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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 21
GEORGIA TECH 9 North Carolina State
Friday, Nov. 22
UTSA 17 Temple
MICHIGAN STATE 13½ Purdue
UNLV 7½ SAN JOSE STATE
Saturday, Nov. 23
SMU 9½ VIRGINIA
JACKSONVILLE STATE 6 Sam Houston State
MIAMI (FL) 25 Wake Forest
North Carolina 2½ BOSTON COLLEGE
Ole Miss 10 FLORIDA
SYRACUSE 10½ Connecticut
Iowa 6 MARYLAND
OHIO STATE 13½ Indiana
RUTGERS 1 Illinois
GEORGIA 42½ Massachusetts
LIBERTY 1½ Western Kentucky
TENNESSEE 42 UTEP
FLORIDA STATE 33½ Charleston Southern
Bowling Green 11½ BALL STATE
Rice 6½ UAB
James Madison 7 APPALACHIAN STATE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3½ New Mexico State
Charlotte 2½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Florida International 8½ KENNESAW STATE
TCU 12½ Arizona
South Alabama 21½ SOUTHERN MISS
ARKANSAS STATE 2½ Louisiana-Monroe
COASTAL CAROLINA 2½ Georgia Southern
UCF 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Colorado 2½ KANSAS
SOUTH FLORIDA 17½ Tulsa
NEBRASKA 2½ Wisconsin
Penn State 11 MINNESOTA
MICHIGAN 10½ Northwestern
UTAH STATE 4½ San Diego State
ARIZONA STATE 3½ Brigham Young
CALIFORNIA 14½ Stanford
TEXAS 20½ Kentucky
Texas Tech 3½ OKLAHOMA STATE
NORTH TEXAS 3 East Carolina
CLEMSON 49½ Citadel
LOUISVILLE 8½ Pittsburgh
ARKANSAS 22 Louisiana Tech
SOUTH CAROLINA 42½ Wofford
Missouri 7½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
LOUISIANA 10½ Troy
TEXAS STATE 20½ Georgia State
Baylor 7½ HOUSTON
Boise State 22½ WYOMING
Washington State 12½ OREGON STATE
NOTRE DAME 14½ Army
OLD DOMINION 2½ Marshall
Iowa State 7½ UTAH
Texas A&M 2½ AUBURN
Alabama 13½ OKLAHOMA
LSU 7½ Vanderbilt
Virginia Tech 3 DUKE
KANSAS STATE 8½ Cincinnati
NEVADA 3½ Air Force
USC 4½ UCLA
FRESNO STATE 3½ Colorado State
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
STANFORD : 18.5 points
Louisiana Tech : 13.5 points
NEW MEXICO : 13.0 points
Arizona State : 8.5 points
South Alabama : 8.5 points
Troy : 8.0 points
Syracuse : 7.5 points
AIR FORCE : 4.5 points
Rutgers : 4.5 points
FLORIDA : 4.5 points
Kansas : 3.5 points
UTAH STATE : 2.5 points
Arkansas State : 2.0 points
UTSA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
STANFORD: warrior-cat, tdjohnsky, Roe07, WalterTheHippo, RedLotMudcat, blubo
NEW MEXICO: BC_Wader
AIR FORCE: ukalum1988
FLORIDA: JSgorocks
Nobody picked: Louisiana Tech, Arizona State, South Alabama, Troy, Syracuse, Rutgers, Kansas, UTAH STATE, Arkansas State, UTSA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
67.0 : BC_Wader
56.0 : docholiday51
55.0 : Roe07
55.0 : warrior-cat
48.5 : stinger11723
48.0 : Blueisbest
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
44.5 : bigbluemist
44.0 : Chad Rock
44.0 : howercat
40.5 : blubo
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : TheBlueCat
35.0 : cat tat2
34.0 : gamecockcat
33.5 : CrimsonCats
33.5 : Larry00
32.0 : number8please
31.5 : jrburt
29.5 : BurgLife
29.0 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
25.0 : rockycard
25.0 : secrules3
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : jwcat30
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
4.5 : ukalum1988
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #12:
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
6 : docholiday51
6 : gamecockcat
6 : howercat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : maysvilleky
5 : number8please
5 : Roe07
5 : TheBlueCat
4 : BurgLife
4 : cat tat2
4 : Chad Rock
4 : CrimsonCats
4 : jrburt
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : Old_Red
4 : stinger11723
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : blubo
3 : Bryguy
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : catben
2 : CGblue
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : rockycard
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
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
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 23
Week 11: 9
Week 12: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.2
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
Week 9: 51
Week 10: 46
Week 11: 42
Week 12: 45
Season Average for Total Picks: 52.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #12:
ukalum1988
@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.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 13:
Thursday, Nov. 21
GEORGIA TECH 9 North Carolina State
Friday, Nov. 22
UTSA 17 Temple
MICHIGAN STATE 13½ Purdue
UNLV 7½ SAN JOSE STATE
Saturday, Nov. 23
SMU 9½ VIRGINIA
JACKSONVILLE STATE 6 Sam Houston State
MIAMI (FL) 25 Wake Forest
North Carolina 2½ BOSTON COLLEGE
Ole Miss 10 FLORIDA
SYRACUSE 10½ Connecticut
Iowa 6 MARYLAND
OHIO STATE 13½ Indiana
