Sorry about the delay in getting this up. I just spaced out until I just now decided to make my SUP pick.
Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Vegas Insider 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 must make your pick before any game has started or after the last game of the day has kicked off on the day you make your pick. Your pick will invalidated otherwise. I can't know 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 with the new Rivals format. If you want to change your pick before the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick or simply delete your first pick before the first kickoff.
2) If you make your pick after the first game kicks off that day, it is invalidated. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day, 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 VegasInsider 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 14:
Thursday, Nov. 28
MISSISSIPPI STATE 2½ Mississippi
Friday, Nov. 29
SUNY-BUFFALO 29 Bowling Green State
Virginia Tech 2½ VIRGINIA
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9½ Toledo
CENTRAL FLORIDA 24 South Florida
TEXAS 10 Texas Tech
EASTERN MICHIGAN 4½ Kent State
BALL STATE 3 Miami (OH)
Iowa 5½ NEBRASKA
Missouri 12 ARKANSAS
MEMPHIS 11 Cincinnati
Arkansas State 11 SOUTH ALABAMA
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 13½ West Virginia
Boise State 13½ COLORADO STATE
WASHINGTON 7 Washington State
Appalachian State 13 TROY
Saturday, Nov. 30
Georgia 28½ GEORGIA TECH
TEMPLE 28 Connecticut
Tulsa 5½ EAST CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH 9½ Boston College
TENNESSEE 21 Vanderbilt
Wake Forest 4½ SYRACUSE
COASTAL CAROLINA 7 Texas State
Iowa State 5 KANSAS STATE
North Carolina 9 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
MARSHALL 7½ Florida Intl
Navy 8½ HOUSTON
Baylor 14 KANSAS
Ohio State 9 MICHIGAN
Clemson 27 SOUTH CAROLINA
Wisconsin 2½ MINNESOTA
PENN STATE 40 Rutgers
LIBERTY 14 New Mexico State
UTAH 28½ Colorado
UNC Charlotte 9½ OLD DOMINION
WESTERN KENTUCKY 8½ Middle Tennessee St
AIR FORCE 10½ Wyoming
Fresno State 2½ SAN JOSE STATE
Rice 7 UTEP
NEVADA 7 UNLV
Indiana 6½ PURDUE
LSU 17 Texas AM
KENTUCKY 3 Louisville
Alabama 3½ AUBURN
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 20½ Louisiana-Monroe
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7½ Georgia State
ILLINOIS 8½ Northwestern
MICHIGAN STATE 22 Maryland
Oklahoma 13 OKLAHOMA STATE
LOUISIANA TECH 20½ Texas-San Antonio
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 8½ Southern Miss
SOUTHERN METHODIST 3½ Tulane
UCLA 1½ California
Notre Dame 16½ STANFORD
ARIZONA STATE 13½ Arizona
UAB 3 NORTH TEXAS
Utah State 11½ NEW MEXICO
Miami (FL) 9 DUKE
FLORIDA 17½ Florida State
BYU 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
OREGON 19 Oregon State
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
FLORIDA INTL : 18.5 points
ARIZONA STATE : 16.0 points
COLORADO : 14.5 points
Nevada : 13.5 points
UNC CHARLOTTE : 6.5 points
Western Kentucky : 5.5 points
UNLV : 4.5 points
Tennessee : 4.0 points
Houston : 4.0 points
RICE : 4.0 points
KENT STATE : 3.5 points
California : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
ARIZONA STATE: WinkyBoy, Catapult
COLORADO: SWVA WildcatFan, Old_Red
Western Kentucky: bigbluemist, On_track_4_8, DubyaT
UNLV: howercat
Tennessee: docholiday51, MAYHOO22, Nuke99m
RICE: number8please
Nobody picked: FLORIDA INTL, Nevada, UNC CHARLOTTE, Houston, KENT STATE, California
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
50.5 : Catapult
49.0 : maysvilleky
47.5 : bigbluemist
46.5 : Nuke99m
45.0 : CGblue
41.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
38.0 : straykat
37.5 : wildcatbd21
37.0 : Cat4life_
34.0 : Mutt Cutts
33.5 : WildcatDJ
31.5 : docholiday51
31.0 : no_neutrality
30.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
30.0 : josh72484
29.5 : Caveman Catfan
29.0 : Owen68
28.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
28.0 : Gabewcat
27.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : pumpedupcats
24.0 : Blueisbest
24.0 : Ken Cat
24.0 : WinkyBoy
23.5 : Chad Rock
23.5 : ram1955
23.0 : blubud
23.0 : gamecockcat
22.5 : ukmonty2001
22.0 : Tskware
21.0 : mgp913
21.0 : ThreeHogNight
20.5 : KyMaster
20.5 : pappy52
20.5 : Roe07
20.5 : TreyGoggles
20.0 : AR15CATWARRIOR
20.0 : number8please
19.0 : VikingCat21
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : jrburt
17.5 : Old_Red
15.5 : Jeff Drummond
15.5 : warrior-cat
14.5 : jsyeag
13.0 : *CatinIL*
13.0 : MAYHOO22
