Note that this contest goes over two weeks to pick up the Army Navy Game. As it is there are only 14 games to choose from.
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?
------------
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, Dec. 3
Western Kentucky 1 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
UTAH 3 Oregon
Saturday, Dec. 4
OKLAHOMA STATE 5 Baylor
Kent State 3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Appalachian State 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
CINCINNATI 10½ Houston
JACKSON STATE 7 Prairie View AM
Georgia 6½ ALABAMA
PITTSBURGH 3 Wake Forest
MICHIGAN 10½ Iowa
SAN DIEGO STATE 6 Utah State
CALIFORNIA 3½ Southern Cal
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 14 Southern Illinois
Saturday, Dec. 11
NAVY 8 Army
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
NORTH TEXAS : 11.5 points
Hawaii : 10.0 points
MICHIGAN : 8.0 points
Virginia Tech : 8.0 points
MINNESOTA : 6.5 points
LSU : 6.5 points
Tulsa : 6.0 points
BOWLING GREEN STATE : 6.0 points
Army : 4.0 points
Middle Tennessee St : 4.0 points
Iowa : 3.5 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 3.0 points
RICE : 3.0 points
Mississippi : 2.0 points
Texas State : 2.0 points
Kentucky : 2.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
NORTH TEXAS: howercat, stinger11723
MICHIGAN: ILiveBlue-GoCats, warrior-cat, BigTyrone, Nuke99m, Blueisbest, JSgorocks, WalterTheHippo
MINNESOTA: TRUEBLUEANDYC, gamecockcat
LSU: CGblue, SWVA WildcatFan, yes_takeaside
Army: jameslee32
Kentucky: On_track_4_8, maysvilleky, pappy52, Larry00, TOMCATS1990
MICHIGAN STATE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Hawaii, Virginia Tech, Tulsa, BOWLING GREEN STATE, Middle Tennessee St, Iowa, SAN DIEGO STATE, RICE, Mississippi, Texas State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
73.5 : CGblue
69.5 : Nuke99m
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
52.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
49.5 : jsyeag
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
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
38.5 : Blueisbest
36.5 : gamecockcat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.5 : WalterTheHippo
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
31.0 : sieken
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : JSgorocks
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.5 : howercat
28.0 : RocknRollCats
28.0 : warrior-cat
27.5 : catben
27.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
26.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
26.5 : Larry00
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.5 : Ken Cat
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
23.5 : On_track_4_8
23.5 : pappy52
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : yes_takeaside
19.0 : Catapult
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.5 : Tskware
18.0 : Glenn's take
18.0 : stinger11723
17.0 : BigTyrone
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
15.0 : AdairCat
15.0 : AsianPICat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.5 : Uk##1
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
12.0 : jameslee32
10.5 : Cat4life_
10.5 : TuckyFB
10.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
10.0 : jwcat30
10.0 : rockycard
9.5 : billoliver40
8.0 : LeWiz
8.0 : VikingCat21
8.0 : waste24
6.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : josh72484
5.5 : ashlandcatfan600
5.5 : CC_332
5.5 : KYFanInAL
5.5 : OleBluCatz
5.5 : Owen68
5.5 : PRPcoach
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : Old_Red
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
10: AsianPICat
8 : SWVA WildcatFan
7 : Blueisbest
7 : Chad Rock
7 : jsyeag
7 : Nuke99m
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : CGblue
6 : gamecockcat
6 : jbalasquide
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : BurgLife
5 : docholiday51
5 : howercat
5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : sieken
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : TOMCATS1990
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : jrburt
4 : JSgorocks
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Larry00
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : pappy52
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : Tskware
4 : WalterTheHippo
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : jameslee32
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : warrior-cat
3 : wildcatbd21
3 : yes_takeaside
2 : BigTyrone
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 : jimmy cowboy
2 : jwcat30
2 : maysvilleky
2 : Old_Red
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
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
Week 13: 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
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.6
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
Week 13: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 72.9
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:
