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 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 6:
Friday, Oct. 7
MEMPHIS 2½ Houston
NEVADA 3 Colorado State
SAN JOSE ST 5½ UNLV
Saturday, Oct. 8
Texas 6 OKLAHOMA
Michigan 22 INDIANA
FLORIDA 10 Missouri
MISS STATE 5 Arkansas
Texas Christian 5 KANSAS
MARYLAND 3½ Purdue
Louisville 4½ VIRGINIA
W MICHIGAN 4 Eastern Michigan
BOWLING GREEN 1½ Buffalo
GEORGIA ST 2½ Georgia Southern
OHIO 11 Akron
CINCINNATI 27 South Florida
GEORGIA 29 Auburn
Utah 3 UCLA
OKLAHOMA STATE 10 Texas Tech
Liberty 25½ MASSACHUSETTS
Wisconsin 9½ NORTHWESTERN
PITTSBURGH 14½ Virginia Tech
TULANE 3 East Carolina
Tulsa 5 NAVY
C MICHIGAN 9 Ball State
Toledo 5½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Kent State 3½ MIAMI (OHIO)
Mississippi 19½ VANDERBILT
Washington 13 ARIZONA STATE
Ohio State 25½ MICHIGAN STATE
Duke 3½ GEORGIA TECH
MIAMI (FLA) 4½ N Carolina
UT-SAN ANTONIO 5 Western Kentucky
App State 19 TEXAS STATE
TROY 7 Southern Miss
Air Force 9 UTAH STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
CONNECTICUT : 24.0 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 16.5 points
Purdue : 10.0 points
Georgia St : 9.5 points
Illinois : 9.0 points
Wake Forest : 6.0 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 4.5 points
BALL STATE : 3.5 points
NORTH TEXAS : 3.0 points
KANSAS : 3.0 points
UCLA : 2.5 points
Tulane : 2.5 points
Oklahoma State : 2.0 points
BUFFALO : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
BOSTON COLLEGE: Greezy Kreek, docholiday51, GoB!gBlue, catben, Roe07, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Chad Rock, SaltyCat22, AVCat, TOMCATS1990, gblue5744
Purdue: EJCatLA, jimmy cowboy
Illinois: jrburt, JBHolmesfan, BurgLife
Wake Forest: GrandePdre, Cat4life_, Big_Blue_1018, Glenn's take, gamecockcat, ThreeHogNight, josh72484, rockycard
UCLA: Catapult
BUFFALO: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: CONNECTICUT, Georgia St, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, BALL STATE, NORTH TEXAS, KANSAS, Tulane, Oklahoma State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
37.0 : BurgLife
36.0 : Blueisbest
34.5 : SaltyCat22
31.5 : GoB!gBlue
29.5 : gblue5744
25.0 : JBHolmesfan
24.5 : southindycat
22.5 : gamecockcat
21.5 : Greezy Kreek
21.5 : jsyeag
20.0 : jimmy cowboy
19.5 : jameslee32
19.0 : Big_Blue_1018
19.0 : ThreeHogNight
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : TuckyFB
18.0 : warrior_SW
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : catben
16.5 : Chad Rock
16.5 : docholiday51
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : Roe07
16.5 : TOMCATS1990
16.0 : DubyaT
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : Larry00
14.5 : GrandePdre
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
12.0 : ukmonty2001
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : jrburt
8.5 : JSgorocks
8.5 : pappy52
8.5 : stinger11723
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.0 : BeardedKatFan
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : Glenn's take
6.0 : josh72484
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
5.0 : Short-Dawg-69
5.0 : warrior-cat
4.5 : AsianPICat
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : jwcat30
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : On_track_4_8
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
3.0 : howercat
3.0 : Tskware
2.5 : Catapult
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : AsianPICat
3 : Blueisbest
3 : BurgLife
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GrandePdre
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : DubyaT
2 : gblue5744
2 : GoB!gBlue
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greezy Kreek
2 : jsyeag
2 : Larry00
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : SaltyCat22
2 : southindycat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : TuckyFB
2 : ukmonty2001
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.4
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Season Average for Total Picks: 87.2
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
docholiday51, catben, Roe07, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Chad Rock, AVCat, TOMCATS1990, EJCatLA, jrburt, Cat4life_, Glenn's take, josh72484, rockycard, Catapult
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 6:
Friday, Oct. 7
