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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 19
APPALACHIAN STATE 7½ South Alabama
Friday, Sep. 20
SYRACUSE 9½ Stanford
NEBRASKA 9½ Illinois
WASHINGTON STATE 14½ San Jose State
Saturday, Sep. 21
CINCINNATI 5½ Houston
OHIO STATE 40½ Marshall
INDIANA 28½ Charlotte
WEST VIRGINIA 2½ Kansas
NORTH CAROLINA 10½ James Madison
CLEMSON 17 North Carolina State
ARMY 6½ Rice
Tulane 3½ LOUISIANA
Florida 4½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
KENTUCKY 18½ Ohio
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7½ Ball State
Virginia 2½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Utah State 6 TEMPLE
IOWA STATE 21½ Arkansas State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 7½ Southern Miss
PENN STATE 50½ Kent State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 14 Buffalo
LOUISVILLE 10½ Georgia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH 4½ Rutgers
AUBURN 4 Arkansas
TEXAS TECH 3½ Arizona State
USC 5½ MICHIGAN
LSU 23½ UCLA
NOTRE DAME 27 Miami (OH)
Memphis 10 NAVY
OKLAHOMA STATE 3 Utah
Duke 13½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
MISSOURI 21½ Vanderbilt
COLORADO STATE 10½ UTEP
TCU 2½ SMU
LIBERTY 7½ East Carolina
Miami (FL) 17 SOUTH FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE 2½ California
WASHINGTON 11½ Northwestern
NORTH TEXAS 9½ Wyoming
CONNECTICUT 2½ Florida Atlantic
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ Tulsa
SAM HOUSTON STATE 14 New Mexico State
Toledo 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA 27½ Akron
Iowa 2½ MINNESOTA
Tennessee 7½ OKLAHOMA
TEXAS A&M 23½ Bowling Green
OLE MISS 36½ Georgia Southern
BOSTON COLLEGE 6½ Michigan State
COLORADO 1½ Baylor
TEXAS 45½ Louisiana-Monroe
Fresno State 15 NEW MEXICO
OREGON STATE 6½ Purdue
Kansas State 7 BRIGHAM YOUNG
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
GEORGIA STATE : 9.5 points
Toledo : 9.5 points
UNLV : 7.5 points
Memphis : 5.5 points
Washington State : 4.5 points
UCF : 2.5 points
PITTSBURGH : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Toledo: jrburt
Memphis: ArtLaibsGhost, Ken Cat, cat tat2
PITTSBURGH: ILiveBlue-GoCats
Nobody picked: GEORGIA STATE, UNLV, Washington State, UCF
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.0 : bigbluemist
19.0 : cat tat2
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
17.5 : CrimsonCats
16.5 : howercat
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
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
9.5 : jrburt
8.0 : Blueisbest
6.5 : BeardedKatFan
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : Ken Cat
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.5 : TheBlueCat
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
2.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Blueisbest
2 : cat tat2
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
Week 3: 7
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Season Average for Total Picks: 58.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
jrburt, Ken Cat, ILiveBlue-GoCats
@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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 19
APPALACHIAN STATE 7½ South Alabama
Friday, Sep. 20
SYRACUSE 9½ Stanford
NEBRASKA 9½ Illinois
WASHINGTON STATE 14½ San Jose State
Saturday, Sep. 21
CINCINNATI 5½ Houston
OHIO STATE 40½ Marshall
INDIANA 28½ Charlotte
WEST VIRGINIA 2½ Kansas
NORTH CAROLINA 10½ James Madison
CLEMSON 17 North Carolina State
ARMY 6½ Rice
Tulane 3½ LOUISIANA
Florida 4½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
KENTUCKY 18½ Ohio
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7½ Ball State
Virginia 2½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Utah State 6 TEMPLE
IOWA STATE 21½ Arkansas State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 7½ Southern Miss
PENN STATE 50½ Kent State
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 14 Buffalo
LOUISVILLE 10½ Georgia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH 4½ Rutgers
AUBURN 4 Arkansas
TEXAS TECH 3½ Arizona State
USC 5½ MICHIGAN
LSU 23½ UCLA
NOTRE DAME 27 Miami (OH)
Memphis 10 NAVY
OKLAHOMA STATE 3 Utah
Duke 13½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
MISSOURI 21½ Vanderbilt
COLORADO STATE 10½ UTEP
TCU 2½ SMU
LIBERTY 7½ East Carolina
Miami (FL) 17 SOUTH FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE 2½ California
WASHINGTON 11½ Northwestern
NORTH TEXAS 9½ Wyoming
CONNECTICUT 2½ Florida Atlantic
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ Tulsa
SAM HOUSTON STATE 14 New Mexico State
Toledo 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA 27½ Akron
Iowa 2½ MINNESOTA
Tennessee 7½ OKLAHOMA
TEXAS A&M 23½ Bowling Green
OLE MISS 36½ Georgia Southern
BOSTON COLLEGE 6½ Michigan State
COLORADO 1½ Baylor
TEXAS 45½ Louisiana-Monroe
Fresno State 15 NEW MEXICO
OREGON STATE 6½ Purdue
Kansas State 7 BRIGHAM YOUNG
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
GEORGIA STATE : 9.5 points
Toledo : 9.5 points
UNLV : 7.5 points
Memphis : 5.5 points
Washington State : 4.5 points
UCF : 2.5 points
PITTSBURGH : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Toledo: jrburt
Memphis: ArtLaibsGhost, Ken Cat, cat tat2
PITTSBURGH: ILiveBlue-GoCats
Nobody picked: GEORGIA STATE, UNLV, Washington State, UCF
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.0 : bigbluemist
19.0 : cat tat2
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
17.5 : CrimsonCats
16.5 : howercat
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
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
9.5 : jrburt
8.0 : Blueisbest
6.5 : BeardedKatFan
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : Ken Cat
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
3.5 : TheBlueCat
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
2.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Blueisbest
2 : cat tat2
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
Week 3: 7
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Season Average for Total Picks: 58.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
jrburt, Ken Cat, ILiveBlue-GoCats
@Deeeefense
