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 16:
Saturday, Dec. 16
North Carolina AT 9½ GRAMBLING STATE
TROY 6½ North Texas
WESTERN KENTUCKY 6½ Georgia State
Oregon 7 BOISE STATE
COLORADO STATE 5½ Marshall
ARKANSAS STATE 3½ Middle Tennessee St
JAMES MADISON 3 South Dakota State
Tuesday, Dec. 19
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 22½ Akron
Wednesday, Dec. 20
SOUTHERN METHODIST 5 Louisiana Tech
Thursday, Dec. 21
Temple 7 FLORIDA INTL
Friday, Dec. 22
OHIO 7½ UAB
Saturday, Dec. 23
SOUTH FLORIDA 2½ Texas Tech
SAN DIEGO STATE 7 Army
TOLEDO 7½ Appalachian State
Sunday, Dec. 24
Houston 2½ FRESNO STATE
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Utah 6½ WEST VIRGINIA
DUKE 5 Northern Illinois
Kansas State 2½ UCLA
Wednesday, Dec. 27
FLORIDA STATE 15½ Southern Miss
IOWA 3 Boston College
Missouri 3 TEXAS
ARIZONA 3½ Purdue
Thursday, Dec. 28
OKLAHOMA STATE 4½ Virginia Tech
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 2½ Stanford
WASHINGTON STATE 2½ Michigan State
Friday, Dec. 29
WAKE FOREST 3 Texas AM
North Carolina State 6½ ARIZONA STATE
NORTHWESTERN 7½ Kentucky
Utah State 4 NEW MEXICO STATE
OHIO STATE 7½ Southern Cal
Saturday, Dec. 30
Louisville 6½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
MEMPHIS 3½ Iowa State
PENN STATE 2 Washington
Wisconsin 6½ MIAMI (FL)
Monday, Jan. 1
MICHIGAN 7½ South Carolina
AUBURN 9½ Central Florida
LSU 3 NOTRE DAME
Georgia 2 OKLAHOMA
Alabama 2½ CLEMSON
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Underdog Winners - Week #14:
Georgia : 3.0 points
Troy : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #14:
Georgia: blubud, *CatinIL*, maysvilleky, pappy52
Troy: jsyeag
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #14:
61.5 : jsyeag
61.0 : Gabewcat
51.0 : docholiday51
50.5 : BeeBeeIn
49.5 : *CatinIL*
49.0 : dvillecatfan
46.0 : GrandePdre
45.5 : stinger11723
45.0 : JBHolmesfan
43.5 : hamidousvertical
43.0 : CGblue
43.0 : ukcatsfan2
42.5 : blubud
41.5 : CatCall
40.0 : PRPcoach
37.5 : ThePhoenix
37.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
36.0 : RedLotBagMan
33.5 : Chad Rock
33.0 : Serenity Now!!!
32.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
32.5 : ukmonty2001
32.0 : btodd0224
31.5 : number8please
30.5 : warrior-cat
28.5 : Blueisbest
28.5 : gblue5744
28.0 : bigbluemist
28.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
27.5 : howercat
27.5 : PokerCat67
26.5 : gamecockcat
26.5 : pappy52
26.5 : ram1955
26.0 : JSgorocks
26.0 : Roe07
26.0 : ThreeHogNight
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
24.0 : ImBory
23.5 : GoBigBlue37
23.0 : buckkiller
21.5 : Ken Cat
20.0 : josh72484
20.0 : Nuke99m
18.0 : KyMaster
18.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
17.0 : Old_Red
16.5 : AsianPICat
16.5 : maysvilleky
16.5 : tdjohnsky
16.0 : Catapult
15.0 : LeWiz
15.0 : straykat
14.5 : On_track_4_8
14.0 : KYWILDCATS14
13.5 : allenctynimrod
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : KentuckyBlue16
13.5 : warrior_SW
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : On-On-UK
12.5 : wildcatbd21
11.5 : Blue Strype
11.0 : Maxwell41
10.0 : Jeff Drummond
10.0 : MrHotDice
9.5 : assistbyhawkins
9.0 : no_neutrality
7.5 : Tskware
7.0 : Big_Blue_1018
6.5 : Grumpyolddawg
6.5 : LordEgg
6.0 : dswan17
6.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5.0 : august-west
3.0 : 13space82
2.5 : ColumbiaCayuts
2.5 : Deeeefense
2.5 : pumpedupcats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #14:
9 : jsyeag
8 : *CatinIL*
7 : blubud
7 : docholiday51
6 : GrandePdre
6 : howercat
6 : JBHolmesfan
6 : number8please
6 : PRPcoach
5 : AsianPICat
5 : buckkiller
5 : CatCall
5 : CGblue
5 : dvillecatfan
5 : Gabewcat
5 : pappy52
4 : BeeBeeIn
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Blueisbest
4 : gblue5744
4 : hamidousvertical
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : Roe07
4 : ukcatsfan2
4 : ukmonty2001
4 : warrior-cat
3 : Blue Strype
3 : btodd0224
3 : Catapult
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GoBigBlue37
3 : JSgorocks
3 : KyMaster
3 : Littlefeller
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : PokerCat67
3 : ram1955
3 : RedLotBagMan
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : stinger11723
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : ThePhoenix
3 : ThreeHogNight
2 : allenctynimrod
2 : BIGCAT4LIFE
2 : Chad Rock
2 : DubyaT
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : ImBory
