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 7:
Tuesday, Oct. 10
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3 Louisiana Tech
APPALACHIAN STATE 6 Coastal Carolina
Liberty 5½ JACKSONVILLE STATE
Wednesday, Oct. 11
UTEP 1 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
NEW MEXICO STATE 5½ Sam Houston State
Thursday, Oct. 12
West Virginia 3 HOUSTON
SMU 10 EAST CAROLINA
Friday, Oct. 13
Tulane 3 MEMPHIS
Fresno State 6½ UTAH STATE
COLORADO 11½ Stanford
Saturday, Oct. 14
EASTERN MICHIGAN 10½ Kent State
FLORIDA STATE 18 Syracuse
MICHIGAN 34½ Indiana
RUTGERS 6 Michigan State
CINCINNATI 4 Iowa State
JAMES MADISON 3½ Georgia Southern
Ohio State 20 PURDUE
ALABAMA 20½ Arkansas
NORTH TEXAS 8 Temple
Georgia 31½ VANDERBILT
Navy 3½ CHARLOTTE
Toledo 15½ BALL STATE
UTAH 13½ California
MARYLAND 14½ Illinois
TENNESSEE 3½ Texas A&M
Wake Forest 1 VIRGINIA TECH
SOUTH CAROLINA 2½ Florida
PENN STATE 43 Massachusetts
Troy 3½ ARMY
SOUTH FLORIDA 2½ Florida Atlantic
BUFFALO 6½ Bowling Green
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13½ Akron
Miami (OH) 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN
WASHINGTON 3 Oregon
TCU 5 Brigham Young
Kansas 3½ OKLAHOMA STATE
Ohio 6½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
WISCONSIN 9½ Iowa
UNLV 9½ NEVADA
San Jose State 8 NEW MEXICO
Louisville 7½ PITTSBURGH
GEORGIA STATE 1½ Marshall
AIR FORCE 10½ Wyoming
WASHINGTON STATE 9½ Arizona
TEXAS STATE 16½ Louisiana-Monroe
LSU 12½ Auburn
TEXAS TECH 1½ Kansas State
KENTUCKY 3 Missouri
NORTH CAROLINA 4 Miami (FL)
NOTRE DAME 2½ USC
DUKE 3½ North Carolina State
OREGON STATE 5½ UCLA
UTSA 9½ UAB
Boise State 7 COLORADO STATE
San Diego State 5 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
Georgia Tech : 20.0 points
Connecticut : 10.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 10.5 points
LOUISVILLE : 6.5 points
WYOMING : 6.0 points
Oklahoma : 5.5 points
IOWA STATE : 5.5 points
Jacksonville State : 5.0 points
Boston College : 4.5 points
Nebraska : 3.5 points
UAB : 3.0 points
Old Dominion : 3.0 points
BUFFALO : 2.0 points
Texas Tech : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
OKLAHOMA STATE: kywildcatsfannumber1, RedLotMudcat, warrior-cat, MAYHOO22, GrandePdre, LordEgg
LOUISVILLE: ArtLaibsGhost, *CatinIL*, WalterTheHippo, Larry00, Big_Blue_1018, Nuke99m, BeardedKatFan
WYOMING: bluecoon1, secrules3, Caveman Catfan, cat tat2
Oklahoma: lazydave841, jwcat30, pappy52
IOWA STATE: howercat, Bryguy
Boston College: Short-Dawg-69
Nobody picked: Georgia Tech, Connecticut, Jacksonville State, Nebraska, UAB, Old Dominion, BUFFALO, Texas Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
37.0 : secrules3
36.5 : RedLotMudcat
33.5 : WalterTheHippo
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
28.0 : catben
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : gblue5744
24.5 : MAYHOO22
23.5 : TOMCATS1990
23.0 : RonRajon
21.0 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : TuckyFB
19.5 : bluecoon1
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : pumpedupcats
14.5 : rivercatinfl
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : BeardedKatFan
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Cat4life_
13.5 : Chad Rock
13.5 : H-D cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : jwcat30
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : Big_Blue_1018
11.0 : Nuke99m
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.5 : JSgorocks
10.5 : kybloo92
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : warrior-cat
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Roe07
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : docholiday51
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
6.0 : jsyeag
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : Bryguy
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
5.5 : pappy52
4.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4.0 : gamecockcat
4.0 : jameslee32
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
4 : MAYHOO22
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : Old_Red
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : secrules3
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Cat4life_
2 : catben
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : gblue5744
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Nuke99m
2 : PickSixKing
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RonRajon
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : TuckyFB
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Season Average for Total Picks: 79.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
kywildcatsfannumber1, warrior-cat, GrandePdre, LordEgg, ArtLaibsGhost, *CatinIL*, Larry00, cat tat2, lazydave841, pappy52, howercat, 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.
