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 5:
Thursday, Sep. 26
Army 12½ TEMPLE
Friday, Sep. 27
MIAMI (FL) 17½ Virginia Tech
RUTGERS 3½ Washington
Saturday, Sep. 28
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7½ Northern Illinois
INDIANA 7 Maryland
CONNECTICUT 4½ Buffalo
BOSTON COLLEGE 12½ Western Kentucky
Nebraska 9½ PURDUE
OLE MISS 17½ Kentucky
KANSAS STATE 5½ Oklahoma State
TULANE 6½ South Florida
Navy 2½ UAB
BAYLOR 3 Brigham Young
MICHIGAN 10 Minnesota
JAMES MADISON 19½ Ball State
Texas State 8½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
Eastern Michigan 13½ KENT STATE
Liberty 3 APPALACHIAN STATE
GEORGIA STATE 1 Georgia Southern
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1 San Diego State
WAKE FOREST 3 Louisiana
OHIO 12½ Akron
MIAMI (OH) 17½ Massachusetts
UCF 14½ Colorado
MARSHALL 5½ Western Michigan
KANSAS 2 TCU
Oklahoma 2½ AUBURN
UNLV 4 Fresno State
TEXAS A&M 5½ Arkansas
NOTRE DAME 5 Louisville
USC 14½ Wisconsin
EAST CAROLINA 4½ UTSA
DUKE 3 North Carolina
TEXAS 38½ Mississippi State
BOWLING GREEN 9½ Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech 2½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
CLEMSON 21½ Stanford
Iowa State 12 HOUSTON
RICE 6½ Charlotte
TROY 8½ Louisiana-Monroe
NORTH TEXAS 7½ Tulsa
Ohio State 24½ MICHIGAN STATE
MEMPHIS 24½ Middle Tennessee
PENN STATE 18 Illinois
Georgia 1½ ALABAMA
LSU 20½ South Alabama
SMU 6½ Florida State
TEXAS TECH 3½ Cincinnati
New Mexico 6½ NEW MEXICO STATE
Air Force 2½ WYOMING
BOISE STATE 7½ Washington State
UTAH 12½ Arizona
Oregon 24 UCLA
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Underdog Winners - Week #4:
Buffalo : 14.0 points
James Madison : 10.5 points
NAVY : 10.0 points
Stanford : 9.5 points
Illinois : 9.5 points
South Alabama : 7.5 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 7.0 points
TEMPLE : 6.0 points
MICHIGAN : 5.5 points
Rutgers : 4.5 points
Arkansas : 4.0 points
Utah : 3.0 points
Tulsa : 2.5 points
SMU : 2.5 points
WESTERN KENTUCKY : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #4:
James Madison: GrandePdre
NAVY: Corbin_Creeper, Roe07, M4CAT
BRIGHAM YOUNG: jrburt, BeardedKatFan, kybloo92, TheBlueCat, stinger11723, Hang_Time_2
TEMPLE: number8please
MICHIGAN: Blueisbest, gamecockcat, maysvilleky, blubud, Old_Red, ILiveBlue-GoCats, MAYHOO22, Creed Bratton
Arkansas: Bryguy
Utah: ArtLaibsGhost
Nobody picked: Buffalo, Stanford, Illinois, South Alabama, Rutgers, Tulsa, SMU, WESTERN KENTUCKY
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #4:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.5 : stinger11723
20.0 : bigbluemist
19.0 : cat tat2
19.0 : maysvilleky
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : CrimsonCats
17.5 : number8please
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.5 : howercat
16.5 : jrburt
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : BeardedKatFan
13.5 : Blueisbest
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : warrior-cat
12.5 : Larry00
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.5 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
10.0 : M4CAT
10.0 : Roe07
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : Hang_Time_2
7.0 : kybloo92
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : blubud
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Ken Cat
5.5 : MAYHOO22
5.5 : Old_Red
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
4.0 : Bryguy
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #4:
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Blueisbest
3 : gamecockcat
3 : maysvilleky
3 : number8please
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : bigbluemist
2 : cat tat2
2 : Chad Rock
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : howercat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jrburt
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : Larry00
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TheBlueCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #4:
GrandePdre, Corbin_Creeper, Roe07, M4CAT, kybloo92, Hang_Time_2, blubud, Old_Red, MAYHOO22, Creed Bratton, Bryguy
@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:
