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 14:
Friday, Dec. 2
BUFFALO 13 Akron
UTSA 8 North Texas
USC 3 Utah
Saturday, Dec. 3
TCU 2½ Kansas State
Toledo 1½ OHIO
TROY 10½ Coastal Carolina
TULANE 3½ UCF
BOISE STATE 3½ Fresno State
GEORGIA 17 LSU
Clemson 7½ NORTH CAROLINA
MICHIGAN 16½ Purdue
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
New Mexico State : 24.0 points
South Carolina : 15.0 points
Tulsa : 12.5 points
Akron : 10.5 points
Nebraska : 10.5 points
West Virginia : 9.5 points
TEXAS A&M : 9.5 points
Michigan : 8.5 points
WESTERN MICHIGAN : 7.5 points
North Carolina State : 6.5 points
GEORGIA SOUTHERN : 5.0 points
Mississippi State : 3.5 points
OREGON STATE : 3.5 points
MISSOURI : 3.5 points
DUKE : 3.5 points
Minnesota : 3.0 points
Kent State : 3.0 points
Tulane : 2.5 points
TEXAS TECH : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
South Carolina: TheBlueCat, Greezy Kreek, Short-Dawg-69, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Blueisbest, sieken, josh72484, Nuke99m, warrior-cat, kywildcatsfannumber1
West Virginia: Uk##1
TEXAS A&M: Jperry1987, BurgLife
Michigan: JBHolmesfan, jimmy cowboy, ukmonty2001, catben, Larry00
North Carolina State: maysvilleky
OREGON STATE: On_track_4_8
DUKE: Old_Red
Nobody picked: New Mexico State, Tulsa, Akron, Nebraska, WESTERN MICHIGAN, GEORGIA SOUTHERN, Mississippi State, MISSOURI, Minnesota, Kent State, Tulane, TEXAS TECH
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
64.0 : Greezy Kreek
60.5 : Chad Rock
57.5 : Nuke99m
57.0 : Blueisbest
57.0 : BurgLife
56.5 : JBHolmesfan
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
52.0 : CGblue
51.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
50.5 : gblue5744
49.0 : Larry00
49.0 : stinger11723
48.5 : warrior-cat
45.5 : catben
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
44.0 : josh72484
42.0 : jimmy cowboy
40.5 : docholiday51
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
35.0 : sieken
34.5 : Short-Dawg-69
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
29.5 : Tskware
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
28.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
27.5 : ukmonty2001
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
21.0 : On_track_4_8
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : maysvilleky
19.5 : howercat
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
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
14.5 : Old_Red
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
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 : YardCat
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : Jperry1987
9.5 : rockycard
9.5 : Uk##1
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 #13:
7 : Larry00
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : BurgLife
6 : Greezy Kreek
6 : JBHolmesfan
6 : jimmy cowboy
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : Tskware
5 : AsianPICat
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : Blueisbest
5 : Chad Rock
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
5 : Nuke99m
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : warrior-cat
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : catben
4 : CGblue
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : gblue5744
4 : josh72484
4 : maysvilleky
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : Short-Dawg-69
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
4 : TuckyFB
4 : ukmonty2001
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Blueworld_3.0
3 : DubyaT
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Old_Red
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : sieken
3 : TheBlueCat
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 : mgp913
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : southindycat
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
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.6
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
Week 13: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.1
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
Week 13: 61
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.9
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
Uk##1, Jperry1987
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 14:
Friday, Dec. 2
BUFFALO 13 Akron
UTSA 8 North Texas
USC 3 Utah
Saturday, Dec. 3
TCU 2½ Kansas State
Toledo 1½ OHIO
TROY 10½ Coastal Carolina
TULANE 3½ UCF
BOISE STATE 3½ Fresno State
GEORGIA 17 LSU
Clemson 7½ NORTH CAROLINA
MICHIGAN 16½ Purdue
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
New Mexico State : 24.0 points
South Carolina : 15.0 points
Tulsa : 12.5 points
Akron : 10.5 points
Nebraska : 10.5 points
West Virginia : 9.5 points
TEXAS A&M : 9.5 points
Michigan : 8.5 points
WESTERN MICHIGAN : 7.5 points
North Carolina State : 6.5 points
GEORGIA SOUTHERN : 5.0 points
Mississippi State : 3.5 points
OREGON STATE : 3.5 points
MISSOURI : 3.5 points
DUKE : 3.5 points
Minnesota : 3.0 points
Kent State : 3.0 points
Tulane : 2.5 points
TEXAS TECH : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
South Carolina: TheBlueCat, Greezy Kreek, Short-Dawg-69, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Blueisbest, sieken, josh72484, Nuke99m, warrior-cat, kywildcatsfannumber1
West Virginia: Uk##1
TEXAS A&M: Jperry1987, BurgLife
Michigan: JBHolmesfan, jimmy cowboy, ukmonty2001, catben, Larry00
North Carolina State: maysvilleky
OREGON STATE: On_track_4_8
DUKE: Old_Red
Nobody picked: New Mexico State, Tulsa, Akron, Nebraska, WESTERN MICHIGAN, GEORGIA SOUTHERN, Mississippi State, MISSOURI, Minnesota, Kent State, Tulane, TEXAS TECH
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
65.5 : SaltyCat22
64.0 : Greezy Kreek
60.5 : Chad Rock
57.5 : Nuke99m
57.0 : Blueisbest
57.0 : BurgLife
56.5 : JBHolmesfan
55.5 : GoB!gBlue
52.0 : CGblue
51.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
51.0 : TOMCATS1990
50.5 : gblue5744
49.0 : Larry00
49.0 : stinger11723
48.5 : warrior-cat
45.5 : catben
44.0 : Big_Blue_1018
44.0 : josh72484
42.0 : jimmy cowboy
40.5 : docholiday51
35.5 : lazydave841
35.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
35.5 : ThreeHogNight
35.0 : sieken
34.5 : Short-Dawg-69
32.0 : jameslee32
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
29.5 : Tskware
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
28.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : TuckyFB
27.5 : jsyeag
27.5 : ukmonty2001
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
21.0 : On_track_4_8
20.5 : H-D cat
20.5 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : maysvilleky
19.5 : howercat
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
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
14.5 : Old_Red
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
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 : YardCat
10.5 : WalterTheHippo
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : Jperry1987
9.5 : rockycard
9.5 : Uk##1
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 #13:
7 : Larry00
7 : SWVA WildcatFan
6 : Big_Blue_1018
6 : BurgLife
6 : Greezy Kreek
6 : JBHolmesfan
6 : jimmy cowboy
6 : SaltyCat22
6 : Tskware
5 : AsianPICat
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : Blueisbest
5 : Chad Rock
5 : GoB!gBlue
5 : GrandePdre
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
5 : Nuke99m
5 : ThreeHogNight
5 : warrior-cat
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : catben
4 : CGblue
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : gblue5744
4 : josh72484
4 : maysvilleky
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : Short-Dawg-69
4 : stinger11723
4 : TOMCATS1990
4 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
4 : TuckyFB
4 : ukmonty2001
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Blueworld_3.0
3 : DubyaT
3 : howercat
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : lazydave841
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : Old_Red
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : sieken
3 : TheBlueCat
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 : mgp913
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : southindycat
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
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.6
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
Week 13: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.1
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
Week 13: 61
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.9
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
Uk##1, Jperry1987
