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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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 3:
Thursday, Sep. 12
Arizona State 1½ TEXAS STATE
Friday, Sep. 13
KANSAS 7½ UNLV
KANSAS STATE 8½ Arizona
Saturday, Sep. 14
Alabama 9½ WISCONSIN
FLORIDA STATE 5½ Memphis
LSU 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
MICHIGAN 24½ Arkansas State
TEXAS TECH 11 North Texas
Oklahoma State 19½ TULSA
ILLINOIS 19 Central Michigan
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 21½ Louisiana Tech
Cincinnati 2½ MIAMI (OH)
MISSOURI 16½ Boston College
BUFFALO 5½ Massachusetts
Coastal Carolina 17 TEMPLE
Texas A&M 3½ FLORIDA
WASHINGTON 4½ Washington State
Oregon 13½ OREGON STATE
West Virginia 2½ PITTSBURGH
Notre Dame 11½ PURDUE
OKLAHOMA 14½ Tulane
MINNESOTA 14½ Nevada
MIAMI (FL) 37½ Ball State
Appalachian State 2 EAST CAROLINA
IOWA 22½ Troy
ARKANSAS 22½ UAB
Utah 21½ UTAH STATE
Virginia Tech 13½ OLD DOMINION
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6½ Florida International
LIBERTY 22½ UTEP
DUKE 16½ Connecticut
Ole Miss 22½ WAKE FOREST
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2 Jacksonville State
TEXAS 34½ UTSA
Western Kentucky 7½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt 9½ GEORGIA STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 20½ Kennesaw State
SAM HOUSTON STATE 3½ Hawaii
South Florida 10½ SOUTHERN MISS
TCU 2½ UCF
Georgia 23½ KENTUCKY
Colorado 7½ COLORADO STATE
AUBURN 28½ New Mexico
Indiana 3 UCLA
BAYLOR 14½ Air Force
MISSISSIPPI STATE 9½ Toledo
TENNESSEE 48 Kent State
Maryland 2 VIRGINIA
HOUSTON 5½ Rice
Brigham Young 8½ WYOMING
FRESNO STATE 20½ New Mexico State
CALIFORNIA 17½ San Diego State
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
Northern Illinois : 29.5 points
California : 13.5 points
LOUISIANA-MONROE : 12.5 points
Brigham Young : 11.0 points
South Carolina : 10.5 points
Michigan State : 8.5 points
San Jose State : 6.5 points
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL : 6.5 points
ILLINOIS : 5.5 points
Army : 3.5 points
SYRACUSE : 3.0 points
Duke : 2.5 points
Pittsburgh : 2.5 points
Virginia : 2.5 points
Iowa State : 2.5 points
OHIO : 1.5 points
WASHINGTON STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
LOUISIANA-MONROE: Chad Rock, kywildcatsfannumber1
Brigham Young: Caveman Catfan
San Jose State: gamecockcat, CrimsonCats
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL: BeardedKatFan, Larry00, bluecoon1, bigbluemist
ILLINOIS: Blueisbest, ArtLaibsGhost, howercat, number8please, secrules3
Army: TheBlueCat
SYRACUSE: Short-Dawg-69
Pittsburgh: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: Northern Illinois, California, South Carolina, Michigan State, Duke, Virginia, Iowa State, OHIO, WASHINGTON STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.0 : bigbluemist
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
17.5 : CrimsonCats
16.5 : howercat
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : cat tat2
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : stinger11723
13.5 : warrior-cat
12.5 : gamecockcat
12.5 : Larry00
11.5 : number8please
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
8.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
8.0 : Blueisbest
6.5 : BeardedKatFan
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.5 : TheBlueCat
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #2:
2 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Chad Rock
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : gamecockcat
2 : howercat
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : Larry00
2 : maysvilleky
2 : number8please
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Season Average for Total Picks: 60.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
Caveman Catfan, BeardedKatFan, bluecoon1, TheBlueCat