MEMPHIS 2½ Houston
NEVADA 3 Colorado State
SAN JOSE ST 5½ UNLV
Saturday, Oct. 8
Texas 6 OKLAHOMA
Michigan 22 INDIANA
FLORIDA 10 Missouri
MISS STATE 5 Arkansas
Texas Christian 5 KANSAS
MARYLAND 3½ Purdue
Louisville 4½ VIRGINIA
W MICHIGAN 4 Eastern Michigan
BOWLING GREEN 1½ Buffalo
GEORGIA ST 2½ Georgia Southern
OHIO 11 Akron
CINCINNATI 27 South Florida
GEORGIA 29 Auburn
Utah 3 UCLA
OKLAHOMA STATE 10 Texas Tech
Liberty 25½ MASSACHUSETTS
Wisconsin 9½ NORTHWESTERN
PITTSBURGH 14½ Virginia Tech
TULANE 3 East Carolina
Tulsa 5 NAVY
C MICHIGAN 9 Ball State
Toledo 5½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Kent State 3½ MIAMI (OHIO)
Mississippi 19½ VANDERBILT
Washington 13 ARIZONA STATE
Ohio State 25½ MICHIGAN STATE
Duke 3½ GEORGIA TECH
MIAMI (FLA) 4½ N Carolina
UT-SAN ANTONIO 5 Western Kentucky
App State 19 TEXAS STATE
TROY 7 Southern Miss
Air Force 9 UTAH STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
CONNECTICUT : 24.0 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 16.5 points
Purdue : 10.0 points
Georgia St : 9.5 points
Illinois : 9.0 points
Wake Forest : 6.0 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 4.5 points
BALL STATE : 3.5 points
NORTH TEXAS : 3.0 points
KANSAS : 3.0 points
UCLA : 2.5 points
Tulane : 2.5 points
Oklahoma State : 2.0 points
BUFFALO : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
BOSTON COLLEGE: Greezy Kreek, docholiday51, GoB!gBlue, catben, Roe07, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Chad Rock, SaltyCat22, AVCat, TOMCATS1990, gblue5744
Purdue: EJCatLA, jimmy cowboy
Illinois: jrburt, JBHolmesfan, BurgLife
Wake Forest: GrandePdre, Cat4life_, Big_Blue_1018, Glenn's take, gamecockcat, ThreeHogNight, josh72484, rockycard
UCLA: Catapult
BUFFALO: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: CONNECTICUT, Georgia St, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, BALL STATE, NORTH TEXAS, KANSAS, Tulane, Oklahoma State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
37.0 : BurgLife
36.0 : Blueisbest
34.5 : SaltyCat22
31.5 : GoB!gBlue
29.5 : gblue5744
25.0 : JBHolmesfan
24.5 : southindycat
22.5 : gamecockcat
21.5 : Greezy Kreek
21.5 : jsyeag
20.0 : jimmy cowboy
19.5 : jameslee32
19.0 : Big_Blue_1018
19.0 : ThreeHogNight
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : TuckyFB
18.0 : warrior_SW
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : catben
16.5 : Chad Rock
16.5 : docholiday51
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : Roe07
16.5 : TOMCATS1990
16.0 : DubyaT
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : Larry00
14.5 : GrandePdre
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
12.0 : ukmonty2001
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : jrburt
8.5 : JSgorocks
8.5 : pappy52
8.5 : stinger11723
8.0 : Old_Red
8.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.0 : BeardedKatFan
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : Glenn's take
6.0 : josh72484
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
5.0 : Short-Dawg-69
5.0 : warrior-cat
4.5 : AsianPICat
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : jwcat30
4.5 : maysvilleky
4.5 : On_track_4_8
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
3.0 : howercat
3.0 : Tskware
2.5 : Catapult
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : AsianPICat
3 : Blueisbest
3 : BurgLife
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GrandePdre
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : DubyaT
2 : gblue5744
2 : GoB!gBlue
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greezy Kreek
2 : jsyeag
2 : Larry00
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : SaltyCat22
2 : southindycat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : TuckyFB
2 : ukmonty2001
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 6
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 8
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.4
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Season Average for Correct Picks: 22.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Season Average for Total Picks: 87.2
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
docholiday51, catben, Roe07, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Chad Rock, AVCat, TOMCATS1990, EJCatLA, jrburt, Cat4life_, Glenn's take, josh72484, rockycard, Catapult
