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 15:
Saturday, Dec. 16
Georgia Southern 3½ OHIO
Jacksonville State 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
APPALACHIAN STATE 6 Miami (OH)
New Mexico State 3 FRESNO STATE
UCLA 2½ BOISE STATE
TEXAS TECH 3 California
Monday, Dec. 18
OLD DOMINION 2½ Western Kentucky
Tuesday, Dec. 19
UTSA 9½ MARSHALL
Thursday, Dec. 21
SYRACUSE 3½ South Florida
Friday, Dec. 22
UCF 5 Georgia Tech
Saturday, Dec. 23
Troy 7 DUKE
Arkansas State 1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
James Madison 3 AIR FORCE
South Alabama 15½ EASTERN MICHIGAN
Utah 7 NORTHWESTERN
SAN JOSE STATE 9½ Coastal Carolina
Tuesday, Dec. 26
MINNESOTA 4 Bowling Green
Texas State 4½ RICE
Kansas 11½ UNLV
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Virginia Tech 7 TULANE
WEST VIRGINIA 4 North Carolina
Louisville 7½ USC
Texas A&M 3 OKLAHOMA STATE
Thursday, Dec. 28
SMU 10 BOSTON COLLEGE
MIAMI (FL) 2½ Rutgers
KANSAS STATE 3½ North Carolina State
Arizona 3 OKLAHOMA
Friday, Dec. 29
Clemson 6½ KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 8½ Oregon State
IOWA STATE 8½ Memphis
Missouri 2 OHIO STATE
Saturday, Dec. 30
PENN STATE 3½ Ole Miss
Auburn 2½ MARYLAND
Georgia 13½ FLORIDA STATE
WYOMING 2½ Toledo
Monday, Jan. 1
LSU 12 Wisconsin
OREGON 16 Liberty
TENNESSEE 7½ Iowa
MICHIGAN 1½ Alabama
Texas 4 WASHINGTON
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Underdog Winners - Week #14:
WASHINGTON : 9.5 points
Miami (OH) : 8.0 points
ALABAMA : 5.0 points
SMU : 4.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #14:
WASHINGTON: pappy52, docholiday51, Blueisbest, Roe07, Larry00, number8please, *CatinIL*, jimmy cowboy
Miami (OH): Hang_Time_2, secrules3
ALABAMA: Uk##1, kywildcatsfannumber1, kybloo92, WalterTheHippo, Ken Cat
SMU: jwcat30
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #14:
55.0 : WalterTheHippo
53.0 : Hang_Time_2
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
45.5 : jwcat30
45.0 : secrules3
44.5 : gblue5744
44.0 : BeardedKatFan
38.5 : kybloo92
35.5 : catben
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Blueisbest
32.5 : Chad Rock
32.0 : jsyeag
32.0 : warrior-cat
31.5 : MAYHOO22
30.5 : jimmy cowboy
29.5 : pappy52
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : Larry00
28.0 : Roe07
28.0 : stinger11723
26.0 : *CatinIL*
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
24.0 : docholiday51
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : BurgLife
23.0 : RonRajon
22.5 : rockycard
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.0 : GrandePdre
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : Ken Cat
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : howercat
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : maysvilleky
14.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : Bryguy
13.0 : Uk##1
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : mgp913
10.5 : wildcatbd21
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : number8please
9.5 : RocknRollCats
8.0 : Burgcatfan
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.0 : YardCat
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #14:
7 : jwcat30
6 : BeardedKatFan
6 : MAYHOO22
6 : WalterTheHippo
5 : Blueisbest
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : kybloo92
5 : RedLotMudcat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : gblue5744
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : jimmy cowboy
4 : JSgorocks
4 : jsyeag
4 : Nuke99m
4 : pappy52
4 : rivercatinfl
4 : rockycard
4 : secrules3
4 : warrior-cat
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Bryguy
3 : BurgLife
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : docholiday51
3 : GrandePdre
3 : howercat
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : mgp913
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : Roe07
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : H-D cat
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : maysvilleky
2 : PickSixKing
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 18
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 12
Week 14: 4
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 4
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 11
Week 14: 16
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Week 11: 53
Week 12: 53
Week 13: 47
Week 14: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #14:
number8please
@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 15:
