69
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
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : Ken Cat
12.0 : mgp913
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
11.0 : Old_Red
11.0 : YardCat
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : rockycard
9.0 : Catapult
8.5 : Glenn's take
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : Cat4life_
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #12:
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : Larry00
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : Tskware
5 : AsianPICat
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : Chad Rock
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Greezy Kreek
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : JBHolmesfan
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : ThreeHogNight
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : Blueisbest
4 : CGblue
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : gblue5744
4 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
4 : Nuke99m
4 : number8please
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
4 : TuckyFB
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Blueworld_3.0
3 : catben
3 : DubyaT
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : josh72484
3 : jsyeag
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : maysvilleky
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : bigbluemist
2 : blubud
2 : BlueInTheBoro
2 : Catapult
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : mgp913
2 : Old_Red
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior_SW
2 : YardCat
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
Week 12: 9
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.0
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
Week 12: 15
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.2
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
Week 12: 49
Season Average for Total Picks: 75.0
