Warning again this week: My program is still not fully baked. I will be. I will be out of town until Tuesday visiting a relative with stage 4 cancer so don't expect the scoring until late. It may mean that next week's contest starts late also. Sorry, can't be helped.
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) If you edit your pick after the first game listed has started, your pick is invalidated. I can't know that you didn't change your pick from one that didn't win to a later game in hopes of getting a winner. If you want to change your pick after the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick. Doesn't work if you are switching from the game that has already started.
2) If you make your pick after your game was supposed to kick off, it is invalidated.
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.
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 2:
Thursday, Sep. 10
Louisiana Tech 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY
Friday, Sep. 11
Miami (FL) 17½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
UTAH 13½ Utah State
Saturday, Sep. 12
FLORIDA STATE 28 South Florida
Western Michigan 4½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
PENN STATE 21 SUNY-Buffalo
CONNECTICUT 7½ Army
FLORIDA 20½ East Carolina
LOUISVILLE 12½ Houston
MISSISSIPPI 29 Fresno State
CINCINNATI 6½ Temple
LSU 4½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
WISCONSIN 32½ Miami (OH)
Kansas State 17 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
Marshall 3½ OHIO
OHIO STATE 40 Hawaii
SYRACUSE 4½ Wake Forest
CLEMSON 17 Appalachian State
Missouri 10½ ARKANSAS STATE
WYOMING 13½ Eastern Michigan
COLORADO 13 Massachusetts
Minnesota 6 COLORADO STATE
MICHIGAN 15½ Oregon State
GEORGIA TECH 28½ Tulane
Georgia 20½ VANDERBILT
Boise State 2½ BYU
Notre Dame 12 VIRGINIA
Iowa 3½ IOWA STATE
CALIFORNIA 13 San Diego State
Memphis 13 KANSAS
ARKANSAS 21½ Toledo
ALABAMA 35 Middle Tennessee St
AIR FORCE 6½ San Jose State
Pittsburgh 13 AKRON
MARYLAND 7½ Bowling Green State
Arizona 11½ NEVADA
SOUTH CAROLINA 7½ Kentucky
SOUTHERN METHODIST 4½ North Texas
TEXAS AM 30 Ball State
TEXAS TECH 21 UTEP
RUTGERS 2 Washington State
TEXAS 15½ Rice
NEW MEXICO STATE 6½ Georgia State
NEBRASKA 26½ South Alabama
MICHIGAN STATE 3½ Oregon
INDIANA 7½ Florida Intl
SOUTHERN CAL 43 Idaho
NEW MEXICO 4 Tulsa
STANFORD 19 Central Florida
UCLA 29 UNLV
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Florida Intl : 16.5 points
NORTHWESTERN : 12.0 points
HAWAII : 7.5 points
TEMPLE : 7.0 points
UNC Charlotte : 6.5 points
BYU : 6.0 points
Western Kentucky : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Florida Intl: crosbycatfan3745
NORTHWESTERN: BigBlueFan1963, straykat, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!
HAWAII: GoB!gBlue, calicat21, Gabewcat, gamecockcat, BoulderCat, stinger11723, RS73CAT, UKMKG
TEMPLE: no_neutrality
BYU: THE_OAK, OSOK, jte123, SWVA WildcatFan
Western Kentucky: ram1955, RocknRollCats, IamnotRalph, KyMaster, ashlandcatfan600, TTU/UK fan
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
16.5 : crosbycatfan3745
12.0 : BigBlueFan1963
12.0 : Hang_Time_2
12.0 : Serenity Now!!!
12.0 : straykat
7.5 : BoulderCat
7.5 : calicat21
7.5 : Gabewcat
7.5 : gamecockcat
7.5 : GoB!gBlue
7.5 : RS73CAT
7.5 : stinger11723
7.5 : UKMKG
7.0 : no_neutrality
6.0 : jte123
6.0 : OSOK
6.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
6.0 : THE_OAK
1.0 : ashlandcatfan600
1.0 : IamnotRalph
1.0 : KyMaster
1.0 : ram1955
1.0 : RocknRollCats
1.0 : TTU/UK fan
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 7.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Season Average for Correct Picks: 24.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 96
Season Average for Total Picks: 96.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
crosbycatfan3745, BigBlueFan1963, straykat, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, GoB!gBlue, calicat21, gamecockcat, BoulderCat, Gabewcat, stinger11723, RS73CAT, UKMKG, no_neutrality, THE_OAK, OSOK, jte123, SWVA WildcatFan, ram1955, RocknRollCats, IamnotRalph, KyMaster, ashlandcatfan600, TTU/UK fan
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) If you edit your pick after the first game listed has started, your pick is invalidated. I can't know that you didn't change your pick from one that didn't win to a later game in hopes of getting a winner. If you want to change your pick after the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick. Doesn't work if you are switching from the game that has already started.
