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 9:
Friday, Oct. 25
USC 14½ Rutgers
Saturday, Oct. 26
VIRGINIA 5½ North Carolina
VIRGINIA TECH 9 Georgia Tech
OHIO 6½ Buffalo
Notre Dame 11½ NAVY
INDIANA 6½ Washington
OLE MISS 20½ Oklahoma
Tulane 8 NORTH TEXAS
MEMPHIS 19½ Charlotte
OHIO STATE 25½ Nebraska
Arkansas 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 8 Georgia State
MIAMI (OH) 12 Central Michigan
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Temple
TOLEDO 3½ Bowling Green
Brigham Young 1½ UCF
Eastern Michigan 3 AKRON
JAMES MADISON 24 Southern Miss
Northern Illinois 11½ BALL STATE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 17½ Kent State
CONNECTICUT 6½ Rice
MINNESOTA 4½ Maryland
TCU 6½ Texas Tech
BAYLOR 4½ Oklahoma State
ALABAMA 13½ Missouri
UTSA 7½ TULSA
Wake Forest 2½ STANFORD
IOWA 14½ Northwestern
OREGON 21½ Illinois
CALIFORNIA 10½ Oregon State
Texas 18½ VANDERBILT
SOUTH ALABAMA 8 Louisiana-Monroe
COLORADO STATE 6½ New Mexico
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Florida State
ARKANSAS STATE 7½ Troy
Utah 3½ HOUSTON
WYOMING 2½ Utah State
ARIZONA 3 West Virginia
MICHIGAN 5½ Michigan State
TEXAS A&M 3½ LSU
Penn State 6½ WISCONSIN
KENTUCKY 3 Auburn
SMU 10½ DUKE
KANSAS STATE 10½ Kansas
FRESNO STATE 6½ San Jose State
COLORADO 4½ Cincinnati
Washington State 14 SAN DIEGO STATE
Sunday, Oct. 27
Nevada 2½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
North Carolina State : 10.5 points
GEORGIA SOUTHERN : 9.5 points
OLD DOMINION : 9.5 points
TCU : 7.5 points
MARYLAND : 7.5 points
Baylor : 7.0 points
UCLA : 6.5 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 6.0 points
Georgia : 3.5 points
Colorado : 3.5 points
South Carolina : 3.0 points
Toledo : 2.5 points
TENNESSEE : 2.5 points
Western Michigan : 1.5 points
Wake Forest : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
North Carolina State: blubo
GEORGIA SOUTHERN: BurgLife, Chad Rock, BC_Wader, BeardedKatFan, CrimsonCats
OLD DOMINION: RedLotMudcat, catben, bigbluemist
MARYLAND: TOMCATS1990, Old_Red
UCLA: docholiday51
MICHIGAN STATE: Bryguy
Georgia: ArtLaibsGhost, Caveman Catfan
TENNESSEE: MAYHOO22, YardCat, Ken Cat
Nobody picked: TCU, Baylor, Colorado, South Carolina, Toledo, Western Michigan, Wake Forest
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
44.0 : Chad Rock
42.0 : docholiday51
41.5 : Blueisbest
38.0 : bigbluemist
36.5 : howercat
36.5 : warrior-cat
34.0 : stinger11723
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.5 : BeardedKatFan
29.5 : BC_Wader
29.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : CrimsonCats
27.0 : Larry00
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
21.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : number8please
17.0 : BurgLife
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rockycard
13.0 : Bryguy
13.0 : Old_Red
12.5 : blubud
10.5 : blubo
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
7.0 : jwcat30
7.0 : pappy52
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
2.5 : *CatinIL*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
6 : Blueisbest
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : howercat
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : Chad Rock
4 : docholiday51
4 : maysvilleky
4 : TheBlueCat
3 : BC_Wader
3 : Bryguy
3 : cat tat2
3 : CrimsonCats
3 : gamecockcat
3 : jrburt
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : Larry00
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : number8please
3 : secrules3
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : blubud
2 : BurgLife
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : Old_Red
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : Roe07
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : YardCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 12
Week 7: 15
Week 8: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 18
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Week 6: 50
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 55.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
blubo
@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 9:
Friday, Oct. 25
USC 14½ Rutgers
Saturday, Oct. 26
VIRGINIA 5½ North Carolina
VIRGINIA TECH 9 Georgia Tech
OHIO 6½ Buffalo
Notre Dame 11½ NAVY
INDIANA 6½ Washington
OLE MISS 20½ Oklahoma
Tulane 8 NORTH TEXAS
MEMPHIS 19½ Charlotte
OHIO STATE 25½ Nebraska