12.5 : Hang_Time_2
12.5 : Mash 2.4
12.0 : DubyaT
11.5 : howercat
11.5 : UK_ Alum_02
10.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : LeWiz
9.5 : Maxwell41
9.0 : JSgorocks
8.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
8.0 : Littlefeller
7.5 : btodd0224
7.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
7.0 : cat tat2
7.0 : PhattyJ4UK
6.0 : GrandePdre
6.0 : PokerCat67
5.5 : 3kidsandme
5.0 : Bryguy
4.5 : teetim
3.5 : PRPcoach
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
7 : Nuke99m
6 : bigbluemist
6 : Catapult
6 : maysvilleky
5 : CGblue
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : Mutt Cutts
5 : no_neutrality
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : straykat
5 : wildcatbd21
4 : AsianPICat
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : josh72484
4 : number8please
4 : ram1955
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : blubud
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Cat4life_
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Mash 2.4
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : mgp913
3 : Owen68
3 : pappy52
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TreyGoggles
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : VikingCat21
3 : WildcatDJ
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : AR15CATWARRIOR
2 : Bryguy
2 : DubyaT
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : howercat
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : KyMaster
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Old_Red
2 : stinger11723
2 : Tskware
2 : UK_ Alum_02
2 : warrior-cat
2 : WinkyBoy
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 8
Week 2: 9
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 8
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 19
Week 10: 7
Week 11: 15
Week 12: 6
Week 13: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 16
Week 4: 4
Week 5: 4
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 33
Week 10: 4
Week 11: 26
Week 12: 2
Week 13: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 81
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 90
Week 4: 77
Week 5: 73
Week 6: 61
Week 7: 63
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 64
Week 10: 56
Week 11: 58
Week 12: 56
Week 13: 49
Season Average for Total Picks: 67.3
Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Vegas Insider 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 must make your pick before any game has started or after the last game of the day has kicked off on the day you make your pick. Your pick will invalidated otherwise. I can't know 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 with the new Rivals format. If you want to change your pick before the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick or simply delete your first pick before the first kickoff.
2) If you make your pick after the first game kicks off that day, it is invalidated. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day, 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 VegasInsider 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 14:
Thursday, Nov. 28
MISSISSIPPI STATE 2½ Mississippi
Friday, Nov. 29
SUNY-BUFFALO 29 Bowling Green State
Virginia Tech 2½ VIRGINIA
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9½ Toledo
CENTRAL FLORIDA 24 South Florida
TEXAS 10 Texas Tech
EASTERN MICHIGAN 4½ Kent State
BALL STATE 3 Miami (OH)
Iowa 5½ NEBRASKA
Missouri 12 ARKANSAS
MEMPHIS 11 Cincinnati
Arkansas State 11 SOUTH ALABAMA
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 13½ West Virginia
Boise State 13½ COLORADO STATE
WASHINGTON 7 Washington State
Appalachian State 13 TROY
Saturday, Nov. 30
Georgia 28½ GEORGIA TECH
TEMPLE 28 Connecticut
Tulsa 5½ EAST CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH 9½ Boston College
TENNESSEE 21 Vanderbilt
Wake Forest 4½ SYRACUSE
COASTAL CAROLINA 7 Texas State
Iowa State 5 KANSAS STATE
North Carolina 9 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
MARSHALL 7½ Florida Intl
Navy 8½ HOUSTON
Baylor 14 KANSAS
Ohio State 9 MICHIGAN
Clemson 27 SOUTH CAROLINA
Wisconsin 2½ MINNESOTA
PENN STATE 40 Rutgers
LIBERTY 14 New Mexico State
UTAH 28½ Colorado
UNC Charlotte 9½ OLD DOMINION
WESTERN KENTUCKY 8½ Middle Tennessee St
AIR FORCE 10½ Wyoming
Fresno State 2½ SAN JOSE STATE
Rice 7 UTEP
NEVADA 7 UNLV
Indiana 6½ PURDUE
LSU 17 Texas AM
KENTUCKY 3 Louisville
Alabama 3½ AUBURN
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 20½ Louisiana-Monroe