2) If you make your pick after your game was supposed to kick off, it is invalidated.
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.
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 2:
Thursday, Sep. 10
Louisiana Tech 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY
Friday, Sep. 11
Miami (FL) 17½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
UTAH 13½ Utah State
Saturday, Sep. 12
FLORIDA STATE 28 South Florida
Western Michigan 4½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
PENN STATE 21 SUNY-Buffalo
CONNECTICUT 7½ Army
FLORIDA 20½ East Carolina
LOUISVILLE 12½ Houston
MISSISSIPPI 29 Fresno State
CINCINNATI 6½ Temple
LSU 4½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
WISCONSIN 32½ Miami (OH)
Kansas State 17 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
Marshall 3½ OHIO
OHIO STATE 40 Hawaii
SYRACUSE 4½ Wake Forest
CLEMSON 17 Appalachian State
Missouri 10½ ARKANSAS STATE
WYOMING 13½ Eastern Michigan
COLORADO 13 Massachusetts
Minnesota 6 COLORADO STATE
MICHIGAN 15½ Oregon State
GEORGIA TECH 28½ Tulane
Georgia 20½ VANDERBILT
Boise State 2½ BYU
Notre Dame 12 VIRGINIA
Iowa 3½ IOWA STATE
CALIFORNIA 13 San Diego State
Memphis 13 KANSAS
ARKANSAS 21½ Toledo
ALABAMA 35 Middle Tennessee St
AIR FORCE 6½ San Jose State
Pittsburgh 13 AKRON
MARYLAND 7½ Bowling Green State
Arizona 11½ NEVADA
SOUTH CAROLINA 7½ Kentucky
SOUTHERN METHODIST 4½ North Texas
TEXAS AM 30 Ball State
TEXAS TECH 21 UTEP
RUTGERS 2 Washington State
TEXAS 15½ Rice
NEW MEXICO STATE 6½ Georgia State
NEBRASKA 26½ South Alabama
MICHIGAN STATE 3½ Oregon
INDIANA 7½ Florida Intl
SOUTHERN CAL 43 Idaho
NEW MEXICO 4 Tulsa
STANFORD 19 Central Florida
UCLA 29 UNLV
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Florida Intl : 16.5 points
NORTHWESTERN : 12.0 points
HAWAII : 7.5 points
TEMPLE : 7.0 points
UNC Charlotte : 6.5 points
BYU : 6.0 points
Western Kentucky : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Florida Intl: crosbycatfan3745
NORTHWESTERN: BigBlueFan1963, straykat, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!
HAWAII: GoB!gBlue, calicat21, Gabewcat, gamecockcat, BoulderCat, stinger11723, RS73CAT, UKMKG
TEMPLE: no_neutrality
BYU: THE_OAK, OSOK, jte123, SWVA WildcatFan
Western Kentucky: ram1955, RocknRollCats, IamnotRalph, KyMaster, ashlandcatfan600, TTU/UK fan
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
16.5 : crosbycatfan3745
12.0 : BigBlueFan1963
12.0 : Hang_Time_2
12.0 : Serenity Now!!!
12.0 : straykat
7.5 : BoulderCat
7.5 : calicat21
7.5 : Gabewcat
7.5 : gamecockcat
7.5 : GoB!gBlue
7.5 : RS73CAT
7.5 : stinger11723
7.5 : UKMKG
7.0 : no_neutrality
6.0 : jte123
6.0 : OSOK
6.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
6.0 : THE_OAK
1.0 : ashlandcatfan600
1.0 : IamnotRalph
1.0 : KyMaster
1.0 : ram1955
1.0 : RocknRollCats
1.0 : TTU/UK fan
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 7.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Season Average for Correct Picks: 24.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 96
Season Average for Total Picks: 96.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
crosbycatfan3745, BigBlueFan1963, straykat, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, GoB!gBlue, calicat21, gamecockcat, BoulderCat, Gabewcat, stinger11723, RS73CAT, UKMKG, no_neutrality, THE_OAK, OSOK, jte123, SWVA WildcatFan, ram1955, RocknRollCats, IamnotRalph, KyMaster, ashlandcatfan600, TTU/UK fan
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