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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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Boston College : 22.0 points
Nevada : 16.0 points
VANDERBILT : 13.5 points
Sam Houston State : 11.0 points
North Texas : 7.5 points
USC : 6.0 points
Coastal Carolina : 3.5 points
UNLV : 2.5 points
Notre Dame : 2.5 points
North Carolina : 2.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Nevada: TuckyFB
VANDERBILT: Chad Rock, cat tat2, warrior-cat, Catapult, bigbluemist, stinger11723, docholiday51
Sam Houston State: howercat, CrimsonCats, maysvilleky
USC: Larry00, number8please, secrules3, WalterTheHippo, kywildcatsfannumber1, gamecockcat
Notre Dame: *CatinIL*, Short-Dawg-69, Blueisbest, BC_Wader
North Carolina: ArtLaibsGhost
Nobody picked: Boston College, North Texas, Coastal Carolina, UNLV, Eastern Michigan
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : bigbluemist
13.5 : cat tat2
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : Chad Rock
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : stinger11723
13.5 : warrior-cat
11.0 : CrimsonCats
11.0 : howercat
11.0 : maysvilleky
6.0 : gamecockcat
6.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
6.0 : Larry00
6.0 : number8please
6.0 : secrules3
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.5 : BC_Wader
2.5 : Blueisbest
2.5 : Short-Dawg-69
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Season Average for Total Picks: 61.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
TuckyFB, Chad Rock, cat tat2, warrior-cat, Catapult, bigbluemist, stinger11723, docholiday51, howercat, CrimsonCats, maysvilleky, Larry00, number8please, secrules3, WalterTheHippo, kywildcatsfannumber1, gamecockcat, *CatinIL*, Short-Dawg-69, Blueisbest, BC_Wader, ArtLaibsGhost
@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:
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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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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Boston College : 22.0 points
Nevada : 16.0 points
VANDERBILT : 13.5 points
Sam Houston State : 11.0 points
North Texas : 7.5 points
USC : 6.0 points
Coastal Carolina : 3.5 points
UNLV : 2.5 points
Notre Dame : 2.5 points
North Carolina : 2.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Nevada: TuckyFB
VANDERBILT: Chad Rock, cat tat2, warrior-cat, Catapult, bigbluemist, stinger11723, docholiday51
Sam Houston State: howercat, CrimsonCats, maysvilleky
USC: Larry00, number8please, secrules3, WalterTheHippo, kywildcatsfannumber1, gamecockcat
Notre Dame: *CatinIL*, Short-Dawg-69, Blueisbest, BC_Wader
North Carolina: ArtLaibsGhost
Nobody picked: Boston College, North Texas, Coastal Carolina, UNLV, Eastern Michigan
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : bigbluemist
13.5 : cat tat2
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : Chad Rock
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : stinger11723
13.5 : warrior-cat
11.0 : CrimsonCats
11.0 : howercat
11.0 : maysvilleky
6.0 : gamecockcat
6.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
6.0 : Larry00
6.0 : number8please
6.0 : secrules3
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.5 : BC_Wader
2.5 : Blueisbest
2.5 : Short-Dawg-69
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Season Average for Total Picks: 61.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
TuckyFB, Chad Rock, cat tat2, warrior-cat, Catapult, bigbluemist, stinger11723, docholiday51, howercat, CrimsonCats, maysvilleky, Larry00, number8please, secrules3, WalterTheHippo, kywildcatsfannumber1, gamecockcat, *CatinIL*, Short-Dawg-69, Blueisbest, BC_Wader, ArtLaibsGhost
@Deeeefense
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