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 and this is it - I'm not going to try to pick up the subsequent playoff games).
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 16:
Saturday, Dec. 14
South Alabama 8½ WESTERN MICHIGAN
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Memphis 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Wednesday, Dec. 18
JAMES MADISON 7 Western Kentucky
California 3½ UNLV
Thursday, Dec. 19
Georgia Southern 4½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
Friday, Dec. 20
Ohio 2½ JACKSONVILLE STATE
FLORIDA 13½ Tulane
NOTRE DAME 7½ Indiana
Saturday, Dec. 21
PENN STATE 8½ SMU
TEXAS 11½ Clemson
OHIO STATE 7½ Tennessee
Monday, Dec. 23
UTSA 7 Coastal Carolina
Northern Illinois 1½ FRESNO STATE
Tuesday, Dec. 24
SAN JOSE STATE 3 South Florida
Thursday, Dec. 26
Pittsburgh 8½ TOLEDO
KANSAS STATE 6½ Rutgers
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Arkansas State
Friday, Dec. 27
Oklahoma 8½ NAVY
Georgia Tech 2½ VANDERBILT
ARKANSAS 3½ Texas Tech
Syracuse 6½ WASHINGTON STATE
Texas A&M 2½ USC
Saturday, Dec. 28
NORTH CAROLINA 4½ Connecticut
NEBRASKA 3½ Boston College
TCU 10½ Louisiana
MIAMI (FL) 3½ Iowa State
Miami (OH) 2 COLORADO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5½ East Carolina
COLORADO 3 Brigham Young
ARMY 16½ Louisiana Tech
Monday, Dec. 30
MISSOURI 3½ Iowa
Tuesday, Dec. 31
Alabama 11½ MICHIGAN
Louisville 4½ WASHINGTON
South Carolina 10½ ILLINOIS
LSU 3 Baylor
Thursday, Jan. 2
OLE MISS 13 Duke
Friday, Jan. 3
TEXAS STATE 9½ North Texas
Minnesota 4½ VIRGINIA TECH
Saturday, Jan. 4
LIBERTY 2½ Buffalo
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Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Marshall : 6.0 points
ARMY : 4.5 points
Ohio : 3.0 points
Clemson : 2.5 points
Georgia : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Marshall: cat tat2, jwcat30, TOMCATS1990, stinger11723
ARMY: warrior-cat, Hang_Time_2, *CatinIL*, Chad Rock, Ken Cat, Larry00
Ohio: CGblue
Clemson: Caveman Catfan, howercat, Old_Red
Georgia: RocknRollCats, catben, secrules3, maysvilleky, rockycard, YardCat
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
69.5 : warrior-cat
68.5 : stinger11723
67.5 : Roe07
67.0 : BC_Wader
61.0 : Chad Rock
59.5 : howercat
58.5 : secrules3
56.0 : docholiday51
51.5 : bigbluemist
51.0 : blubo
48.0 : Blueisbest
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
45.0 : jrburt
44.0 : TheBlueCat
43.5 : CrimsonCats
43.5 : Hang_Time_2
42.0 : catben
41.0 : cat tat2
40.5 : maysvilleky
40.0 : BurgLife
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : Larry00
37.5 : rockycard
37.0 : gamecockcat
34.0 : *CatinIL*
32.5 : YardCat
32.0 : jwcat30
32.0 : number8please
31.0 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : CGblue
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
25.5 : Bryguy
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.5 : Catapult
23.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : MAYHOO22
21.5 : Old_Red
20.5 : TOMCATS1990
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : RocknRollCats
16.0 : TuckyFB
14.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : pappy52
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : Ken Cat
12.5 : Uk##1
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
9 : howercat
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : gamecockcat
6 : ArtLaibsGhost
6 : bigbluemist
6 : Caveman Catfan
6 : Chad Rock
6 : docholiday51
6 : maysvilleky
6 : Roe07
6 : secrules3
6 : stinger11723
6 : TheBlueCat
6 : warrior-cat
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : cat tat2
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : jrburt
5 : Larry00
5 : number8please
5 : Old_Red
4 : blubo
4 : Bryguy
4 : catben
4 : CGblue
4 : jwcat30
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : rockycard
4 : YardCat
3 : Ken Cat
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : ukalum1988
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
Week 14: 17
Week 15: 5
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
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
Week 14: 9
Week 15: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.3
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
Week 14: 43
Week 15: 25
Season Average for Total Picks: 49.1
Edited: Had to blast the Army/Navy game since otherwise Navy would have been a SUP in two games. My code can't resolve that so one had to go. Edited again: Marshall dropped out of the game with Army because of the transfer portal gutting the team. Replaced with Louisiana Tech.
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?