------------
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 14:
Friday, Dec. 3
Western Kentucky 1 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
UTAH 3 Oregon
Saturday, Dec. 4
OKLAHOMA STATE 5 Baylor
Kent State 3 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Appalachian State 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
CINCINNATI 10½ Houston
JACKSON STATE 7 Prairie View AM
Georgia 6½ ALABAMA
PITTSBURGH 3 Wake Forest
MICHIGAN 10½ Iowa
SAN DIEGO STATE 6 Utah State
CALIFORNIA 3½ Southern Cal
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 14 Southern Illinois
Saturday, Dec. 11
NAVY 8 Army
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
NORTH TEXAS : 11.5 points
Hawaii : 10.0 points
MICHIGAN : 8.0 points
Virginia Tech : 8.0 points
MINNESOTA : 6.5 points
LSU : 6.5 points
Tulsa : 6.0 points
BOWLING GREEN STATE : 6.0 points
Army : 4.0 points
Middle Tennessee St : 4.0 points
Iowa : 3.5 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 3.0 points
RICE : 3.0 points
Mississippi : 2.0 points
Texas State : 2.0 points
Kentucky : 2.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
NORTH TEXAS: howercat, stinger11723
MICHIGAN: ILiveBlue-GoCats, warrior-cat, BigTyrone, Nuke99m, Blueisbest, JSgorocks, WalterTheHippo
MINNESOTA: TRUEBLUEANDYC, gamecockcat
LSU: CGblue, SWVA WildcatFan, yes_takeaside
Army: jameslee32
Kentucky: On_track_4_8, maysvilleky, pappy52, Larry00, TOMCATS1990
MICHIGAN STATE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Hawaii, Virginia Tech, Tulsa, BOWLING GREEN STATE, Middle Tennessee St, Iowa, SAN DIEGO STATE, RICE, Mississippi, Texas State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
73.5 : CGblue
69.5 : Nuke99m
57.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : jbalasquide
52.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
49.5 : jsyeag
49.5 : ThreeHogNight
48.0 : docholiday51
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
38.5 : Blueisbest
36.5 : gamecockcat
35.0 : bigbluemist
35.0 : straykat
33.5 : WalterTheHippo
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.0 : Chum83
32.0 : jrburt
31.5 : Littlefeller
31.0 : sieken
30.0 : CatInCanuckLand
30.0 : JSgorocks
28.5 : GoB!gBlue
28.5 : howercat
28.0 : RocknRollCats
28.0 : warrior-cat
27.5 : catben
27.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
26.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
26.5 : Larry00
26.0 : warrior_SW
25.5 : Ken Cat
24.0 : GrandePdre
24.0 : TheBlueCat
23.5 : CatCall
23.5 : On_track_4_8
23.5 : pappy52
21.5 : satcheluk
21.5 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : wildcatbd21
20.0 : dvillecatfan
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : yes_takeaside
19.0 : Catapult
18.5 : Horhay961
18.5 : number8please
18.5 : Tskware
18.0 : Glenn's take
18.0 : stinger11723
17.0 : BigTyrone
16.5 : Caveman Catfan
15.0 : AdairCat
15.0 : AsianPICat
14.5 : jimmy cowboy
14.5 : Short-Dawg-69
14.0 : Roe07
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : TreyGoggles
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.5 : Uk##1
12.5 : SpurrierWalkedOnBeer
12.0 : jameslee32
10.5 : Cat4life_
10.5 : TuckyFB
10.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
10.0 : jwcat30
10.0 : rockycard
9.5 : billoliver40
8.0 : LeWiz
8.0 : VikingCat21
8.0 : waste24
6.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : josh72484
5.5 : ashlandcatfan600
5.5 : CC_332
5.5 : KYFanInAL
5.5 : OleBluCatz
5.5 : Owen68
5.5 : PRPcoach
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : Old_Red
4.0 : UKMKG
3.0 : BC_Wader
3.0 : oddis500
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
10: AsianPICat
8 : SWVA WildcatFan
7 : Blueisbest
7 : Chad Rock
7 : jsyeag
7 : Nuke99m
6 : *CatinIL*
6 : CGblue
6 : gamecockcat
6 : jbalasquide
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Big_Blue_1018
5 : blubud
5 : BurgLife
5 : docholiday51
5 : howercat
5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : sieken
5 : southindycat
5 : straykat
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : TOMCATS1990
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : jrburt
4 : JSgorocks
4 : Ken Cat
4 : Larry00
4 : Littlefeller
4 : number8please
4 : pappy52
4 : TheBlueCat
4 : Tskware
4 : WalterTheHippo
4 : warrior_SW
3 : AdairCat
3 : catben
3 : CatCall
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : jameslee32
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : warrior-cat
3 : wildcatbd21
3 : yes_takeaside
2 : BigTyrone
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 : jimmy cowboy
2 : jwcat30
2 : maysvilleky
2 : Old_Red
2 : rockycard
2 : satcheluk
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TreyGoggles
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
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
Week 13: 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
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.6
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
Week 13: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 72.9