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : josh72484
2 : Ken Cat
2 : KentuckyBlue16
2 : KYWILDCATS14
2 : LeWiz
2 : MrHotDice
2 : no_neutrality
2 : On-On-UK
2 : straykat
2 : warrior_SW
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 15
Week 3: 11
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 8
Week 6: 13
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 13
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 14
Week 13: 13
Week 14: 2
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 42
Week 3: 43
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 22
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 8
Week 13: 6
Week 14: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 113
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 84
Week 4: 86
Week 5: 76
Week 6: 76
Week 7: 70
Week 8: 70
Week 9: 62
Week 10: 61
Week 11: 59
Week 12: 55
Week 13: 48
Week 14: 35
Season Average for Total Picks: 70.1
Overall Stupid Underdog Picks Winners
2000: this is when Mtcatfan thinks the game started, but winner is not known
2001: did not keep record of who won
2002: did not keep record of who won
2003: SixToeJoe - most correct picks winners not tracked
2004: ThreeHogNight - most correct picks winners not tracked
2005: Hang_Time_2 with 53.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 6, Hang_Time_2 was one of them
2006: JBnTN with 57 points- JBnTN had 8 correct picks which was most correct picks
2007: TaylorsvilleMike with 71.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 7, TaylorsvilleMike was one of them
2008: bigbluemist with 67 points - bigbluemist & CatinSA tied for most correct picks at 9
2009: buckster1 with 95.5 points - buckster1 with 8 correct picks
2010: Hang_Time_2 won with 64 points and also won with 7 correct picks
2011: jrburt won with 70.5 points - Blue Strype had the most correct picks with 10.
2012: Brother Cat with 61.5 - Brother Cat had the most correct picks with 8.
2013: docholiday51 with 61.5 - adolph...ngover and number8please had the most correct picks with 8.
2014: jrburt with 74 points - AsianPICat had the most correct picks with 10.
2015: kyfan606 with 50.5 points - SWVA WildcatFan had the most correct picks with 7.
2016: Maxwell41 with 73.5 points - maysvilleky and On_track_4_8 had 9 correct picks.
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 16:
Saturday, Dec. 16
North Carolina AT 9½ GRAMBLING STATE
TROY 6½ North Texas
WESTERN KENTUCKY 6½ Georgia State
Oregon 7 BOISE STATE
COLORADO STATE 5½ Marshall
ARKANSAS STATE 3½ Middle Tennessee St
JAMES MADISON 3 South Dakota State
Tuesday, Dec. 19
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 22½ Akron
Wednesday, Dec. 20
SOUTHERN METHODIST 5 Louisiana Tech
Thursday, Dec. 21
Temple 7 FLORIDA INTL
Friday, Dec. 22
OHIO 7½ UAB
Saturday, Dec. 23
SOUTH FLORIDA 2½ Texas Tech
SAN DIEGO STATE 7 Army
TOLEDO 7½ Appalachian State
Sunday, Dec. 24
Houston 2½ FRESNO STATE
Tuesday, Dec. 26
Utah 6½ WEST VIRGINIA
DUKE 5 Northern Illinois
Kansas State 2½ UCLA
Wednesday, Dec. 27
FLORIDA STATE 15½ Southern Miss
IOWA 3 Boston College
Missouri 3 TEXAS
ARIZONA 3½ Purdue
Thursday, Dec. 28
OKLAHOMA STATE 4½ Virginia Tech
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 2½ Stanford
WASHINGTON STATE 2½ Michigan State
Friday, Dec. 29
WAKE FOREST 3 Texas AM
North Carolina State 6½ ARIZONA STATE
NORTHWESTERN 7½ Kentucky
Utah State 4 NEW MEXICO STATE
OHIO STATE 7½ Southern Cal
Saturday, Dec. 30
Louisville 6½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
MEMPHIS 3½ Iowa State
PENN STATE 2 Washington
Wisconsin 6½ MIAMI (FL)
Monday, Jan. 1
MICHIGAN 7½ South Carolina
AUBURN 9½ Central Florida
LSU 3 NOTRE DAME
Georgia 2 OKLAHOMA
Alabama 2½ CLEMSON
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Underdog Winners - Week #14:
Georgia : 3.0 points
Troy : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #14:
Georgia: blubud, *CatinIL*, maysvilleky, pappy52
Troy: jsyeag
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #14:
61.5 : jsyeag
61.0 : Gabewcat
51.0 : docholiday51
50.5 : BeeBeeIn
49.5 : *CatinIL*
49.0 : dvillecatfan
46.0 : GrandePdre
45.5 : stinger11723
45.0 : JBHolmesfan
43.5 : hamidousvertical
43.0 : CGblue
43.0 : ukcatsfan2
42.5 : blubud
41.5 : CatCall
40.0 : PRPcoach
37.5 : ThePhoenix
37.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
36.0 : RedLotBagMan
33.5 : Chad Rock
33.0 : Serenity Now!!!