Arkansas 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 8 Georgia State
MIAMI (OH) 12 Central Michigan
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Temple
TOLEDO 3½ Bowling Green
Brigham Young 1½ UCF
Eastern Michigan 3 AKRON
JAMES MADISON 24 Southern Miss
Northern Illinois 11½ BALL STATE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 17½ Kent State
CONNECTICUT 6½ Rice
MINNESOTA 4½ Maryland
TCU 6½ Texas Tech
BAYLOR 4½ Oklahoma State
ALABAMA 13½ Missouri
UTSA 7½ TULSA
Wake Forest 2½ STANFORD
IOWA 14½ Northwestern
OREGON 21½ Illinois
CALIFORNIA 10½ Oregon State
Texas 18½ VANDERBILT
SOUTH ALABAMA 8 Louisiana-Monroe
COLORADO STATE 6½ New Mexico
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Florida State
ARKANSAS STATE 7½ Troy
Utah 3½ HOUSTON
WYOMING 2½ Utah State
ARIZONA 3 West Virginia
MICHIGAN 5½ Michigan State
TEXAS A&M 3½ LSU
Penn State 6½ WISCONSIN
KENTUCKY 3 Auburn
SMU 10½ DUKE
KANSAS STATE 10½ Kansas
FRESNO STATE 6½ San Jose State
COLORADO 4½ Cincinnati
Washington State 14 SAN DIEGO STATE
Sunday, Oct. 27
Nevada 2½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
North Carolina State : 10.5 points
GEORGIA SOUTHERN : 9.5 points
OLD DOMINION : 9.5 points
TCU : 7.5 points
MARYLAND : 7.5 points
Baylor : 7.0 points
UCLA : 6.5 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 6.0 points
Georgia : 3.5 points
Colorado : 3.5 points
South Carolina : 3.0 points
Toledo : 2.5 points
TENNESSEE : 2.5 points
Western Michigan : 1.5 points
Wake Forest : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
North Carolina State: blubo
GEORGIA SOUTHERN: BurgLife, Chad Rock, BC_Wader, BeardedKatFan, CrimsonCats
OLD DOMINION: RedLotMudcat, catben, bigbluemist
MARYLAND: TOMCATS1990, Old_Red
UCLA: docholiday51
MICHIGAN STATE: Bryguy
Georgia: ArtLaibsGhost, Caveman Catfan
TENNESSEE: MAYHOO22, YardCat, Ken Cat
Nobody picked: TCU, Baylor, Colorado, South Carolina, Toledo, Western Michigan, Wake Forest
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
44.0 : Chad Rock
42.0 : docholiday51
41.5 : Blueisbest
38.0 : bigbluemist
36.5 : howercat
36.5 : warrior-cat
34.0 : stinger11723
33.5 : maysvilleky
32.5 : BeardedKatFan
29.5 : BC_Wader
29.5 : TheBlueCat
28.5 : cat tat2
27.0 : CrimsonCats
27.0 : Larry00
27.0 : RedLotMudcat
25.0 : Caveman Catfan
25.0 : jrburt
25.0 : secrules3
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
21.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
20.5 : WalterTheHippo
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.0 : catben
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : gamecockcat
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : number8please
17.0 : BurgLife
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rockycard
13.0 : Bryguy
13.0 : Old_Red
12.5 : blubud
10.5 : blubo
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.5 : CGblue
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.0 : billoliver40
7.0 : jwcat30
7.0 : pappy52
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
5.5 : Short-Dawg-69
2.5 : *CatinIL*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
6 : Blueisbest
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : howercat
4 : BeardedKatFan
4 : bigbluemist
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : Chad Rock
4 : docholiday51
4 : maysvilleky
4 : TheBlueCat
3 : BC_Wader
3 : Bryguy
3 : cat tat2
3 : CrimsonCats
3 : gamecockcat
3 : jrburt
3 : kywildcatsfannumber1
3 : Larry00
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : number8please
3 : secrules3
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : blubud
2 : BurgLife
2 : catben
2 : GrandePdre
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : Old_Red
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : RedLotMudcat
2 : Roe07
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : WalterTheHippo
2 : YardCat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 15
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 12
Week 7: 15
Week 8: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 22
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 21
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 18
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 61
Week 2: 59
Week 3: 56
Week 4: 55
Week 5: 54
Week 6: 50
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 54
Season Average for Total Picks: 55.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
blubo
@Deeeefense