RUTGERS 1 Illinois
GEORGIA 42½ Massachusetts
LIBERTY 1½ Western Kentucky
TENNESSEE 42 UTEP
FLORIDA STATE 33½ Charleston Southern
Bowling Green 11½ BALL STATE
Rice 6½ UAB
James Madison 7 APPALACHIAN STATE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3½ New Mexico State
Charlotte 2½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Florida International 8½ KENNESAW STATE
TCU 12½ Arizona
South Alabama 21½ SOUTHERN MISS
ARKANSAS STATE 2½ Louisiana-Monroe
COASTAL CAROLINA 2½ Georgia Southern
UCF 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Colorado 2½ KANSAS
SOUTH FLORIDA 17½ Tulsa
NEBRASKA 2½ Wisconsin
Penn State 11 MINNESOTA
MICHIGAN 10½ Northwestern
UTAH STATE 4½ San Diego State
ARIZONA STATE 3½ Brigham Young
CALIFORNIA 14½ Stanford
TEXAS 20½ Kentucky
Texas Tech 3½ OKLAHOMA STATE
NORTH TEXAS 3 East Carolina
CLEMSON 49½ Citadel
LOUISVILLE 8½ Pittsburgh
ARKANSAS 22 Louisiana Tech
SOUTH CAROLINA 42½ Wofford
Missouri 7½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
LOUISIANA 10½ Troy
TEXAS STATE 20½ Georgia State
Baylor 7½ HOUSTON
Boise State 22½ WYOMING
Washington State 12½ OREGON STATE
NOTRE DAME 14½ Army
OLD DOMINION 2½ Marshall
Iowa State 7½ UTAH
Texas A&M 2½ AUBURN
Alabama 13½ OKLAHOMA
LSU 7½ Vanderbilt
Virginia Tech 3 DUKE
KANSAS STATE 8½ Cincinnati
NEVADA 3½ Air Force
USC 4½ UCLA
FRESNO STATE 3½ Colorado State
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
STANFORD : 18.5 points
Louisiana Tech : 13.5 points
NEW MEXICO : 13.0 points
Arizona State : 8.5 points
South Alabama : 8.5 points
Troy : 8.0 points
Syracuse : 7.5 points
AIR FORCE : 4.5 points
Rutgers : 4.5 points
FLORIDA : 4.5 points
Kansas : 3.5 points
UTAH STATE : 2.5 points
Arkansas State : 2.0 points
UTSA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
STANFORD: warrior-cat, tdjohnsky, Roe07, WalterTheHippo, RedLotMudcat, blubo
NEW MEXICO: BC_Wader
AIR FORCE: ukalum1988
FLORIDA: JSgorocks
Nobody picked: Louisiana Tech, Arizona State, South Alabama, Troy, Syracuse, Rutgers, Kansas, UTAH STATE, Arkansas State, UTSA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
67.0 : BC_Wader
56.0 : docholiday51
55.0 : Roe07
55.0 : warrior-cat
48.5 : stinger11723
48.0 : Blueisbest
45.5 : RedLotMudcat
44.5 : bigbluemist
44.0 : Chad Rock
44.0 : howercat
40.5 : blubo
39.0 : WalterTheHippo
38.5 : BeardedKatFan
38.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : TheBlueCat
35.0 : cat tat2
34.0 : gamecockcat
33.5 : CrimsonCats
33.5 : Larry00
32.0 : number8please
31.5 : jrburt
29.5 : BurgLife
29.0 : Hang_Time_2
28.5 : Caveman Catfan
28.0 : kywildcatsfannumber1
25.0 : rockycard
25.0 : secrules3
25.0 : tdjohnsky
24.5 : M4CAT
23.0 : pumpedupcats
20.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.0 : catben
19.0 : Old_Red
17.5 : Burgcatfan
17.5 : GrandePdre
17.5 : jimmy cowboy
16.0 : TuckyFB
16.0 : YardCat
15.0 : CGblue
15.0 : MAYHOO22
14.5 : TOMCATS1990
14.0 : kybloo92
13.5 : Catapult
13.5 : jwcat30
13.5 : pappy52
13.5 : RocknRollCats
13.0 : Bryguy
12.5 : blubud
12.0 : Short-Dawg-69
10.0 : Corbin_Creeper
8.0 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
8.0 : Ken Cat
7.5 : JSgorocks
7.0 : billoliver40
6.5 : bluecoon1
5.5 : Creed Bratton
4.5 : ukalum1988
3.0 : Nuke99m
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #12:
7 : BC_Wader
7 : Blueisbest
6 : docholiday51
6 : gamecockcat
6 : howercat
5 : ArtLaibsGhost
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : bigbluemist
5 : Caveman Catfan
5 : maysvilleky
5 : number8please
5 : Roe07
5 : TheBlueCat
4 : BurgLife
4 : cat tat2
4 : Chad Rock
4 : CrimsonCats
4 : jrburt
4 : kywildcatsfannumber1
4 : Larry00
4 : Old_Red
4 : stinger11723
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : blubo
3 : Bryguy
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : RedLotMudcat
3 : secrules3
3 : Short-Dawg-69
3 : WalterTheHippo
2 : blubud
2 : catben
2 : CGblue
2 : GrandePdre
2 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jwcat30
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kybloo92
2 : M4CAT
2 : pappy52
2 : pumpedupcats
2 : rockycard
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : TOMCATS1990
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
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 16
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 14
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.1
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
Week 9: 9
Week 10: 23
Week 11: 9
Week 12: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.2
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
Week 9: 51
Week 10: 46
Week 11: 42
Week 12: 45
Season Average for Total Picks: 52.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #12:
ukalum1988
@Deeeefense