------------
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 16:
Saturday, Dec. 14
South Alabama 8½ WESTERN MICHIGAN
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Memphis 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Wednesday, Dec. 18
JAMES MADISON 7 Western Kentucky
California 3½ UNLV
Thursday, Dec. 19
Georgia Southern 4½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
Friday, Dec. 20
Ohio 2½ JACKSONVILLE STATE
FLORIDA 13½ Tulane
NOTRE DAME 7½ Indiana
Saturday, Dec. 21
PENN STATE 8½ SMU
TEXAS 11½ Clemson
OHIO STATE 7½ Tennessee
Monday, Dec. 23
UTSA 7 Coastal Carolina
Northern Illinois 1½ FRESNO STATE
Tuesday, Dec. 24
SAN JOSE STATE 3 South Florida
Thursday, Dec. 26
Pittsburgh 8½ TOLEDO
KANSAS STATE 6½ Rutgers
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Arkansas State
Friday, Dec. 27
Oklahoma 8½ NAVY
Georgia Tech 2½ VANDERBILT
ARKANSAS 3½ Texas Tech
Syracuse 6½ WASHINGTON STATE
Texas A&M 2½ USC
Saturday, Dec. 28
NORTH CAROLINA 4½ Connecticut
NEBRASKA 3½ Boston College
TCU 10½ Louisiana
MIAMI (FL) 3½ Iowa State
Miami (OH) 2 COLORADO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5½ East Carolina
COLORADO 3 Brigham Young
ARMY 16½ Louisiana Tech
Monday, Dec. 30
MISSOURI 3½ Iowa
Tuesday, Dec. 31
Alabama 11½ MICHIGAN
Louisville 4½ WASHINGTON
South Carolina 10½ ILLINOIS
LSU 3 Baylor
Thursday, Jan. 2
OLE MISS 13 Duke
Friday, Jan. 3
TEXAS STATE 9½ North Texas
Minnesota 4½ VIRGINIA TECH
Saturday, Jan. 4
LIBERTY 2½ Buffalo
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Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Marshall : 6.0 points
ARMY : 4.5 points
Ohio : 3.0 points
Clemson : 2.5 points
Georgia : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Marshall: cat tat2, jwcat30, TOMCATS1990, stinger11723
ARMY: warrior-cat, Hang_Time_2, *CatinIL*, Chad Rock, Ken Cat, Larry00
Ohio: CGblue
Clemson: Caveman Catfan, howercat, Old_Red
Georgia: RocknRollCats, catben, secrules3, maysvilleky, rockycard, YardCat
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
69.5 : warrior-cat
68.5 : stinger11723
67.5 : Roe07
67.0 : BC_Wader
61.0 : Chad Rock
59.5 : howercat
58.5 : secrules3
56.0 : docholiday51
51.5 : bigbluemist
51.0 : blubo
48.0 : Blueisbest
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
45.0 : jrburt
44.0 : TheBlueCat
43.5 : CrimsonCats
43.5 : Hang_Time_2
42.0 : catben
41.0 : cat tat2
40.5 : maysvilleky
40.0 : BurgLife
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : Larry00
37.5 : rockycard
37.0 : gamecockcat
34.0 : *CatinIL*
32.5 : YardCat
32.0 : jwcat30
32.0 : number8please
31.0 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : CGblue
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
25.5 : Bryguy
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.5 : Catapult
23.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
23.0 : pumpedupcats
22.0 : MAYHOO22
21.5 : Old_Red
20.5 : TOMCATS1990
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : RocknRollCats
16.0 : TuckyFB
14.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : pappy52
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : Ken Cat
12.5 : Uk##1
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
9 : howercat
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
7 : gamecockcat
6 : ArtLaibsGhost
6 : bigbluemist
6 : Caveman Catfan
6 : Chad Rock
6 : docholiday51
6 : maysvilleky
6 : Roe07
6 : secrules3
6 : stinger11723
6 : TheBlueCat
6 : warrior-cat
5 : *CatinIL*
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : cat tat2
5 : CrimsonCats
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : jrburt
5 : Larry00
5 : number8please
5 : Old_Red
4 : blubo
4 : Bryguy
4 : catben
4 : CGblue
4 : jwcat30
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : MAYHOO22
4 : rockycard
4 : YardCat
3 : Ken Cat
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : ukalum1988
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
Week 14: 17
Week 15: 5
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
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
Week 14: 9
Week 15: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.3
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
Week 14: 43
Week 15: 25
Season Average for Total Picks: 49.1
Edited: Had to blast the Army/Navy game since otherwise Navy would have been a SUP in two games. My code can't resolve that so one had to go. Edited again: Marshall dropped out of the game with Army because of the transfer portal gutting the team. Replaced with Louisiana Tech.
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