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7½ Georgia State
ILLINOIS 8½ Northwestern
MICHIGAN STATE 22 Maryland
Oklahoma 13 OKLAHOMA STATE
LOUISIANA TECH 20½ Texas-San Antonio
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 8½ Southern Miss
SOUTHERN METHODIST 3½ Tulane
UCLA 1½ California
Notre Dame 16½ STANFORD
ARIZONA STATE 13½ Arizona
UAB 3 NORTH TEXAS
Utah State 11½ NEW MEXICO
Miami (FL) 9 DUKE
FLORIDA 17½ Florida State
BYU 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
OREGON 19 Oregon State
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
FLORIDA INTL : 18.5 points
ARIZONA STATE : 16.0 points
COLORADO : 14.5 points
Nevada : 13.5 points
UNC CHARLOTTE : 6.5 points
Western Kentucky : 5.5 points
UNLV : 4.5 points
Tennessee : 4.0 points
Houston : 4.0 points
RICE : 4.0 points
KENT STATE : 3.5 points
California : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
ARIZONA STATE: WinkyBoy, Catapult
COLORADO: SWVA WildcatFan, Old_Red
Western Kentucky: bigbluemist, On_track_4_8, DubyaT
UNLV: howercat
Tennessee: docholiday51, MAYHOO22, Nuke99m
RICE: number8please
Nobody picked: FLORIDA INTL, Nevada, UNC CHARLOTTE, Houston, KENT STATE, California
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
50.5 : Catapult
49.0 : maysvilleky
47.5 : bigbluemist
46.5 : Nuke99m
45.0 : CGblue
41.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
38.0 : straykat
37.5 : wildcatbd21
37.0 : Cat4life_
34.0 : Mutt Cutts
33.5 : WildcatDJ
31.5 : docholiday51
31.0 : no_neutrality
30.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
30.0 : josh72484
29.5 : Caveman Catfan
29.0 : Owen68
28.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
28.0 : Gabewcat
27.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : pumpedupcats
24.0 : Blueisbest
24.0 : Ken Cat
24.0 : WinkyBoy
23.5 : Chad Rock
23.5 : ram1955
23.0 : blubud
23.0 : gamecockcat
22.5 : ukmonty2001
22.0 : Tskware
21.0 : mgp913
21.0 : ThreeHogNight
20.5 : KyMaster
20.5 : pappy52
20.5 : Roe07
20.5 : TreyGoggles
20.0 : AR15CATWARRIOR
20.0 : number8please
19.0 : VikingCat21
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : jrburt
17.5 : Old_Red
15.5 : Jeff Drummond
15.5 : warrior-cat
14.5 : jsyeag
13.0 : *CatinIL*
13.0 : MAYHOO22
12.5 : Hang_Time_2
12.5 : Mash 2.4
12.0 : DubyaT
11.5 : howercat
11.5 : UK_ Alum_02
10.5 : AsianPICat
9.5 : LeWiz
9.5 : Maxwell41
9.0 : JSgorocks
8.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
8.0 : Littlefeller
7.5 : btodd0224
7.5 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
7.0 : cat tat2
7.0 : PhattyJ4UK
6.0 : GrandePdre
6.0 : PokerCat67
5.5 : 3kidsandme
5.0 : Bryguy
4.5 : teetim
3.5 : PRPcoach
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
7 : Nuke99m
6 : bigbluemist
6 : Catapult
6 : maysvilleky
5 : CGblue
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : Mutt Cutts
5 : no_neutrality
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : straykat
5 : wildcatbd21
4 : AsianPICat
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : josh72484
4 : number8please
4 : ram1955
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : blubud
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Cat4life_
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Mash 2.4
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : mgp913
3 : Owen68
3 : pappy52
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TreyGoggles
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : VikingCat21
3 : WildcatDJ
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : AR15CATWARRIOR
2 : Bryguy
2 : DubyaT
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : howercat
2 : Jeff Drummond
2 : jrburt
2 : JSgorocks
2 : KyMaster
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Old_Red
2 : stinger11723
2 : Tskware
2 : UK_ Alum_02
2 : warrior-cat
2 : WinkyBoy
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 8
Week 2: 9
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 8
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 19
Week 10: 7
Week 11: 15
Week 12: 6
Week 13: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 23
Week 2: 27
Week 3: 16
Week 4: 4
Week 5: 4
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 33
Week 10: 4
Week 11: 26
Week 12: 2
Week 13: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 15.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 81
Week 2: 86
Week 3: 90
Week 4: 77
Week 5: 73
Week 6: 61
Week 7: 63
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 64
Week 10: 56
Week 11: 58
Week 12: 56
Week 13: 49
Season Average for Total Picks: 67.3
