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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 27
Louisiana 2½ SOUTHERN MISS
Utah 8 WASHINGTON STATE
Friday, Oct. 28
BYU 3 East Carolina
Louisiana Tech 8½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, Oct. 29
Arkansas 4 AUBURN
Oklahoma 1½ IOWA STATE
Texas Christian 7½ WEST VIRGINIA
SYRACUSE 2½ Notre Dame
Ohio State 15 PENN STATE
FLORIDA STATE 21½ Georgia Tech
HOUSTON 17½ South Florida
Toledo 9 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Miami (Ohio) 8½ AKRON
Boston College 9½ CONNECTICUT
Miami (Fla) 2 VIRGINIA
RICE 16½ Charlotte
MINNESOTA 14 Rutgers
GEORGIA ST 3½ Old Dominion
Illinois 7 NEBRASKA
Oregon 15½ CALIFORNIA
New Mexico St 3 MASSACHUSETTS
Wake Forest 4½ LOUISVILLE
Cincinnati 1 UCF
Southern Methodist 3 TULSA
IOWA 11 Northwestern
NAVY 14 Temple
WESTERN KENTUCKY 9 North Texas
GEORGIA 21½ Florida
SOUTH CAROLINA 5½ Missouri
South Alabama 10½ ARKANSAS ST
USC 15 ARIZONA
TENNESSEE 13 Kentucky
BOISE STATE 27 Colorado State
MARSHALL 2½ Coastal Carolina
UAB 5½ FAU
Mississippi 2½ TEXAS A&M
Arizona State 13 COLORADO
TEXAS TECH 2 Baylor
MICHIGAN 22½ Michigan State
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Florida International : 14.5 points
Marshall : 13.0 points
BUFFALO : 7.5 points
Bowling Green : 6.5 points
W Michigan : 6.5 points
LIBERTY : 6.0 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 6.0 points
UTEP : 4.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 3.0 points
Virginia : 3.0 points
Troy : 3.0 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
OHIO : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Marshall: jrburt, catben, TOMCATS1990, josh72484
BUFFALO: ukalum1988, kywildcatsfannumber1, howercat, Nuke99m, jwcat30, docholiday51, H-D cat, CGblue
LIBERTY: Greezy Kreek, SWVA WildcatFan, rivercatinfl, BurgLife
OKLAHOMA STATE: warrior-cat, MAYHOO22, On_track_4_8, jsyeag, *CatinIL*, bigbluemist, gblue5744, Hang_Time_2, Larry00, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Littlefeller, SaltyCat22, Big_Blue_1018, Chad Rock, Blueisbest, kybloo92, M4CAT, Tskware, BeardedKatFan, mgp913, jimmy cowboy, WalterTheHippo, blubud, number8please, lazydave841, jameslee32, ThreeHogNight
OHIO: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Florida International, Bowling Green, W Michigan, UTEP, Eastern Michigan, Virginia, Troy, Georgia Southern
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
57.0 : SaltyCat22
47.5 : BurgLife
47.0 : GoB!gBlue
45.5 : Chad Rock
42.5 : TOMCATS1990
42.0 : Blueisbest
37.0 : catben
35.5 : gblue5744
34.0 : Greezy Kreek
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : Larry00
32.5 : Big_Blue_1018
32.0 : jameslee32
32.0 : JBHolmesfan
32.0 : ThreeHogNight
31.5 : docholiday51
30.5 : CGblue
29.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
23.5 : Hang_Time_2
22.5 : gamecockcat
22.0 : GrandePdre
22.0 : jrburt
21.5 : TuckyFB
20.5 : H-D cat
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.0 : josh72484
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.5 : stinger11723
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
17.5 : warrior-cat
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : DubyaT
16.0 : JSgorocks
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : pappy52
15.0 : Serenity Now!!!
