Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Vegas Odds 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 be 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 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 2:
Friday, Sep. 9
UCF 5½ Louisville
Boise State 17 NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Sep. 10
Alabama 18½ TEXAS
ARKANSAS 7½ South Carolina
KANSAS STATE 7½ Missouri
Wake Forest 6 VANDERBILT
NORTHWESTERN 8½ Duke
OHIO STATE 44½ Arkansas St
PENN STATE 26½ Ohio
N Carolina 8½ GEORGIA ST
MIAMI (FLA) 27 Southern Miss
UT-San Antonio 2 ARMY
C MICHIGAN 6½ South Alabama
W Michigan 7 BALL STATE
NOTRE DAME 19½ Marshall
Tennessee 4½ PITTSBURGH
TEXAS A&M 17 App State
AIR FORCE 14 Colorado
WISCONSIN 17½ Washington State
Memphis 6½ NAVY
Maryland 26½ CHARLOTTE
CALIFORNIA 13½ UNLV
TEXAS TECH 3 Houston
IOWA 3½ Iowa State
MICHIGAN STATE 35 Akron
COLORADO STATE 8½ Middle Tennessee
ILLINOIS 4½ Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA 14 Kansas
EAST CAROLINA 11 Old Dominion
UAB 4½ LIBERTY
TOLEDO 30½ Massachusetts
TULSA 6 Northern Illinois
LOUISIANA 11½ Eastern Michigan
FLORIDA 5 Kentucky
Syracuse 20½ CONNECTICUT
OKLAHOMA 32 Kent State
TEXAS STATE 11 Florida International
AUBURN 23 San Jose St
OKLAHOMA STATE 10½ Arizona State
USC 11 STANFORD
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
NORTHWESTERN : 13.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 8.0 points
Rutgers : 7.5 points
Arizona : 5.0 points
OHIO : 2.5 points
FLORIDA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
NORTHWESTERN: sieken, gamecockcat, Littlefeller, gblue5744, ThreeHogNight, RocknRollCats, jsyeag, H-D cat, TuckyFB, Big_Blue_1018, dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, LeWiz
OLD DOMINION: warrior_SW, Old_Red, southindycat
Rutgers: JBHolmesfan, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, DubyaT, VikingCat21, ILiveBlue-GoCats
Arizona: jimmy cowboy
FLORIDA: M4CAT, ArtLaibsGhost, number8please, BeardedKatFan, WildcatStu1, MartinMartin, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: OHIO
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
13.0 : Big_Blue_1018
13.0 : Blueisbest
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : gamecockcat
13.0 : gblue5744
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : jsyeag
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : sieken
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
13.0 : TuckyFB
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : southindycat
8.0 : warrior_SW
7.5 : DubyaT
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : ukmonty2001
7.5 : VikingCat21
5.0 : jimmy cowboy
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : AsianPICat
2.0 : BeardedKatFan
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
2.0 : WildcatStu1
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 6.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Season Average for Correct Picks: 30.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Season Average for Total Picks: 86.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
sieken, gamecockcat, Littlefeller, gblue5744, ThreeHogNight, RocknRollCats, jsyeag, H-D cat, TuckyFB, Big_Blue_1018, dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, LeWiz, warrior_SW, Old_Red, southindycat, JBHolmesfan, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, DubyaT, VikingCat21, ILiveBlue-GoCats, jimmy cowboy, M4CAT, ArtLaibsGhost, number8please, BeardedKatFan, WildcatStu1, MartinMartin, AsianPICat
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 be 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 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 2:
Friday, Sep. 9
UCF 5½ Louisville
Boise State 17 NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Sep. 10
Alabama 18½ TEXAS
ARKANSAS 7½ South Carolina
KANSAS STATE 7½ Missouri
Wake Forest 6 VANDERBILT
NORTHWESTERN 8½ Duke
OHIO STATE 44½ Arkansas St
PENN STATE 26½ Ohio
N Carolina 8½ GEORGIA ST
MIAMI (FLA) 27 Southern Miss
UT-San Antonio 2 ARMY
C MICHIGAN 6½ South Alabama
W Michigan 7 BALL STATE
NOTRE DAME 19½ Marshall
Tennessee 4½ PITTSBURGH
TEXAS A&M 17 App State
AIR FORCE 14 Colorado
WISCONSIN 17½ Washington State
Memphis 6½ NAVY
Maryland 26½ CHARLOTTE
CALIFORNIA 13½ UNLV
TEXAS TECH 3 Houston
IOWA 3½ Iowa State
MICHIGAN STATE 35 Akron
COLORADO STATE 8½ Middle Tennessee
ILLINOIS 4½ Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA 14 Kansas
EAST CAROLINA 11 Old Dominion
UAB 4½ LIBERTY
TOLEDO 30½ Massachusetts
TULSA 6 Northern Illinois
LOUISIANA 11½ Eastern Michigan
FLORIDA 5 Kentucky
Syracuse 20½ CONNECTICUT
OKLAHOMA 32 Kent State
TEXAS STATE 11 Florida International
AUBURN 23 San Jose St
OKLAHOMA STATE 10½ Arizona State
USC 11 STANFORD
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
NORTHWESTERN : 13.0 points
OLD DOMINION : 8.0 points
Rutgers : 7.5 points
Arizona : 5.0 points
OHIO : 2.5 points
FLORIDA : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
NORTHWESTERN: sieken, gamecockcat, Littlefeller, gblue5744, ThreeHogNight, RocknRollCats, jsyeag, H-D cat, TuckyFB, Big_Blue_1018, dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, LeWiz
OLD DOMINION: warrior_SW, Old_Red, southindycat
Rutgers: JBHolmesfan, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, DubyaT, VikingCat21, ILiveBlue-GoCats
Arizona: jimmy cowboy
FLORIDA: M4CAT, ArtLaibsGhost, number8please, BeardedKatFan, WildcatStu1, MartinMartin, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: OHIO
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
13.0 : Big_Blue_1018
13.0 : Blueisbest
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : gamecockcat
13.0 : gblue5744
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : jsyeag
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : sieken
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
13.0 : TuckyFB
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : southindycat
8.0 : warrior_SW
7.5 : DubyaT
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : ukmonty2001
7.5 : VikingCat21
5.0 : jimmy cowboy
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : AsianPICat
2.0 : BeardedKatFan
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
2.0 : WildcatStu1
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 6.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Season Average for Correct Picks: 30.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Season Average for Total Picks: 86.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
sieken, gamecockcat, Littlefeller, gblue5744, ThreeHogNight, RocknRollCats, jsyeag, H-D cat, TuckyFB, Big_Blue_1018, dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, LeWiz, warrior_SW, Old_Red, southindycat, JBHolmesfan, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, DubyaT, VikingCat21, ILiveBlue-GoCats, jimmy cowboy, M4CAT, ArtLaibsGhost, number8please, BeardedKatFan, WildcatStu1, MartinMartin, AsianPICat