------------
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 5:
Thursday, Sep. 26
Army 12½ TEMPLE
Friday, Sep. 27
MIAMI (FL) 17½ Virginia Tech
RUTGERS 3½ Washington
Saturday, Sep. 28
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7½ Northern Illinois
INDIANA 7 Maryland
CONNECTICUT 4½ Buffalo
BOSTON COLLEGE 12½ Western Kentucky
Nebraska 9½ PURDUE
OLE MISS 17½ Kentucky
KANSAS STATE 5½ Oklahoma State
TULANE 6½ South Florida
Navy 2½ UAB
BAYLOR 3 Brigham Young
MICHIGAN 10 Minnesota
JAMES MADISON 19½ Ball State
Texas State 8½ SAM HOUSTON STATE
Eastern Michigan 13½ KENT STATE
Liberty 3 APPALACHIAN STATE
GEORGIA STATE 1 Georgia Southern
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1 San Diego State
WAKE FOREST 3 Louisiana
OHIO 12½ Akron
MIAMI (OH) 17½ Massachusetts
UCF 14½ Colorado
MARSHALL 5½ Western Michigan
KANSAS 2 TCU
Oklahoma 2½ AUBURN
UNLV 4 Fresno State
TEXAS A&M 5½ Arkansas
NOTRE DAME 5 Louisville
USC 14½ Wisconsin
EAST CAROLINA 4½ UTSA
DUKE 3 North Carolina
TEXAS 38½ Mississippi State
BOWLING GREEN 9½ Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech 2½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
CLEMSON 21½ Stanford
Iowa State 12 HOUSTON
RICE 6½ Charlotte
TROY 8½ Louisiana-Monroe
NORTH TEXAS 7½ Tulsa
Ohio State 24½ MICHIGAN STATE
MEMPHIS 24½ Middle Tennessee
PENN STATE 18 Illinois
Georgia 1½ ALABAMA
LSU 20½ South Alabama
SMU 6½ Florida State
TEXAS TECH 3½ Cincinnati
New Mexico 6½ NEW MEXICO STATE
Air Force 2½ WYOMING
BOISE STATE 7½ Washington State
UTAH 12½ Arizona
Oregon 24 UCLA
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Underdog Winners - Week #4:
Buffalo : 14.0 points
James Madison : 10.5 points
NAVY : 10.0 points
Stanford : 9.5 points
Illinois : 9.5 points
South Alabama : 7.5 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 7.0 points
TEMPLE : 6.0 points
MICHIGAN : 5.5 points
Rutgers : 4.5 points
Arkansas : 4.0 points
Utah : 3.0 points
Tulsa : 2.5 points
SMU : 2.5 points
WESTERN KENTUCKY : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #4:
James Madison: GrandePdre
NAVY: Corbin_Creeper, Roe07, M4CAT
BRIGHAM YOUNG: jrburt, BeardedKatFan, kybloo92, TheBlueCat, stinger11723, Hang_Time_2
TEMPLE: number8please
MICHIGAN: Blueisbest, gamecockcat, maysvilleky, blubud, Old_Red, ILiveBlue-GoCats, MAYHOO22, Creed Bratton
Arkansas: Bryguy
Utah: ArtLaibsGhost
Nobody picked: Buffalo, Stanford, Illinois, South Alabama, Rutgers, Tulsa, SMU, WESTERN KENTUCKY
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #4:
26.0 : Chad Rock
20.5 : stinger11723
20.0 : bigbluemist
19.0 : cat tat2
19.0 : maysvilleky
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : CrimsonCats
17.5 : number8please
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.5 : howercat
16.5 : jrburt
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : BeardedKatFan
13.5 : Blueisbest
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : docholiday51
13.5 : warrior-cat
12.5 : Larry00
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.5 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
10.0 : M4CAT
10.0 : Roe07
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : Hang_Time_2
7.0 : kybloo92
6.5 : bluecoon1
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.5 : blubud
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Ken Cat
5.5 : MAYHOO22
5.5 : Old_Red
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
4.0 : Bryguy
2.5 : *CatinIL*
2.5 : BC_Wader
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #4:
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
3 : Blueisbest
3 : gamecockcat
3 : maysvilleky
3 : number8please
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : bigbluemist
2 : cat tat2
2 : Chad Rock
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : howercat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : jrburt
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : Larry00
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TheBlueCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #4:
GrandePdre, Corbin_Creeper, Roe07, M4CAT, kybloo92, Hang_Time_2, blubud, Old_Red, MAYHOO22, Creed Bratton, Bryguy
@Deeeefense
