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 7:
Thursday, Oct. 13
Baylor 3½ WEST VIRGINIA
UCF 25 Temple
Friday, Oct. 14
UT-San Antonio 34 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, Oct. 15
Minnesota 3½ ILLINOIS
MISSISSIPPI 15½ Auburn
TEXAS 14 Iowa State
MICHIGAN 7 Penn State
C Michigan 13½ AKRON
Miami (Ohio) 6½ BOWLING GREEN
COASTAL CAROLINA 11 Old Dominion
Miami (Fla) 7½ VIRGINIA TECH
Buffalo 16 MASSACHUSETTS
California 14½ COLORADO
BALL STATE 9½ Connecticut
Maryland 10½ INDIANA
TROY 16½ Texas State
BYU 3 Arkansas
GEORGIA 38 Vanderbilt
Alabama 7½ TENNESSEE
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 3½ Oklahoma State
SYRACUSE 5 NC State
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2 Northern Illinois
TOLEDO 8 Kent State
W MICHIGAN 1½ Ohio
Western Kentucky 7 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Wisconsin 7 MICHIGAN STATE
Tulane 10½ SOUTH FLORIDA
James Madison 10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
NORTH TEXAS 5½ Louisiana Tech
WASHINGTON 16 Arizona
FAU 5½ Rice
SOUTH ALABAMA 17½ UL Monroe
Utah State 9 COLORADO STATE
Miss State 6½ KENTUCKY
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
TEXAS STATE : 19.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 13.0 points
Ball State : 9.0 points
UTAH STATE : 9.0 points
NAVY : 5.0 points
N Carolina : 4.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 4.0 points
MIAMI (OHIO) : 3.5 points
Purdue : 3.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 3.5 points
Colorado State : 3.0 points
UCLA : 3.0 points
Houston : 2.5 points
Buffalo : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
ARIZONA STATE: Chad Rock, CGblue, TOMCATS1990
Ball State: SaltyCat22
UTAH STATE: howercat, SWVA WildcatFan, GoB!gBlue
NAVY: Larry00, *CatinIL*
N Carolina: Hang_Time_2, BeardedKatFan, BurgLife
UCLA: Old_Red
Houston: Glenn's take
Nobody picked: TEXAS STATE, Eastern Michigan, MIAMI (OHIO), Purdue, GEORGIA TECH, Colorado State, Buffalo
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
43.5 : SaltyCat22
41.5 : BurgLife
40.5 : GoB!gBlue
36.0 : Blueisbest
29.5 : Chad Rock
29.5 : gblue5744
29.5 : TOMCATS1990
25.0 : JBHolmesfan
24.5 : southindycat
22.5 : gamecockcat
21.5 : Greezy Kreek
21.5 : jsyeag
20.0 : jimmy cowboy
20.0 : Larry00
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
17.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : catben
16.5 : docholiday51
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : DubyaT
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
14.5 : GrandePdre
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : CGblue
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
12.0 : howercat
12.0 : ukmonty2001
11.5 : BeardedKatFan
11.0 : Old_Red
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : jrburt
8.5 : Glenn's take
8.5 : JSgorocks
8.5 : pappy52
8.5 : stinger11723
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : josh72484
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : *CatinIL*
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 : Tskware
2.5 : Catapult
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
4 : BurgLife
3 : AsianPICat
3 : BeardedKatFan
3 : Blueisbest
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GoB!gBlue
3 : GrandePdre
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : Larry00
3 : SaltyCat22
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Chad Rock
2 : DubyaT
2 : gblue5744
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greezy Kreek
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : howercat
2 : jsyeag
2 : Old_Red
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : southindycat
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Correct Picks: 20.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Season Average for Total Picks: 85.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
CGblue, *CatinIL*
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 7:
Thursday, Oct. 13