@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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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 3:
Thursday, Sep. 12
Arizona State 1½ TEXAS STATE
Friday, Sep. 13
KANSAS 7½ UNLV
KANSAS STATE 8½ Arizona
Saturday, Sep. 14
Alabama 9½ WISCONSIN
FLORIDA STATE 5½ Memphis
LSU 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
MICHIGAN 24½ Arkansas State
TEXAS TECH 11 North Texas
Oklahoma State 19½ TULSA
ILLINOIS 19 Central Michigan
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 21½ Louisiana Tech
Cincinnati 2½ MIAMI (OH)
MISSOURI 16½ Boston College
BUFFALO 5½ Massachusetts
Coastal Carolina 17 TEMPLE
Texas A&M 3½ FLORIDA
WASHINGTON 4½ Washington State
Oregon 13½ OREGON STATE
West Virginia 2½ PITTSBURGH
Notre Dame 11½ PURDUE
OKLAHOMA 14½ Tulane
MINNESOTA 14½ Nevada
MIAMI (FL) 37½ Ball State
Appalachian State 2 EAST CAROLINA
IOWA 22½ Troy
ARKANSAS 22½ UAB
Utah 21½ UTAH STATE
Virginia Tech 13½ OLD DOMINION
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6½ Florida International
LIBERTY 22½ UTEP
DUKE 16½ Connecticut
Ole Miss 22½ WAKE FOREST
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2 Jacksonville State
TEXAS 34½ UTSA
Western Kentucky 7½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Vanderbilt 9½ GEORGIA STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 20½ Kennesaw State
SAM HOUSTON STATE 3½ Hawaii
South Florida 10½ SOUTHERN MISS
TCU 2½ UCF
Georgia 23½ KENTUCKY
Colorado 7½ COLORADO STATE
AUBURN 28½ New Mexico
Indiana 3 UCLA
BAYLOR 14½ Air Force
MISSISSIPPI STATE 9½ Toledo
TENNESSEE 48 Kent State
Maryland 2 VIRGINIA
HOUSTON 5½ Rice
Brigham Young 8½ WYOMING
FRESNO STATE 20½ New Mexico State
CALIFORNIA 17½ San Diego State
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
Northern Illinois : 29.5 points
California : 13.5 points
LOUISIANA-MONROE : 12.5 points
Brigham Young : 11.0 points
South Carolina : 10.5 points
Michigan State : 8.5 points
San Jose State : 6.5 points
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL : 6.5 points
ILLINOIS : 5.5 points
Army : 3.5 points
SYRACUSE : 3.0 points
Duke : 2.5 points
Pittsburgh : 2.5 points
Virginia : 2.5 points
Iowa State : 2.5 points
OHIO : 1.5 points
WASHINGTON STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
LOUISIANA-MONROE: Chad Rock, kywildcatsfannumber1
Brigham Young: Caveman Catfan
San Jose State: gamecockcat, CrimsonCats
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL: BeardedKatFan, Larry00, bluecoon1, bigbluemist
ILLINOIS: Blueisbest, ArtLaibsGhost, howercat, number8please, secrules3
Army: TheBlueCat
SYRACUSE: Short-Dawg-69
Pittsburgh: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: Northern Illinois, California, South Carolina, Michigan State, Duke, Virginia, Iowa State, OHIO, WASHINGTON STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.0 : bigbluemist
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
17.5 : CrimsonCats
16.5 : howercat
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : cat tat2
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : stinger11723
13.5 : warrior-cat
12.5 : gamecockcat
12.5 : Larry00
11.5 : number8please
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
8.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
8.0 : Blueisbest
6.5 : BeardedKatFan
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.5 : TheBlueCat
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #2:
2 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Chad Rock
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : gamecockcat
2 : howercat
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : Larry00
2 : maysvilleky
2 : number8please
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Season Average for Total Picks: 60.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
Caveman Catfan, BeardedKatFan, bluecoon1, TheBlueCat
@Deeeefense
