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:
Thursday, Nov. 28
TULANE 14 Memphis
Friday, Nov. 29
OHIO 14½ Ball State
BOWLING GREEN 3 Miami (OH)
COLORADO 16½ Oklahoma State
WISCONSIN 2 Minnesota
BOISE STATE 20½ Oregon State
EAST CAROLINA 1½ Navy
SOUTH ALABAMA 1½ Texas State
OLE MISS 26½ Mississippi State
Liberty 2½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
COLORADO STATE 6½ Utah State
SAN JOSE STATE 2½ Stanford
IOWA 5½ Nebraska
GEORGIA 19½ Georgia Tech
UCF 8½ Utah
Saturday, Nov. 30
ARMY 7½ UTSA
CLEMSON 3 South Carolina
North Texas 10½ TEMPLE
Tennessee 10½ VANDERBILT
Connecticut 10½ MASSACHUSETTS
Duke 4½ WAKE FOREST
OHIO STATE 20½ Michigan
Illinois 7½ NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS TECH 3½ West Virginia
BAYLOR 1½ Kansas
Louisville 3½ KENTUCKY
Louisiana 9½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 6½ Eastern Michigan
Coastal Carolina 1 GEORGIA STATE
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 8½ Middle Tennessee
South Florida 4½ RICE
TROY 17 Southern Miss
BOSTON COLLEGE 3½ Pittsburgh
Old Dominion 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
NORTH CAROLINA 4 North Carolina State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 13½ Central Michigan
Miami (FL) 10½ SYRACUSE
CHARLOTTE 3½ UAB
MICHIGAN STATE 1½ Rutgers
Arizona State 8½ ARIZONA
UCLA 10½ Fresno State
Florida Atlantic 1½ TULSA
SMU 13½ California
MISSOURI 3½ Arkansas
ALABAMA 11½ Auburn
PENN STATE 24½ Maryland
Notre Dame 6½ USC
WESTERN KENTUCKY 2½ Jacksonville State
NEW MEXICO STATE 2½ UTEP
LOUISIANA TECH 12½ Kennesaw State
TCU 2½ CINCINNATI
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 Appalachian State
WASHINGTON STATE 17½ Wyoming
FLORIDA STATE 11½ Florida
LSU 6½ Oklahoma
INDIANA 28½ Purdue
Texas 5½ TEXAS A&M
IOWA STATE 3 Kansas State
OREGON 19½ Washington
VIRGINIA TECH 7½ Virginia
JAMES MADISON 3½ Marshall
UNLV 18½ Nevada
BRIGHAM YOUNG 12½ Houston
Air Force 3½ SAN DIEGO STATE
New Mexico 1½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Georgia State : 20.5 points
OKLAHOMA : 13.5 points
OREGON STATE : 12.5 points
FLORIDA : 10.0 points
KENNESAW STATE : 8.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 7.0 points
UAB : 6.5 points
Air Force : 3.5 points
New Mexico State : 3.5 points
East Carolina : 3.0 points
DUKE : 3.0 points
KANSAS : 2.5 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 2.5 points
AUBURN : 2.5 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 2.5 points
Marshall : 2.5 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
Illinois : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Georgia State: secrules3
OKLAHOMA: jrburt
OREGON STATE: jwcat30, Chad Rock, Uk##1, Roe07, Bryguy
FLORIDA: CGblue, Catapult, Hang_Time_2, warrior-cat, ukalum1988, CrimsonCats, rockycard, *CatinIL*
KENNESAW STATE: TheBlueCat
APPALACHIAN STATE: bigbluemist, MAYHOO22
AUBURN: howercat
Nobody picked: UAB, Air Force, New Mexico State, East Carolina, DUKE, KANSAS, WEST VIRGINIA, BOSTON COLLEGE, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Illinois
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
67.5 : Roe07
67.0 : BC_Wader
65.0 : warrior-cat
56.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : docholiday51
51.5 : bigbluemist
48.5 : stinger11723
48.0 : Blueisbest
46.5 : howercat
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
45.5 : secrules3
45.0 : jrburt
44.0 : TheBlueCat
43.5 : CrimsonCats
40.5 : blubo
39.0 : Hang_Time_2
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : maysvilleky
35.0 : cat tat2
35.0 : rockycard
34.0 : gamecockcat
33.5 : Larry00
32.0 : number8please
29.5 : *CatinIL*
29.5 : BurgLife
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
26.0 : jwcat30
25.5 : Bryguy
25.0 : CGblue
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.5 : Catapult
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : Uk##1
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : howercat
6 : bigbluemist
6 : docholiday51
6 : gamecockcat
6 : Roe07
6 : TheBlueCat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : Chad Rock
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : jrburt
5 : maysvilleky
5 : number8please
5 : warrior-cat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : Bryguy
4 : BurgLife
4 : cat tat2
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : Old_Red
4 : secrules3
4 : stinger11723
3 : blubo
3 : CGblue
3 : jwcat30
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : rockycard
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : ukalum1988
2 : YardCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 12
Week 7: 15
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 14
Week 13: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 18
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 23
Week 11: 9
Week 12: 9
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Week 6: 50
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 54
Week 9: 51
Week 10: 46
Week 11: 42
Week 12: 45
Week 13: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 51.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
Uk##1
@Deeeefense
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.
