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) 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 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 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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 21
SOUTH FLORIDA 20½ Temple
Friday, Sep. 22
BOISE STATE 13 Virginia
Utah 3 ARIZONA
Saturday, Sep. 23
Wake Forest 4½ APPALACHIAN STATE
Duke 3 NORTH CAROLINA
Michigan 10 PURDUE
GEORGIA TECH 7½ Pittsburgh
Penn State 12 IOWA
CLEMSON 34½ Boston College
FLORIDA STATE 11 North Carolina State
GEORGIA 6½ Mississippi State
SOUTH CAROLINA 8½ Louisiana Tech
TENNESSEE 27 Massachusetts
West Virginia 21 KANSAS
Florida 3 KENTUCKY
MARYLAND 3½ Central Florida
LOUISVILLE 42 Kent State
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2½ Ohio
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 2½ Miami (OH)
VIRGINIA TECH 26 Old Dominion
Georgia State 2½ UNC CHARLOTTE
INDIANA 23½ Georgia Southern
SUNY-BUFFALO 3 Florida Atlantic
NEBRASKA 13½ Rutgers
MIAMI (FL) 13½ Toledo
Washington 10½ COLORADO
NEW MEXICO STATE 18 UTEP
NAVY 11½ Cincinnati
OHIO STATE 40 UNLV
Notre Dame 4½ MICHIGAN STATE
WYOMING 7 Hawaii
TULSA 12 New Mexico
LSU 23½ Syracuse
TROY 15½ Akron
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 10½ Bowling Green State
Auburn 19 MISSOURI
HOUSTON 6 Texas Tech
SOUTHERN METHODIST 4½ Arkansas State
Alabama 18½ VANDERBILT
TULANE 2 Army
OKLAHOMA STATE 13 Texas Christian
WESTERN KENTUCKY 9½ Ball State
NORTH TEXAS 11 UAB
Texas-San Antonio 13½ TEXAS STATE
San Diego State 3½ AIR FORCE
TEXAS AM 2½ Arkansas
RICE 2½ Florida Intl
SOUTH ALABAMA 4 Idaho
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 5½ Louisiana-Monroe
Oklahoma 28 BAYLOR
Southern Cal 16½ CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON STATE 28 Nevada
Oregon 14½ ARIZONA STATE
STANFORD 7½ UCLA
Utah State 2½ SAN JOSE STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Northern Illinois : 14.0 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 9.5 points
Purdue : 7.0 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 7.0 points
Louisiana Tech : 7.0 points
Kentucky : 6.5 points
Cincinnati : 4.5 points
VANDERBILT : 3.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 3.5 points
MEMPHIS : 3.0 points
UAB : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
SAN DIEGO STATE: assistbyhawkins, SWVA WildcatFan
Purdue: ram1955, GrandePdre, Nuke99m, Caveman Catfan, RedLotBagMan, gamecockcat, On_track_4_8, docholiday51, maysvilleky, ukmonty2001, CGblue, allenctynimrod, Serenity Now!!!, ILiveBlue-GoCats, PokerCat67, josh72484, PRPcoach
MISSISSIPPI STATE: Roe07, ukcatsfan2, buckkiller, Big_Blue_1018, warrior_SW, blubud, DubyaT
Kentucky: dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, gblue5744, KYWILDCATS14, KyMaster, GoBigBlue37, Faithful Blue in the 812, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, pappy52
Cincinnati: BeeBeeIn
CALIFORNIA: number8please, MrHotDice, Jeff Drummond, howercat, Littlefeller, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech, VANDERBILT, MEMPHIS, UAB
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
32.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
26.0 : docholiday51
25.5 : gblue5744
19.5 : CatCall
19.5 : GrandePdre
19.5 : hamidousvertical
19.5 : JSgorocks
17.5 : warrior-cat
17.0 : Old_Red
16.5 : buckkiller
15.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : Roe07
14.5 : howercat
14.5 : PRPcoach
14.0 : KYWILDCATS14
13.5 : allenctynimrod
13.5 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : KentuckyBlue16
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : Nuke99m
13.5 : ThreeHogNight
13.5 : warrior_SW
13.0 : BeeBeeIn
13.0 : gamecockcat
13.0 : GoBigBlue37
13.0 : KyMaster
13.0 : ram1955
13.0 : ukcatsfan2
12.5 : Blueisbest
12.5 : JBHolmesfan
12.5 : wildcatbd21
11.5 : number8please
10.0 : Jeff Drummond
10.0 : Littlefeller
10.0 : MrHotDice
9.5 : assistbyhawkins
8.0 : bigbluemist
8.0 : straykat
7.5 : Tskware
7.0 : Big_Blue_1018
7.0 : blubud
7.0 : josh72484
7.0 : On-On-UK
7.0 : On_track_4_8
7.0 : PokerCat67
7.0 : RedLotBagMan
7.0 : Serenity Now!!!