14.5 : M4CAT
14.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
14.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
14.0 : Nuke99m
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
13.5 : MAYHOO22
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : LeWiz
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : rivercatinfl
12.5 : Short-Dawg-69
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : ukmonty2001
11.0 : *CatinIL*
11.0 : maysvilleky
11.0 : Old_Red
10.5 : On_track_4_8
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : Catapult
9.0 : Tskware
8.5 : Glenn's take
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.5 : YardCat
7.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : bigbluemist
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : lazydave841
6.0 : mgp913
6.0 : rockycard
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : Larry00
5 : SaltyCat22
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Big_Blue_1018
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Chad Rock
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : GrandePdre
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : ThreeHogNight
3 : catben
3 : CGblue
3 : docholiday51
3 : gamecockcat
3 : gblue5744
3 : howercat
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : M4CAT
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : TuckyFB
3 : warrior-cat
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : DubyaT
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : josh72484
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : MAYHOO22
2 : maysvilleky
2 : Nuke99m
2 : number8please
2 : Old_Red
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : pappy52
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : stinger11723
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : Tskware
2 : ukalum1988
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
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 39
Week 8: 44
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.9
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 74
Week 8: 72
Season Average for Total Picks: 82.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
bigbluemist, mgp913, WalterTheHippo, lazydave841
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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 27
Louisiana 2½ SOUTHERN MISS
Utah 8 WASHINGTON STATE
Friday, Oct. 28
BYU 3 East Carolina
Louisiana Tech 8½ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, Oct. 29
Arkansas 4 AUBURN
Oklahoma 1½ IOWA STATE
Texas Christian 7½ WEST VIRGINIA
SYRACUSE 2½ Notre Dame
Ohio State 15 PENN STATE
FLORIDA STATE 21½ Georgia Tech
HOUSTON 17½ South Florida
Toledo 9 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Miami (Ohio) 8½ AKRON
Boston College 9½ CONNECTICUT
Miami (Fla) 2 VIRGINIA
RICE 16½ Charlotte
MINNESOTA 14 Rutgers
GEORGIA ST 3½ Old Dominion
Illinois 7 NEBRASKA
Oregon 15½ CALIFORNIA
New Mexico St 3 MASSACHUSETTS
Wake Forest 4½ LOUISVILLE
Cincinnati 1 UCF
Southern Methodist 3 TULSA
IOWA 11 Northwestern
NAVY 14 Temple
WESTERN KENTUCKY 9 North Texas
GEORGIA 21½ Florida
SOUTH CAROLINA 5½ Missouri
South Alabama 10½ ARKANSAS ST
USC 15 ARIZONA
TENNESSEE 13 Kentucky
BOISE STATE 27 Colorado State
MARSHALL 2½ Coastal Carolina
UAB 5½ FAU
Mississippi 2½ TEXAS A&M
Arizona State 13 COLORADO
TEXAS TECH 2 Baylor
MICHIGAN 22½ Michigan State
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Florida International : 14.5 points
Marshall : 13.0 points
BUFFALO : 7.5 points
Bowling Green : 6.5 points
W Michigan : 6.5 points
LIBERTY : 6.0 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 6.0 points
UTEP : 4.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 3.0 points
Virginia : 3.0 points
Troy : 3.0 points
Georgia Southern : 2.5 points
OHIO : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Marshall: jrburt, catben, TOMCATS1990, josh72484
BUFFALO: ukalum1988, kywildcatsfannumber1, howercat, Nuke99m, jwcat30, docholiday51, H-D cat, CGblue
LIBERTY: Greezy Kreek, SWVA WildcatFan, rivercatinfl, BurgLife