Baylor 3½ WEST VIRGINIA
UCF 25 Temple
Friday, Oct. 14
UT-San Antonio 34 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, Oct. 15
Minnesota 3½ ILLINOIS
MISSISSIPPI 15½ Auburn
TEXAS 14 Iowa State
MICHIGAN 7 Penn State
C Michigan 13½ AKRON
Miami (Ohio) 6½ BOWLING GREEN
COASTAL CAROLINA 11 Old Dominion
Miami (Fla) 7½ VIRGINIA TECH
Buffalo 16 MASSACHUSETTS
California 14½ COLORADO
BALL STATE 9½ Connecticut
Maryland 10½ INDIANA
TROY 16½ Texas State
BYU 3 Arkansas
GEORGIA 38 Vanderbilt
Alabama 7½ TENNESSEE
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 3½ Oklahoma State
SYRACUSE 5 NC State
EASTERN MICHIGAN 2 Northern Illinois
TOLEDO 8 Kent State
W MICHIGAN 1½ Ohio
Western Kentucky 7 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Wisconsin 7 MICHIGAN STATE
Tulane 10½ SOUTH FLORIDA
James Madison 10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
NORTH TEXAS 5½ Louisiana Tech
WASHINGTON 16 Arizona
FAU 5½ Rice
SOUTH ALABAMA 17½ UL Monroe
Utah State 9 COLORADO STATE
Miss State 6½ KENTUCKY
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
TEXAS STATE : 19.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 13.0 points
Ball State : 9.0 points
UTAH STATE : 9.0 points
NAVY : 5.0 points
N Carolina : 4.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 4.0 points
MIAMI (OHIO) : 3.5 points
Purdue : 3.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 3.5 points
Colorado State : 3.0 points
UCLA : 3.0 points
Houston : 2.5 points
Buffalo : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
ARIZONA STATE: Chad Rock, CGblue, TOMCATS1990
Ball State: SaltyCat22
UTAH STATE: howercat, SWVA WildcatFan, GoB!gBlue
NAVY: Larry00, *CatinIL*
N Carolina: Hang_Time_2, BeardedKatFan, BurgLife
UCLA: Old_Red
Houston: Glenn's take
Nobody picked: TEXAS STATE, Eastern Michigan, MIAMI (OHIO), Purdue, GEORGIA TECH, Colorado State, Buffalo
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
43.5 : SaltyCat22
41.5 : BurgLife
40.5 : GoB!gBlue
36.0 : Blueisbest
29.5 : Chad Rock
29.5 : gblue5744
29.5 : TOMCATS1990
25.0 : JBHolmesfan
24.5 : southindycat
22.5 : gamecockcat
21.5 : Greezy Kreek
21.5 : jsyeag
20.0 : jimmy cowboy
20.0 : Larry00
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
17.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : catben
16.5 : docholiday51
16.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : DubyaT
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
14.5 : GrandePdre
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : CGblue
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : H-D cat
13.0 : LeWiz
13.0 : Littlefeller
13.0 : sieken
12.0 : howercat
12.0 : ukmonty2001
11.5 : BeardedKatFan
11.0 : Old_Red
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : jrburt
8.5 : Glenn's take
8.5 : JSgorocks
8.5 : pappy52
8.5 : stinger11723
7.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
7.5 : Serenity Now!!!
7.5 : VikingCat21
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : josh72484
6.0 : rockycard
5.0 : *CatinIL*
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 : Tskware
2.5 : Catapult
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : M4CAT
2.0 : MartinMartin
2.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
4 : BurgLife
3 : AsianPICat
3 : BeardedKatFan
3 : Blueisbest
3 : gamecockcat
3 : GoB!gBlue
3 : GrandePdre
3 : JBHolmesfan
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : Larry00
3 : SaltyCat22
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Chad Rock
2 : DubyaT
2 : gblue5744
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greezy Kreek
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : howercat
2 : jsyeag
2 : Old_Red
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : southindycat
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Correct Picks: 20.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Season Average for Total Picks: 85.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
CGblue, *CatinIL*