7.0 : ThePhoenix
7.0 : ukmonty2001
6.5 : btodd0224
6.5 : dvillecatfan
6.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
6.5 : Gabewcat
6.5 : Grumpyolddawg
6.5 : Ken Cat
6.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : pappy52
6.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : dswan17
6.0 : jsyeag
6.0 : no_neutrality
2.5 : ColumbiaCayuts
2.5 : Deeeefense
2.5 : pumpedupcats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : buckkiller
3 : docholiday51
3 : gblue5744
3 : GrandePdre
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : allenctynimrod
2 : AsianPICat
2 : BeeBeeIn
2 : Blueisbest
2 : CatCall
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : DubyaT
2 : gamecockcat
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : hamidousvertical
2 : howercat
2 : JBHolmesfan
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : JSgorocks
2 : KentuckyBlue16
2 : KyMaster
2 : KYWILDCATS14
2 : Littlefeller
2 : maysvilleky
2 : MrHotDice
2 : Nuke99m
2 : number8please
2 : PRPcoach
2 : ram1955
2 : Roe07
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior-cat
2 : warrior_SW
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 15
Week 3: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 42
Week 3: 43
Season Average for Correct Picks: 36.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 113
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 84
Season Average for Total Picks: 94.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
assistbyhawkins, RedLotBagMan, On_track_4_8, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, PokerCat67, josh72484, Big_Blue_1018, blubud, dvillecatfan, Faithful Blue in the 812, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, pappy52
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 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:
------------
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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 21
SOUTH FLORIDA 20½ Temple
Friday, Sep. 22
BOISE STATE 13 Virginia
Utah 3 ARIZONA
Saturday, Sep. 23
Wake Forest 4½ APPALACHIAN STATE
Duke 3 NORTH CAROLINA
Michigan 10 PURDUE
GEORGIA TECH 7½ Pittsburgh
Penn State 12 IOWA
CLEMSON 34½ Boston College
FLORIDA STATE 11 North Carolina State
GEORGIA 6½ Mississippi State
SOUTH CAROLINA 8½ Louisiana Tech
TENNESSEE 27 Massachusetts
West Virginia 21 KANSAS
Florida 3 KENTUCKY
MARYLAND 3½ Central Florida
LOUISVILLE 42 Kent State
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2½ Ohio
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 2½ Miami (OH)
VIRGINIA TECH 26 Old Dominion
Georgia State 2½ UNC CHARLOTTE
INDIANA 23½ Georgia Southern
SUNY-BUFFALO 3 Florida Atlantic
NEBRASKA 13½ Rutgers
MIAMI (FL) 13½ Toledo
Washington 10½ COLORADO
NEW MEXICO STATE 18 UTEP
NAVY 11½ Cincinnati
OHIO STATE 40 UNLV
Notre Dame 4½ MICHIGAN STATE
WYOMING 7 Hawaii
TULSA 12 New Mexico
LSU 23½ Syracuse
TROY 15½ Akron
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 10½ Bowling Green State
Auburn 19 MISSOURI
HOUSTON 6 Texas Tech
SOUTHERN METHODIST 4½ Arkansas State
Alabama 18½ VANDERBILT
TULANE 2 Army
OKLAHOMA STATE 13 Texas Christian
WESTERN KENTUCKY 9½ Ball State
NORTH TEXAS 11 UAB
Texas-San Antonio 13½ TEXAS STATE
San Diego State 3½ AIR FORCE
TEXAS AM 2½ Arkansas
RICE 2½ Florida Intl
SOUTH ALABAMA 4 Idaho
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 5½ Louisiana-Monroe
Oklahoma 28 BAYLOR
Southern Cal 16½ CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON STATE 28 Nevada
Oregon 14½ ARIZONA STATE
STANFORD 7½ UCLA
Utah State 2½ SAN JOSE STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Northern Illinois : 14.0 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 9.5 points
