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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 3
Texas State 14½ TROY
Sam Houston State 10½ UTEP
Friday, Oct. 4
Jacksonville State 13½ KENNESAW STATE
TCU 17 Houston
OREGON 24½ Michigan State
UNLV 4½ Syracuse
Saturday, Oct. 5
Pittsburgh 2½ NORTH CAROLINA
LOUISVILLE 7 SMU
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5½ Wake Forest
VIRGINIA 3½ Boston College
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 17½ Massachusetts
Navy 8 AIR FORCE
Army 10½ TULSA
TEXAS A&M 1½ Missouri
PENN STATE 28 UCLA
WISCONSIN 13½ Purdue
Tulane 14 UAB
Western Michigan 7½ BALL STATE
East Carolina 7½ CHARLOTTE
GEORGIA 23½ Auburn
Ole Miss 9 SOUTH CAROLINA
TOLEDO 7 Miami (OH)
MARSHALL 2½ Appalachian State
Bowling Green 14 AKRON
Indiana 12½ NORTHWESTERN
Virginia Tech 5½ STANFORD
CONNECTICUT 14 Temple
OHIO STATE 20½ Iowa
OKLAHOMA STATE 5½ West Virginia
NEBRASKA 7½ Rutgers
Alabama 23½ VANDERBILT
OREGON STATE 14½ Colorado State
Clemson 14 FLORIDA STATE
COASTAL CAROLINA 5 Old Dominion
BOISE STATE 27½ Utah State
James Madison 15 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Louisiana 14½ SOUTHERN MISS
South Alabama 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 7½ Nevada
Tennessee 13½ ARKANSAS
IOWA STATE 13½ Baylor
USC 8½ MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON 2½ Michigan
FLORIDA 1½ UCF
GEORGIA TECH 8½ Duke
ARIZONA STATE 3 Kansas
SAN DIEGO STATE 3 Hawaii
Miami (FL) 12½ CALIFORNIA
ARIZONA 5½ Texas Tech
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
Kentucky : 17.5 points
Colorado : 14.5 points
Arizona : 12.5 points
Old Dominion : 9.5 points
SAM HOUSTON STATE : 8.5 points
Louisiana-Monroe : 8.5 points
Charlotte : 6.5 points
Louisiana : 3.0 points
Brigham Young : 3.0 points
WYOMING : 2.5 points
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL : 2.5 points
TCU : 2.0 points
ALABAMA : 1.5 points
Georgia Southern : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
Kentucky: warrior-cat, RedLotMudcat, pumpedupcats, jimmy cowboy, BC_Wader, Burgcatfan, Blueisbest
Colorado: Larry00, maysvilleky, M4CAT, TheBlueCat, WalterTheHippo
Old Dominion: cat tat2, catben, BeardedKatFan
SAM HOUSTON STATE: howercat, Roe07, bigbluemist, CGblue, Chad Rock, docholiday51, jrburt
Nobody picked: Arizona, Louisiana-Monroe, Charlotte, Louisiana, Brigham Young, WYOMING, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, TCU, ALABAMA, Georgia Southern
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
34.5 : Chad Rock
33.5 : maysvilleky
31.0 : Blueisbest
31.0 : warrior-cat
28.5 : bigbluemist
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : Larry00
25.0 : howercat
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : TheBlueCat
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.0 : docholiday51
20.5 : stinger11723
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : BC_Wader
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : CrimsonCats
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : number8please
17.5 : pumpedupcats
17.5 : RedLotMudcat
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : Catapult
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
9.5 : catben
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : Hang_Time_2
7.0 : kybloo92
6.5 : bluecoon1
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*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : Blueisbest
4 : maysvilleky
3 : BeardedKatFan
3 : bigbluemist
3 : cat tat2
3 : Chad Rock
3 : gamecockcat
3 : howercat
3 : jrburt
3 : Larry00
3 : number8please
3 : TheBlueCat
2 : BC_Wader
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : docholiday51
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : M4CAT
2 : Roe07
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.4
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
RedLotMudcat, pumpedupcats, jimmy cowboy, Burgcatfan, catben, CGblue