32.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
32.5 : ukmonty2001
32.0 : btodd0224
31.5 : number8please
30.5 : warrior-cat
28.5 : Blueisbest
28.5 : gblue5744
28.0 : bigbluemist
28.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
27.5 : howercat
27.5 : PokerCat67
26.5 : gamecockcat
26.5 : pappy52
26.5 : ram1955
26.0 : JSgorocks
26.0 : Roe07
26.0 : ThreeHogNight
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
24.0 : ImBory
23.5 : GoBigBlue37
23.0 : buckkiller
21.5 : Ken Cat
20.0 : josh72484
20.0 : Nuke99m
18.0 : KyMaster
18.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
17.0 : Old_Red
16.5 : AsianPICat
16.5 : maysvilleky
16.5 : tdjohnsky
16.0 : Catapult
15.0 : LeWiz
15.0 : straykat
14.5 : On_track_4_8
14.0 : KYWILDCATS14
13.5 : allenctynimrod
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : KentuckyBlue16
13.5 : warrior_SW
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : On-On-UK
12.5 : wildcatbd21
11.5 : Blue Strype
11.0 : Maxwell41
10.0 : Jeff Drummond
10.0 : MrHotDice
9.5 : assistbyhawkins
9.0 : no_neutrality
7.5 : Tskware
7.0 : Big_Blue_1018
6.5 : Grumpyolddawg
6.5 : LordEgg
6.0 : dswan17
6.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5.0 : august-west
3.0 : 13space82
2.5 : ColumbiaCayuts
2.5 : Deeeefense
2.5 : pumpedupcats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #14:
9 : jsyeag
8 : *CatinIL*
7 : blubud
7 : docholiday51
6 : GrandePdre
6 : howercat
6 : JBHolmesfan
6 : number8please
6 : PRPcoach
5 : AsianPICat
5 : buckkiller
5 : CatCall
5 : CGblue
5 : dvillecatfan
5 : Gabewcat
5 : pappy52
4 : BeeBeeIn
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Blueisbest
4 : gblue5744
4 : hamidousvertical
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : Roe07
4 : ukcatsfan2
4 : ukmonty2001
4 : warrior-cat
3 : Blue Strype
3 : btodd0224
3 : Catapult
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GoBigBlue37
3 : JSgorocks
3 : KyMaster
3 : Littlefeller
3 : maysvilleky
3 : Nuke99m
3 : PokerCat67
3 : ram1955
3 : RedLotBagMan
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : stinger11723
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : ThePhoenix
3 : ThreeHogNight
2 : allenctynimrod
2 : BIGCAT4LIFE
2 : Chad Rock
2 : DubyaT
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : ImBory
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : josh72484
2 : Ken Cat
2 : KentuckyBlue16
2 : KYWILDCATS14
2 : LeWiz
2 : MrHotDice
2 : no_neutrality
2 : On-On-UK
2 : straykat
2 : warrior_SW
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 15
Week 3: 11
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 8
Week 6: 13
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 13
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 14
Week 13: 13
Week 14: 2
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 42
Week 3: 43
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 22
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 21
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 8
Week 13: 6
Week 14: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 113
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 84
Week 4: 86
Week 5: 76
Week 6: 76
Week 7: 70
Week 8: 70
Week 9: 62
Week 10: 61
Week 11: 59
Week 12: 55
Week 13: 48
Week 14: 35
Season Average for Total Picks: 70.1
Overall Stupid Underdog Picks Winners
2000: this is when Mtcatfan thinks the game started, but winner is not known
2001: did not keep record of who won
2002: did not keep record of who won
2003: SixToeJoe - most correct picks winners not tracked
2004: ThreeHogNight - most correct picks winners not tracked
2005: Hang_Time_2 with 53.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 6, Hang_Time_2 was one of them
2006: JBnTN with 57 points- JBnTN had 8 correct picks which was most correct picks
2007: TaylorsvilleMike with 71.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 7, TaylorsvilleMike was one of them
2008: bigbluemist with 67 points - bigbluemist & CatinSA tied for most correct picks at 9
2009: buckster1 with 95.5 points - buckster1 with 8 correct picks
2010: Hang_Time_2 won with 64 points and also won with 7 correct picks
2011: jrburt won with 70.5 points - Blue Strype had the most correct picks with 10.
2012: Brother Cat with 61.5 - Brother Cat had the most correct picks with 8.
2013: docholiday51 with 61.5 - adolph...ngover and number8please had the most correct picks with 8.
2014: jrburt with 74 points - AsianPICat had the most correct picks with 10.
2015: kyfan606 with 50.5 points - SWVA WildcatFan had the most correct picks with 7.
2016: Maxwell41 with 73.5 points - maysvilleky and On_track_4_8 had 9 correct picks.
