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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 22
West Virginia 2½ VIRGINIA TECH
Coastal Carolina 2 GEORGIA ST
Friday, Sep. 23
SYRACUSE 9½ Virginia
AIR FORCE 25 Nevada
Boise State 16½ UTEP
Saturday, Sep. 24
GEORGIA 42½ Kent State
MICHIGAN 17½ Maryland
AUBURN 7 Missouri
MISS STATE 30 Bowling Green
CALIFORNIA 5 Arizona
UCLA 21 COLORADO
Texas Christian 1 SOUTHERN METHODIST
KANSAS 9½ Duke
CINCINNATI 14 Indiana
PENN STATE 25½ C Michigan
LOUISVILLE 13 South Florida
UCF 18½ Georgia Tech
Clemson 8 WAKE FOREST
EASTERN MICHIGAN 4½ Buffalo
TEMPLE 9½ Massachusetts
WESTERN KENTUCKY 28 Florida International
TENNESSEE 9½ Florida
Texas 4 TEXAS TECH
Notre Dame 1 N CAROLINA
MICHIGAN STATE 1 Minnesota
APP STATE 8½ James Madison
Toledo 1 SAN DIEGO STATE
MIAMI (FLA) 25½ Middle Tennessee
MEMPHIS 13 North Texas
MISSISSIPPI 19½ Tulsa
Oregon 6 WASHINGTON STATE
EAST CAROLINA 17½ Navy
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 9 Ball State
OLD DOMINION 4 Arkansas St
HOUSTON 17½ Rice
LIBERTY 27 Akron
UNLV 2½ UTAH STATE
KENTUCKY 25 Northern Illinois
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Charlotte : 19.5 points
BOWLING GREEN : 18.0 points
Tulane : 16.5 points
WYOMING : 15.0 points
Kansas : 10.0 points
LOUISIANA ST : 3.0 points
Vanderbilt : 1.5 points
SYRACUSE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
BOWLING GREEN: SaltyCat22, Corbin_Creeper, Blueisbest
Tulane: southindycat
WYOMING: GoB!gBlue
Kansas: warrior_SW, nickhorvathsuxazz, GoBigBlue37, BlueBallz, TheBlueCat, Larry00, Hang_Time_2
LOUISIANA ST: Bigblueincincy, Blueworld_3.0, howercat, WildcatStu1, SWVA WildcatFan, Tskware, GrandePdre
SYRACUSE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Charlotte, Vanderbilt
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
36.0 : Blueisbest
24.5 : southindycat
19.5 : BurgLife
19.5 : jameslee32
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : SaltyCat22
18.0 : TuckyFB
18.0 : warrior_SW
16.5 : gamecockcat
16.0 : JBHolmesfan
15.0 : GoB!gBlue
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : Larry00
13.0 : Big_Blue_1018
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : gblue5744
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : jsyeag
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.0 : ukmonty2001
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : jimmy cowboy
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
8.5 : GrandePdre
8.5 : stinger11723
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
7.5 : DubyaT
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.0 : BeardedKatFan
5.0 : Greezy Kreek
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
5.0 : Short-Dawg-69
5.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
5.0 : warrior-cat
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : jwcat30
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : On_track_4_8
4.5 : yes_takeaside
3.0 : AsianPICat
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
3.0 : howercat
3.0 : Tskware
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : Blueisbest
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : AsianPICat
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : gamecockcat
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : GrandePdre
2 : JBHolmesfan
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Larry00
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : southindycat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : TuckyFB
2 : ukmonty2001
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Season Average for Total Picks: 86.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
SaltyCat22, Corbin_Creeper, GoB!gBlue, nickhorvathsuxazz, BlueBallz, TheBlueCat, Hang_Time_2, Bigblueincincy, Blueworld_3.0, howercat, Tskware
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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 22
West Virginia 2½ VIRGINIA TECH
Coastal Carolina 2 GEORGIA ST
Friday, Sep. 23
SYRACUSE 9½ Virginia
AIR FORCE 25 Nevada
Boise State 16½ UTEP
Saturday, Sep. 24
GEORGIA 42½ Kent State
MICHIGAN 17½ Maryland
AUBURN 7 Missouri
MISS STATE 30 Bowling Green
CALIFORNIA 5 Arizona
UCLA 21 COLORADO
Texas Christian 1 SOUTHERN METHODIST
KANSAS 9½ Duke
CINCINNATI 14 Indiana
PENN STATE 25½ C Michigan
LOUISVILLE 13 South Florida
UCF 18½ Georgia Tech
Clemson 8 WAKE FOREST
EASTERN MICHIGAN 4½ Buffalo
TEMPLE 9½ Massachusetts
WESTERN KENTUCKY 28 Florida International
TENNESSEE 9½ Florida
Texas 4 TEXAS TECH
Notre Dame 1 N CAROLINA
MICHIGAN STATE 1 Minnesota
APP STATE 8½ James Madison
Toledo 1 SAN DIEGO STATE
MIAMI (FLA) 25½ Middle Tennessee
MEMPHIS 13 North Texas
MISSISSIPPI 19½ Tulsa
Oregon 6 WASHINGTON STATE
EAST CAROLINA 17½ Navy
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 9 Ball State
OLD DOMINION 4 Arkansas St
HOUSTON 17½ Rice
LIBERTY 27 Akron
UNLV 2½ UTAH STATE
KENTUCKY 25 Northern Illinois
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Charlotte : 19.5 points
BOWLING GREEN : 18.0 points
Tulane : 16.5 points
WYOMING : 15.0 points
Kansas : 10.0 points
LOUISIANA ST : 3.0 points
Vanderbilt : 1.5 points
SYRACUSE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
BOWLING GREEN: SaltyCat22, Corbin_Creeper, Blueisbest
Tulane: southindycat
WYOMING: GoB!gBlue
Kansas: warrior_SW, nickhorvathsuxazz, GoBigBlue37, BlueBallz, TheBlueCat, Larry00, Hang_Time_2
LOUISIANA ST: Bigblueincincy, Blueworld_3.0, howercat, WildcatStu1, SWVA WildcatFan, Tskware, GrandePdre
SYRACUSE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Charlotte, Vanderbilt
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
36.0 : Blueisbest
24.5 : southindycat
19.5 : BurgLife
19.5 : jameslee32
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : SaltyCat22
18.0 : TuckyFB
18.0 : warrior_SW
16.5 : gamecockcat
16.0 : JBHolmesfan
15.0 : GoB!gBlue
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : Larry00
13.0 : Big_Blue_1018
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : gblue5744
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : jsyeag
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.0 : ukmonty2001
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : jimmy cowboy
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
8.5 : GrandePdre
8.5 : stinger11723
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
7.5 : DubyaT
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.0 : BeardedKatFan
5.0 : Greezy Kreek
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
5.0 : Short-Dawg-69
5.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
5.0 : warrior-cat
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : jwcat30
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : On_track_4_8
4.5 : yes_takeaside
3.0 : AsianPICat
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
3.0 : howercat
3.0 : Tskware
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : Blueisbest
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : AsianPICat
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : gamecockcat
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : GrandePdre
2 : JBHolmesfan
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Larry00
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : southindycat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : TuckyFB
2 : ukmonty2001
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Season Average for Total Picks: 86.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
SaltyCat22, Corbin_Creeper, GoB!gBlue, nickhorvathsuxazz, BlueBallz, TheBlueCat, Hang_Time_2, Bigblueincincy, Blueworld_3.0, howercat, Tskware
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