------------
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 14:
Thursday, Nov. 28
TULANE 14 Memphis
Friday, Nov. 29
OHIO 14½ Ball State
BOWLING GREEN 3 Miami (OH)
COLORADO 16½ Oklahoma State
WISCONSIN 2 Minnesota
BOISE STATE 20½ Oregon State
EAST CAROLINA 1½ Navy
SOUTH ALABAMA 1½ Texas State
OLE MISS 26½ Mississippi State
Liberty 2½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
COLORADO STATE 6½ Utah State
SAN JOSE STATE 2½ Stanford
IOWA 5½ Nebraska
GEORGIA 19½ Georgia Tech
UCF 8½ Utah
Saturday, Nov. 30
ARMY 7½ UTSA
CLEMSON 3 South Carolina
North Texas 10½ TEMPLE
Tennessee 10½ VANDERBILT
Connecticut 10½ MASSACHUSETTS
Duke 4½ WAKE FOREST
OHIO STATE 20½ Michigan
Illinois 7½ NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS TECH 3½ West Virginia
BAYLOR 1½ Kansas
Louisville 3½ KENTUCKY
Louisiana 9½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 6½ Eastern Michigan
Coastal Carolina 1 GEORGIA STATE
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 8½ Middle Tennessee
South Florida 4½ RICE
TROY 17 Southern Miss
BOSTON COLLEGE 3½ Pittsburgh
Old Dominion 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
NORTH CAROLINA 4 North Carolina State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 13½ Central Michigan
Miami (FL) 10½ SYRACUSE
CHARLOTTE 3½ UAB
MICHIGAN STATE 1½ Rutgers
Arizona State 8½ ARIZONA
UCLA 10½ Fresno State
Florida Atlantic 1½ TULSA
SMU 13½ California
MISSOURI 3½ Arkansas
ALABAMA 11½ Auburn
PENN STATE 24½ Maryland
Notre Dame 6½ USC
WESTERN KENTUCKY 2½ Jacksonville State
NEW MEXICO STATE 2½ UTEP
LOUISIANA TECH 12½ Kennesaw State
TCU 2½ CINCINNATI
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 Appalachian State
WASHINGTON STATE 17½ Wyoming
FLORIDA STATE 11½ Florida
LSU 6½ Oklahoma
INDIANA 28½ Purdue
Texas 5½ TEXAS A&M
IOWA STATE 3 Kansas State
OREGON 19½ Washington
VIRGINIA TECH 7½ Virginia
JAMES MADISON 3½ Marshall
UNLV 18½ Nevada
BRIGHAM YOUNG 12½ Houston
Air Force 3½ SAN DIEGO STATE
New Mexico 1½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Georgia State : 20.5 points
OKLAHOMA : 13.5 points
OREGON STATE : 12.5 points
FLORIDA : 10.0 points
KENNESAW STATE : 8.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 7.0 points
UAB : 6.5 points
Air Force : 3.5 points
New Mexico State : 3.5 points
East Carolina : 3.0 points
DUKE : 3.0 points
KANSAS : 2.5 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 2.5 points
AUBURN : 2.5 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 2.5 points
Marshall : 2.5 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
Illinois : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Georgia State: secrules3
OKLAHOMA: jrburt
OREGON STATE: jwcat30, Chad Rock, Uk##1, Roe07, Bryguy
FLORIDA: CGblue, Catapult, Hang_Time_2, warrior-cat, ukalum1988, CrimsonCats, rockycard, *CatinIL*
KENNESAW STATE: TheBlueCat
APPALACHIAN STATE: bigbluemist, MAYHOO22
AUBURN: howercat
Nobody picked: UAB, Air Force, New Mexico State, East Carolina, DUKE, KANSAS, WEST VIRGINIA, BOSTON COLLEGE, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Illinois
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
67.5 : Roe07
67.0 : BC_Wader
65.0 : warrior-cat
56.5 : Chad Rock
56.0 : docholiday51
51.5 : bigbluemist
48.5 : stinger11723
48.0 : Blueisbest
46.5 : howercat
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
45.5 : secrules3
45.0 : jrburt
44.0 : TheBlueCat
43.5 : CrimsonCats
40.5 : blubo
39.0 : Hang_Time_2
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : maysvilleky
35.0 : cat tat2
35.0 : rockycard
34.0 : gamecockcat
33.5 : Larry00
32.0 : number8please
29.5 : *CatinIL*
29.5 : BurgLife
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
26.0 : jwcat30
25.5 : Bryguy
25.0 : CGblue
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.5 : Catapult
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : MAYHOO22
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : Uk##1
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : howercat
6 : bigbluemist
6 : docholiday51
6 : gamecockcat
6 : Roe07
6 : TheBlueCat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : Chad Rock
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : jrburt
5 : maysvilleky
5 : number8please
5 : warrior-cat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : Bryguy
4 : BurgLife
4 : cat tat2
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : Old_Red
4 : secrules3
4 : stinger11723
3 : blubo
3 : CGblue
3 : jwcat30
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : rockycard
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : ukalum1988
2 : YardCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 12
Week 7: 15
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 14
Week 13: 18
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 18
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 23
Week 11: 9
Week 12: 9
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Week 6: 50
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 54
Week 9: 51
Week 10: 46
Week 11: 42
Week 12: 45
Week 13: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 51.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
Uk##1
@Deeeefense