@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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 3
Texas State 14½ TROY
Sam Houston State 10½ UTEP
Friday, Oct. 4
Jacksonville State 13½ KENNESAW STATE
TCU 17 Houston
OREGON 24½ Michigan State
UNLV 4½ Syracuse
Saturday, Oct. 5
Pittsburgh 2½ NORTH CAROLINA
LOUISVILLE 7 SMU
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5½ Wake Forest
VIRGINIA 3½ Boston College
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 17½ Massachusetts
Navy 8 AIR FORCE
Army 10½ TULSA
TEXAS A&M 1½ Missouri
PENN STATE 28 UCLA
WISCONSIN 13½ Purdue
Tulane 14 UAB
Western Michigan 7½ BALL STATE
East Carolina 7½ CHARLOTTE
GEORGIA 23½ Auburn
Ole Miss 9 SOUTH CAROLINA
TOLEDO 7 Miami (OH)
MARSHALL 2½ Appalachian State
Bowling Green 14 AKRON
Indiana 12½ NORTHWESTERN
Virginia Tech 5½ STANFORD
CONNECTICUT 14 Temple
OHIO STATE 20½ Iowa
OKLAHOMA STATE 5½ West Virginia
NEBRASKA 7½ Rutgers
Alabama 23½ VANDERBILT
OREGON STATE 14½ Colorado State
Clemson 14 FLORIDA STATE
COASTAL CAROLINA 5 Old Dominion
BOISE STATE 27½ Utah State
James Madison 15 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Louisiana 14½ SOUTHERN MISS
South Alabama 3½ ARKANSAS STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 7½ Nevada
Tennessee 13½ ARKANSAS
IOWA STATE 13½ Baylor
USC 8½ MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON 2½ Michigan
FLORIDA 1½ UCF
GEORGIA TECH 8½ Duke
ARIZONA STATE 3 Kansas
SAN DIEGO STATE 3 Hawaii
Miami (FL) 12½ CALIFORNIA
ARIZONA 5½ Texas Tech
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
Kentucky : 17.5 points
Colorado : 14.5 points
Arizona : 12.5 points
Old Dominion : 9.5 points
SAM HOUSTON STATE : 8.5 points
Louisiana-Monroe : 8.5 points
Charlotte : 6.5 points
Louisiana : 3.0 points
Brigham Young : 3.0 points
WYOMING : 2.5 points
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL : 2.5 points
TCU : 2.0 points
ALABAMA : 1.5 points
Georgia Southern : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
Kentucky: warrior-cat, RedLotMudcat, pumpedupcats, jimmy cowboy, BC_Wader, Burgcatfan, Blueisbest
Colorado: Larry00, maysvilleky, M4CAT, TheBlueCat, WalterTheHippo
Old Dominion: cat tat2, catben, BeardedKatFan
SAM HOUSTON STATE: howercat, Roe07, bigbluemist, CGblue, Chad Rock, docholiday51, jrburt
Nobody picked: Arizona, Louisiana-Monroe, Charlotte, Louisiana, Brigham Young, WYOMING, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL, TCU, ALABAMA, Georgia Southern
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
34.5 : Chad Rock
33.5 : maysvilleky
31.0 : Blueisbest
31.0 : warrior-cat
28.5 : bigbluemist
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : Larry00
25.0 : howercat
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : TheBlueCat
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : BeardedKatFan
22.0 : docholiday51
20.5 : stinger11723
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : BC_Wader
18.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : CrimsonCats
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : number8please
17.5 : pumpedupcats
17.5 : RedLotMudcat
16.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
16.0 : TuckyFB
13.5 : Catapult
11.5 : secrules3
11.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
9.5 : catben
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.0 : Hang_Time_2
7.0 : kybloo92
6.5 : bluecoon1
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*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
4 : ArtLaibsGhost
4 : Blueisbest
4 : maysvilleky
3 : BeardedKatFan
3 : bigbluemist
3 : cat tat2
3 : Chad Rock
3 : gamecockcat
3 : howercat
3 : jrburt
3 : Larry00
3 : number8please
3 : TheBlueCat
2 : BC_Wader
2 : CrimsonCats
2 : docholiday51
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : M4CAT
2 : Roe07
2 : secrules3
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.4
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
RedLotMudcat, pumpedupcats, jimmy cowboy, Burgcatfan, catben, CGblue
@Deeeefense