Saturday, Dec. 16
Georgia Southern 3½ OHIO
Jacksonville State 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
APPALACHIAN STATE 6 Miami (OH)
New Mexico State 3 FRESNO STATE
UCLA 2½ BOISE STATE
TEXAS TECH 3 California
Monday, Dec. 18
OLD DOMINION 2½ Western Kentucky
Tuesday, Dec. 19
UTSA 9½ MARSHALL
Thursday, Dec. 21
SYRACUSE 3½ South Florida
Friday, Dec. 22
UCF 5 Georgia Tech
Saturday, Dec. 23
Troy 7 DUKE
Arkansas State 1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
James Madison 3 AIR FORCE
South Alabama 15½ EASTERN MICHIGAN
Utah 7 NORTHWESTERN
SAN JOSE STATE 9½ Coastal Carolina
Tuesday, Dec. 26
MINNESOTA 4 Bowling Green
Texas State 4½ RICE
Kansas 11½ UNLV
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Virginia Tech 7 TULANE
WEST VIRGINIA 4 North Carolina
Louisville 7½ USC
Texas A&M 3 OKLAHOMA STATE
Thursday, Dec. 28
SMU 10 BOSTON COLLEGE
MIAMI (FL) 2½ Rutgers
KANSAS STATE 3½ North Carolina State
Arizona 3 OKLAHOMA
Friday, Dec. 29
Clemson 6½ KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 8½ Oregon State
IOWA STATE 8½ Memphis
Missouri 2 OHIO STATE
Saturday, Dec. 30
PENN STATE 3½ Ole Miss
Auburn 2½ MARYLAND
Georgia 13½ FLORIDA STATE
WYOMING 2½ Toledo
Monday, Jan. 1
LSU 12 Wisconsin
OREGON 16 Liberty
TENNESSEE 7½ Iowa
MICHIGAN 1½ Alabama
Texas 4 WASHINGTON
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Underdog Winners - Week #14:
WASHINGTON : 9.5 points
Miami (OH) : 8.0 points
ALABAMA : 5.0 points
SMU : 4.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #14:
WASHINGTON: pappy52, docholiday51, Blueisbest, Roe07, Larry00, number8please, *CatinIL*, jimmy cowboy
Miami (OH): Hang_Time_2, secrules3
ALABAMA: Uk##1, kywildcatsfannumber1, kybloo92, WalterTheHippo, Ken Cat
SMU: jwcat30
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #14:
55.0 : WalterTheHippo
53.0 : Hang_Time_2
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
45.5 : jwcat30
45.0 : secrules3
44.5 : gblue5744
44.0 : BeardedKatFan
38.5 : kybloo92
35.5 : catben
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Blueisbest
32.5 : Chad Rock
32.0 : jsyeag
32.0 : warrior-cat
31.5 : MAYHOO22
30.5 : jimmy cowboy
29.5 : pappy52
28.5 : Short-Dawg-69
28.0 : Larry00
28.0 : Roe07
28.0 : stinger11723
26.0 : *CatinIL*
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
24.0 : docholiday51
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : BurgLife
23.0 : RonRajon
22.5 : rockycard
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : rivercatinfl
21.0 : GrandePdre
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : Ken Cat
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : howercat
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : maysvilleky
14.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : Bryguy
13.0 : Uk##1
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : mgp913
10.5 : wildcatbd21
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : number8please
9.5 : RocknRollCats
8.0 : Burgcatfan
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.0 : YardCat
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #14:
7 : jwcat30
6 : BeardedKatFan
6 : MAYHOO22
6 : WalterTheHippo
5 : Blueisbest
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : kybloo92
5 : RedLotMudcat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : gblue5744
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : jimmy cowboy
4 : JSgorocks
4 : jsyeag
4 : Nuke99m
4 : pappy52
4 : rivercatinfl
4 : rockycard
4 : secrules3
4 : warrior-cat
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Bryguy
3 : BurgLife
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : docholiday51
3 : GrandePdre
3 : howercat
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : mgp913
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : Roe07
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : H-D cat
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : maysvilleky
2 : PickSixKing
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : Uk##1
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 18
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 12
Week 14: 4
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 4
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 11
Week 14: 16
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Week 11: 53
Week 12: 53
Week 13: 47
Week 14: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #14:
number8please
@Deeeefense