Purdue : 7.0 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 7.0 points
Louisiana Tech : 7.0 points
Kentucky : 6.5 points
Cincinnati : 4.5 points
VANDERBILT : 3.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 3.5 points
MEMPHIS : 3.0 points
UAB : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
SAN DIEGO STATE: assistbyhawkins, SWVA WildcatFan
Purdue: ram1955, GrandePdre, Nuke99m, Caveman Catfan, RedLotBagMan, gamecockcat, On_track_4_8, docholiday51, maysvilleky, ukmonty2001, CGblue, allenctynimrod, Serenity Now!!!, ILiveBlue-GoCats, PokerCat67, josh72484, PRPcoach
MISSISSIPPI STATE: Roe07, ukcatsfan2, buckkiller, Big_Blue_1018, warrior_SW, blubud, DubyaT
Kentucky: dvillecatfan, Blueisbest, gblue5744, KYWILDCATS14, KyMaster, GoBigBlue37, Faithful Blue in the 812, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, pappy52
Cincinnati: BeeBeeIn
CALIFORNIA: number8please, MrHotDice, Jeff Drummond, howercat, Littlefeller, AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech, VANDERBILT, MEMPHIS, UAB
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
32.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
26.0 : docholiday51
25.5 : gblue5744
19.5 : CatCall
19.5 : GrandePdre
19.5 : hamidousvertical
19.5 : JSgorocks
17.5 : warrior-cat
17.0 : Old_Red
16.5 : buckkiller
15.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : Roe07
14.5 : howercat
14.5 : PRPcoach
14.0 : KYWILDCATS14
13.5 : allenctynimrod
13.5 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : DubyaT
13.5 : KentuckyBlue16
13.5 : maysvilleky
13.5 : Nuke99m
13.5 : ThreeHogNight
13.5 : warrior_SW
13.0 : BeeBeeIn
13.0 : gamecockcat
13.0 : GoBigBlue37
13.0 : KyMaster
13.0 : ram1955
13.0 : ukcatsfan2
12.5 : Blueisbest
12.5 : JBHolmesfan
12.5 : wildcatbd21
11.5 : number8please
10.0 : Jeff Drummond
10.0 : Littlefeller
10.0 : MrHotDice
9.5 : assistbyhawkins
8.0 : bigbluemist
8.0 : straykat
7.5 : Tskware
7.0 : Big_Blue_1018
7.0 : blubud
7.0 : josh72484
7.0 : On-On-UK
7.0 : On_track_4_8
7.0 : PokerCat67
7.0 : RedLotBagMan
7.0 : Serenity Now!!!
7.0 : ThePhoenix
7.0 : ukmonty2001
6.5 : btodd0224
6.5 : dvillecatfan
6.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
6.5 : Gabewcat
6.5 : Grumpyolddawg
6.5 : Ken Cat
6.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : pappy52
6.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : dswan17
6.0 : jsyeag
6.0 : no_neutrality
2.5 : ColumbiaCayuts
2.5 : Deeeefense
2.5 : pumpedupcats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : buckkiller
3 : docholiday51
3 : gblue5744
3 : GrandePdre
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : allenctynimrod
2 : AsianPICat
2 : BeeBeeIn
2 : Blueisbest
2 : CatCall
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : DubyaT
2 : gamecockcat
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : hamidousvertical
2 : howercat
2 : JBHolmesfan
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : JSgorocks
2 : KentuckyBlue16
2 : KyMaster
2 : KYWILDCATS14
2 : Littlefeller
2 : maysvilleky
2 : MrHotDice
2 : Nuke99m
2 : number8please
2 : PRPcoach
2 : ram1955
2 : Roe07
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior-cat
2 : warrior_SW
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 15
Week 3: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 42
Week 3: 43
Season Average for Correct Picks: 36.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 113
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 84
Season Average for Total Picks: 94.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
assistbyhawkins, RedLotBagMan, On_track_4_8, ukmonty2001, Serenity Now!!!, PokerCat67, josh72484, Big_Blue_1018, blubud, dvillecatfan, Faithful Blue in the 812, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, pappy52
