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 14:
Friday, Nov. 30
SUNY-BUFFALO 3½ Northern Illinois
WASHINGTON 5 Utah
Saturday, Dec. 1
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 2½ UAB
CENTRAL FLORIDA 3½ Memphis
OKLAHOMA 7½ Texas
APPALACHIAN STATE 17½ Louisiana-Lafayette
ALABAMA 13 Georgia
BOISE STATE 2½ Fresno State
CLEMSON 26½ Pittsburgh
OHIO STATE 14 Northwestern
IOWA STATE 42½ Drake
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 24 East Carolina
LIBERTY 4½ Norfolk State
SOUTH CAROLINA 29 Akron
Stanford 2½ CALIFORNIA
Jacksonville State 1½ MAINE
James Madison 6 COLGATE
KENNESAW STATE 9 Wofford
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 27½ Duquesne
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 28½ Montana State
WEBER STATE 12½ SE Missouri State
EASTERN WASHINGTON 20½ Nicholls State
UC DAVIS 7½ Northern Iowa
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
UNC Charlotte : 17.5 points
Hawaii : 17.0 points
UNLV : 12.5 points
Wake Forest : 12.5 points
Western Kentucky : 11.0 points
Minnesota : 10.0 points
North Carolina Central : 9.0 points
RICE : 8.0 points
Syracuse : 7.0 points
BAYLOR : 6.5 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 5.0 points
OHIO STATE : 4.0 points
VIRGINIA TECH : 3.5 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 3.0 points
TULSA : 2.5 points
Washington : 2.5 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST : 2.0 points
SOUTH ALABAMA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Hawaii: KyMaster
UNLV: WildcatDJ
Syracuse: Big_Blue_1018
OHIO STATE: On_track_4_8, *CatinIL*, maysvilleky, gamecockcat
TULSA: SWVA WildcatFan
Washington: Mash 2.4, pappy52
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest, Western Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina Central, RICE, BAYLOR, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, VIRGINIA TECH, Louisiana-Lafayette, MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST, SOUTH ALABAMA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
63.5 : dvillecatfan
62.5 : Big_Blue_1018
62.5 : LeWiz
62.0 : GoB!gBlue
56.0 : KyMaster
54.5 : straykat
50.0 : WildcatDJ
49.0 : ukmonty2001
48.0 : Hang_Time_2
47.0 : GrandePdre
46.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
44.5 : dswan17
43.5 : PRPcoach
42.5 : jsyeag
41.0 : catben
41.0 : GoBigBlue37
40.5 : Mash 2.4
40.5 : stinger11723
39.5 : OSOK
38.5 : WinkyBoy
35.5 : On_track_4_8
34.5 : bigbluemist
34.0 : PokerCat67
33.5 : Caveman Catfan
33.0 : btodd0224
33.0 : CGblue
33.0 : docholiday51
32.0 : pappy52
32.0 : pumpedupcats
31.0 : Chad Rock
31.0 : JBHolmesfan
30.5 : number8please
30.0 : Nuke99m
29.0 : *CatinIL*
29.0 : Ken Cat
29.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
29.0 : ThreeHogNight
28.5 : Catapult
28.0 : blubud
28.0 : Bryguy
27.5 : josh72484
25.0 : ThePhoenix
24.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
24.5 : Gabewcat
24.5 : tdjohnsky
24.0 : Old_Red
23.0 : 13space82
23.0 : wildcatbd21
22.5 : gamecockcat
22.0 : jf121264
20.0 : BigBlueFan1963
20.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
20.0 : Littlefeller
19.5 : Roe07
18.5 : warrior-cat
17.0 : howercat
17.0 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : AR15CATWARRIOR
16.5 : Blueisbest
16.5 : Maxwell41
15.0 : AsianPICat
15.0 : BeeBeeIn
14.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : Cat4life_
13.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : warrior_SW
6.5 : rockhound24
6.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : The-Hack
2.5 : crosbycatfan3745
2.5 : Deeeefense
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
9 : Mash 2.4
7 : Big_Blue_1018
7 : PRPcoach
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : dvillecatfan
6 : GoB!gBlue
6 : GrandePdre
6 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
6 : LeWiz
6 : number8please
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : AsianPICat
5 : bigbluemist
5 : btodd0224
5 : CGblue
5 : KyMaster
5 : pappy52
5 : straykat
5 : ukmonty2001
5 : WildcatDJ
4 : Bryguy
4 : Catapult
4 : docholiday51
4 : dswan17
4 : gamecockcat
4 : GoBigBlue37
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : jsyeag
4 : OSOK
4 : PokerCat67
4 : pumpedupcats
4 : ThreeHogNight
3 : 13space82
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : blubud
3 : catben
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jf121264
3 : josh72484
3 : Ken Cat
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : stinger11723
3 : wildcatbd21
3 : WinkyBoy
2 : AR15CATWARRIOR
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Gabewcat
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Maxwell41
2 : Old_Red
2 : Roe07
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 19
Week 3: 12
Week 4: 9
Week 5: 11
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 8
Week 9: 43
Week 10: 14
Week 11: 10
Week 12: 20
Week 13: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 15.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 21
Week 2: 37
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 36
Week 5: 16
Week 6: 21
Week 7: 28
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 29
Week 10: 9
Week 11: 5
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 74
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 70
Week 5: 69
Week 6: 71
Week 7: 61
Week 8: 63
Week 9: 65
Week 10: 62
Week 11: 57
Week 12: 56
Week 13: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 65.5
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.