OKLAHOMA STATE: warrior-cat, MAYHOO22, On_track_4_8, jsyeag, *CatinIL*, bigbluemist, gblue5744, Hang_Time_2, Larry00, LordEggForgotHisPassword, Littlefeller, SaltyCat22, Big_Blue_1018, Chad Rock, Blueisbest, kybloo92, M4CAT, Tskware, BeardedKatFan, mgp913, jimmy cowboy, WalterTheHippo, blubud, number8please, lazydave841, jameslee32, ThreeHogNight
OHIO: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Florida International, Bowling Green, W Michigan, UTEP, Eastern Michigan, Virginia, Troy, Georgia Southern
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
57.0 : SaltyCat22
47.5 : BurgLife
47.0 : GoB!gBlue
45.5 : Chad Rock
42.5 : TOMCATS1990
42.0 : Blueisbest
37.0 : catben
35.5 : gblue5744
34.0 : Greezy Kreek
33.5 : jimmy cowboy
33.5 : Larry00
32.5 : Big_Blue_1018
32.0 : jameslee32
32.0 : JBHolmesfan
32.0 : ThreeHogNight
31.5 : docholiday51
30.5 : CGblue
29.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
27.5 : jsyeag
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.5 : Littlefeller
24.5 : southindycat
24.0 : BeardedKatFan
23.5 : Hang_Time_2
22.5 : gamecockcat
22.0 : GrandePdre
22.0 : jrburt
21.5 : TuckyFB
20.5 : H-D cat
20.0 : sieken
19.5 : howercat
19.0 : josh72484
18.5 : RocknRollCats
18.5 : stinger11723
18.0 : Corbin_Creeper
18.0 : warrior_SW
17.5 : warrior-cat
16.5 : AVCat
16.5 : Roe07
16.0 : DubyaT
16.0 : JSgorocks
15.0 : GoBigBlue37
15.0 : pappy52
15.0 : Serenity Now!!!
14.5 : M4CAT
14.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
14.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
14.0 : Nuke99m
14.0 : ukalum1988
13.5 : kybloo92
13.5 : MAYHOO22
13.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
13.0 : dvillecatfan
13.0 : LeWiz
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : rivercatinfl
12.5 : Short-Dawg-69
12.0 : jwcat30
12.0 : ukmonty2001
11.0 : *CatinIL*
11.0 : maysvilleky
11.0 : Old_Red
10.5 : On_track_4_8
10.0 : BlueBallz
10.0 : EJCatLA
10.0 : nickhorvathsuxazz
10.0 : TheBlueCat
10.0 : WildcatStu1
9.0 : Catapult
9.0 : Tskware
8.5 : Glenn's take
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : VikingCat21
7.5 : YardCat
7.0 : AsianPICat
6.0 : bigbluemist
6.0 : Cat4life_
6.0 : lazydave841
6.0 : mgp913
6.0 : rockycard
6.0 : WalterTheHippo
5.0 : Ken Cat
5.0 : pumpedupcats
4.5 : BlueInTheBoro
4.5 : yes_takeaside
4.0 : BigTyrone
3.0 : Bigblueincincy
3.0 : Blueworld_3.0
2.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
2.0 : MartinMartin
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : BurgLife
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : Larry00
5 : SaltyCat22
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Big_Blue_1018
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Chad Rock
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : GrandePdre
4 : Greezy Kreek
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : ThreeHogNight
3 : catben
3 : CGblue
3 : docholiday51
3 : gamecockcat
3 : gblue5744
3 : howercat
3 : jameslee32
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
3 : M4CAT
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : TuckyFB
3 : warrior-cat
3 : WildcatStu1
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : blubud
2 : Catapult
2 : DubyaT
2 : Glenn's take
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : H-D cat
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : josh72484
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : kybloo92
2 : kywildcatsfannumber1
2 : MAYHOO22
2 : maysvilleky
2 : Nuke99m
2 : number8please
2 : Old_Red
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : pappy52
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : sieken
2 : southindycat
2 : stinger11723
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : Tskware
2 : ukalum1988
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
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 30
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 20
Week 4: 7
Week 5: 26
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 39
Week 8: 44
Season Average for Correct Picks: 25.9
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 86
Week 2: 90
Week 3: 82
Week 4: 91
Week 5: 87
Week 6: 78
Week 7: 74
Week 8: 72
Season Average for Total Picks: 82.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
bigbluemist, mgp913, WalterTheHippo, lazydave841