------------
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 7:
Tuesday, Oct. 10
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3 Louisiana Tech
APPALACHIAN STATE 6 Coastal Carolina
Liberty 5½ JACKSONVILLE STATE
Wednesday, Oct. 11
UTEP 1 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
NEW MEXICO STATE 5½ Sam Houston State
Thursday, Oct. 12
West Virginia 3 HOUSTON
SMU 10 EAST CAROLINA
Friday, Oct. 13
Tulane 3 MEMPHIS
Fresno State 6½ UTAH STATE
COLORADO 11½ Stanford
Saturday, Oct. 14
EASTERN MICHIGAN 10½ Kent State
FLORIDA STATE 18 Syracuse
MICHIGAN 34½ Indiana
RUTGERS 6 Michigan State
CINCINNATI 4 Iowa State
JAMES MADISON 3½ Georgia Southern
Ohio State 20 PURDUE
ALABAMA 20½ Arkansas
NORTH TEXAS 8 Temple
Georgia 31½ VANDERBILT
Navy 3½ CHARLOTTE
Toledo 15½ BALL STATE
UTAH 13½ California
MARYLAND 14½ Illinois
TENNESSEE 3½ Texas A&M
Wake Forest 1 VIRGINIA TECH
SOUTH CAROLINA 2½ Florida
PENN STATE 43 Massachusetts
Troy 3½ ARMY
SOUTH FLORIDA 2½ Florida Atlantic
BUFFALO 6½ Bowling Green
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13½ Akron
Miami (OH) 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN
WASHINGTON 3 Oregon
TCU 5 Brigham Young
Kansas 3½ OKLAHOMA STATE
Ohio 6½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
WISCONSIN 9½ Iowa
UNLV 9½ NEVADA
San Jose State 8 NEW MEXICO
Louisville 7½ PITTSBURGH
GEORGIA STATE 1½ Marshall
AIR FORCE 10½ Wyoming
WASHINGTON STATE 9½ Arizona
TEXAS STATE 16½ Louisiana-Monroe
LSU 12½ Auburn
TEXAS TECH 1½ Kansas State
KENTUCKY 3 Missouri
NORTH CAROLINA 4 Miami (FL)
NOTRE DAME 2½ USC
DUKE 3½ North Carolina State
OREGON STATE 5½ UCLA
UTSA 9½ UAB
Boise State 7 COLORADO STATE
San Diego State 5 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
Georgia Tech : 20.0 points
Connecticut : 10.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 10.5 points
LOUISVILLE : 6.5 points
WYOMING : 6.0 points
Oklahoma : 5.5 points
IOWA STATE : 5.5 points
Jacksonville State : 5.0 points
Boston College : 4.5 points
Nebraska : 3.5 points
UAB : 3.0 points
Old Dominion : 3.0 points
BUFFALO : 2.0 points
Texas Tech : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
OKLAHOMA STATE: kywildcatsfannumber1, RedLotMudcat, warrior-cat, MAYHOO22, GrandePdre, LordEgg
LOUISVILLE: ArtLaibsGhost, *CatinIL*, WalterTheHippo, Larry00, Big_Blue_1018, Nuke99m, BeardedKatFan
WYOMING: bluecoon1, secrules3, Caveman Catfan, cat tat2
Oklahoma: lazydave841, jwcat30, pappy52
IOWA STATE: howercat, Bryguy
Boston College: Short-Dawg-69
Nobody picked: Georgia Tech, Connecticut, Jacksonville State, Nebraska, UAB, Old Dominion, BUFFALO, Texas Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
37.0 : secrules3
36.5 : RedLotMudcat
33.5 : WalterTheHippo
31.5 : Hang_Time_2
28.0 : catben
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : gblue5744
24.5 : MAYHOO22
23.5 : TOMCATS1990
23.0 : RonRajon
21.0 : Serenity Now!!!
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : TuckyFB
19.5 : bluecoon1
17.5 : Old_Red
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : pumpedupcats
14.5 : rivercatinfl
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : BeardedKatFan
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Cat4life_
13.5 : Chad Rock
13.5 : H-D cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : jwcat30
13.0 : ThreeHogNight
12.5 : PickSixKing
12.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : Big_Blue_1018
11.0 : Nuke99m
10.5 : GrandePdre
10.5 : JSgorocks
10.5 : kybloo92
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : warrior-cat
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : Roe07
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : docholiday51
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : ArtLaibsGhost
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
6.0 : jsyeag
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : Bryguy
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
5.5 : pappy52
4.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4.0 : gamecockcat
4.0 : jameslee32
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
4 : MAYHOO22
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : Old_Red
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : secrules3
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : BeardedKatFan
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Cat4life_
2 : catben
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : gblue5744
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Nuke99m
2 : PickSixKing
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RonRajon
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : TuckyFB
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Season Average for Total Picks: 79.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
kywildcatsfannumber1, warrior-cat, GrandePdre, LordEgg, ArtLaibsGhost, *CatinIL*, Larry00, cat tat2, lazydave841, pappy52, howercat, Bryguy
@Deeeefense