------------
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 14:
Friday, Nov. 30
SUNY-BUFFALO 3½ Northern Illinois
WASHINGTON 5 Utah
Saturday, Dec. 1
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 2½ UAB
CENTRAL FLORIDA 3½ Memphis
OKLAHOMA 7½ Texas
APPALACHIAN STATE 17½ Louisiana-Lafayette
ALABAMA 13 Georgia
BOISE STATE 2½ Fresno State
CLEMSON 26½ Pittsburgh
OHIO STATE 14 Northwestern
IOWA STATE 42½ Drake
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 24 East Carolina
LIBERTY 4½ Norfolk State
SOUTH CAROLINA 29 Akron
Stanford 2½ CALIFORNIA
Jacksonville State 1½ MAINE
James Madison 6 COLGATE
KENNESAW STATE 9 Wofford
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 27½ Duquesne
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 28½ Montana State
WEBER STATE 12½ SE Missouri State
EASTERN WASHINGTON 20½ Nicholls State
UC DAVIS 7½ Northern Iowa
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
UNC Charlotte : 17.5 points
Hawaii : 17.0 points
UNLV : 12.5 points
Wake Forest : 12.5 points
Western Kentucky : 11.0 points
Minnesota : 10.0 points
North Carolina Central : 9.0 points
RICE : 8.0 points
Syracuse : 7.0 points
BAYLOR : 6.5 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 5.0 points
OHIO STATE : 4.0 points
VIRGINIA TECH : 3.5 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 3.0 points
TULSA : 2.5 points
Washington : 2.5 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST : 2.0 points
SOUTH ALABAMA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Hawaii: KyMaster
UNLV: WildcatDJ
Syracuse: Big_Blue_1018
OHIO STATE: On_track_4_8, *CatinIL*, maysvilleky, gamecockcat
TULSA: SWVA WildcatFan
Washington: Mash 2.4, pappy52
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest, Western Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina Central, RICE, BAYLOR, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, VIRGINIA TECH, Louisiana-Lafayette, MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST, SOUTH ALABAMA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
63.5 : dvillecatfan
62.5 : Big_Blue_1018
62.5 : LeWiz
62.0 : GoB!gBlue
56.0 : KyMaster
54.5 : straykat
50.0 : WildcatDJ
49.0 : ukmonty2001
48.0 : Hang_Time_2
47.0 : GrandePdre
46.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
44.5 : dswan17
43.5 : PRPcoach
42.5 : jsyeag
41.0 : catben
41.0 : GoBigBlue37
40.5 : Mash 2.4
40.5 : stinger11723
39.5 : OSOK
38.5 : WinkyBoy
35.5 : On_track_4_8
34.5 : bigbluemist
34.0 : PokerCat67
33.5 : Caveman Catfan
33.0 : btodd0224
33.0 : CGblue
33.0 : docholiday51
32.0 : pappy52
32.0 : pumpedupcats
31.0 : Chad Rock
31.0 : JBHolmesfan
30.5 : number8please
30.0 : Nuke99m
29.0 : *CatinIL*
29.0 : Ken Cat
29.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
29.0 : ThreeHogNight
28.5 : Catapult
28.0 : blubud
28.0 : Bryguy
27.5 : josh72484
25.0 : ThePhoenix
24.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
24.5 : Gabewcat
24.5 : tdjohnsky
24.0 : Old_Red
23.0 : 13space82
23.0 : wildcatbd21
22.5 : gamecockcat
22.0 : jf121264
20.0 : BigBlueFan1963
20.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
20.0 : Littlefeller
19.5 : Roe07
18.5 : warrior-cat
17.0 : howercat
17.0 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : AR15CATWARRIOR
16.5 : Blueisbest
16.5 : Maxwell41
15.0 : AsianPICat
15.0 : BeeBeeIn
14.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : Cat4life_
13.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : warrior_SW
6.5 : rockhound24
6.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : The-Hack
2.5 : crosbycatfan3745
2.5 : Deeeefense
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
9 : Mash 2.4
7 : Big_Blue_1018
7 : PRPcoach
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : dvillecatfan
6 : GoB!gBlue
6 : GrandePdre
6 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
6 : LeWiz
6 : number8please
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : AsianPICat
5 : bigbluemist
5 : btodd0224
5 : CGblue
5 : KyMaster
5 : pappy52
5 : straykat
5 : ukmonty2001
5 : WildcatDJ
4 : Bryguy
4 : Catapult
4 : docholiday51
4 : dswan17
4 : gamecockcat
4 : GoBigBlue37
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : howercat
4 : jsyeag
4 : OSOK
4 : PokerCat67
4 : pumpedupcats
4 : ThreeHogNight
3 : 13space82
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : blubud
3 : catben
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jf121264
3 : josh72484
3 : Ken Cat
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : stinger11723
3 : wildcatbd21
3 : WinkyBoy
2 : AR15CATWARRIOR
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Gabewcat
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Maxwell41
2 : Old_Red
2 : Roe07
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 19
Week 3: 12
Week 4: 9
Week 5: 11
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 8
Week 9: 43
Week 10: 14
Week 11: 10
Week 12: 20
Week 13: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 15.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 21
Week 2: 37
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 36
Week 5: 16
Week 6: 21
Week 7: 28
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 29
Week 10: 9
Week 11: 5
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 74
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 70
Week 5: 69
Week 6: 71
Week 7: 61
Week 8: 63
Week 9: 65
Week 10: 62
Week 11: 57
Week 12: 56
Week 13: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 65.5
