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). So this is the final week. Good luck!
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 17:
Friday, Dec. 20
SUNY-Buffalo 6½ UNC CHARLOTTE
UTAH STATE 7 Kent State
Saturday, Dec. 21
North Carolina AT 2½ ALCORN STATE
SAN DIEGO STATE 3½ Central Michigan
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 5 Liberty
Southern Methodist 3 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
ARKANSAS STATE 2½ Florida Intl
Washington 3½ BOISE STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 16½ UAB
Monday, Dec. 23
CENTRAL FLORIDA 17½ Marshall
Tuesday, Dec. 24
BYU 2 HAWAII
Thursday, Dec. 26
Miami (FL) 6½ LOUISIANA TECH
Pittsburgh 11 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Friday, Dec. 27
North Carolina 5½ TEMPLE
Michigan State 4½ WAKE FOREST
TEXAS AM 7 Oklahoma State
IOWA 2 Southern Cal
AIR FORCE 3 Washington State
Saturday, Dec. 28
NOTRE DAME 3½ Iowa State
PENN STATE 6½ Memphis
LSU 13 Oklahoma
Clemson 2 OHIO STATE
Monday, Dec. 30
WESTERN KENTUCKY 3½ Western Michigan
CALIFORNIA 7 Illinois
FLORIDA 14 Virginia
Mississippi State 4 LOUISVILLE
Tuesday, Dec. 31
ARIZONA STATE 4 Florida State
NAVY 2½ Kansas State
WYOMING 7 Georgia State
UTAH 7½ Texas
VIRGINIA TECH 3 Kentucky
Wednesday, Jan. 1
ALABAMA 7 Michigan
AUBURN 7½ Minnesota
Wisconsin 2½ OREGON
GEORGIA 7½ Baylor
Thursday, Jan. 2
CINCINNATI 7 Boston College
Tennessee 1½ INDIANA
Friday, Jan. 3
Ohio 7½ NEVADA
Saturday, Jan. 4
Tulane 7 SOUTHERN MISS
Monday, Jan. 6
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 14 Miami (OH)
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Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Miami (OH) : 6.5 points
Oregon : 6.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Oregon: bigbluemist, no_neutrality, docholiday51, pappy52, VikingCat21, Blueisbest, *CatinIL*, blubud, Caveman Catfan
Nobody picked: Miami (OH)
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
58.0 : maysvilleky
54.0 : bigbluemist
50.5 : Catapult
46.5 : Nuke99m
45.0 : CGblue
43.0 : Mutt Cutts
41.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
40.5 : no_neutrality
38.0 : docholiday51
38.0 : straykat
37.5 : wildcatbd21
37.0 : Cat4life_
36.0 : Caveman Catfan
33.5 : WildcatDJ
30.5 : Blueisbest
30.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
30.0 : josh72484
29.5 : blubud
29.0 : Owen68
28.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
28.0 : Gabewcat
27.5 : stinger11723
27.0 : pappy52
25.5 : VikingCat21
25.0 : pumpedupcats
24.0 : Ken Cat
24.0 : WinkyBoy
23.5 : Chad Rock
23.5 : ram1955
23.0 : gamecockcat
22.5 : ukmonty2001
22.0 : Tskware
21.0 : mgp913
21.0 : ThreeHogNight
20.5 : KyMaster
20.5 : Roe07
20.5 : TreyGoggles
20.0 : AR15CATWARRIOR
20.0 : number8please
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.5 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : jrburt
17.5 : Old_Red
15.5 : Jeff Drummond
15.5 : warrior-cat
14.5 : jsyeag
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
9.0 : LordEgg
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 : ashlandcatfan600
3.5 : PRPcoach
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
7 : bigbluemist
7 : maysvilleky
7 : no_neutrality
7 : Nuke99m
6 : Catapult
6 : Mutt Cutts
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : CGblue
5 : docholiday51
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : straykat
5 : wildcatbd21
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : gamecockcat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : josh72484
4 : number8please
4 : pappy52
4 : ram1955
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : VikingCat21
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Cat4life_
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Mash 2.4
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : mgp913
3 : Owen68
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TreyGoggles
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatDJ
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
Week 14: 14
Week 15: 2
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.1
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
Week 14: 6
Week 15: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.2
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
Week 14: 52
Week 15: 40
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.5
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 17:
Friday, Dec. 20
SUNY-Buffalo 6½ UNC CHARLOTTE
UTAH STATE 7 Kent State
Saturday, Dec. 21
North Carolina AT 2½ ALCORN STATE
SAN DIEGO STATE 3½ Central Michigan
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 5 Liberty
Southern Methodist 3 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
ARKANSAS STATE 2½ Florida Intl
Washington 3½ BOISE STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 16½ UAB
Monday, Dec. 23
CENTRAL FLORIDA 17½ Marshall
Tuesday, Dec. 24
BYU 2 HAWAII
Thursday, Dec. 26
Miami (FL) 6½ LOUISIANA TECH
Pittsburgh 11 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Friday, Dec. 27
North Carolina 5½ TEMPLE
Michigan State 4½ WAKE FOREST
TEXAS AM 7 Oklahoma State
IOWA 2 Southern Cal
AIR FORCE 3 Washington State
Saturday, Dec. 28
NOTRE DAME 3½ Iowa State
PENN STATE 6½ Memphis
LSU 13 Oklahoma
Clemson 2 OHIO STATE
Monday, Dec. 30
WESTERN KENTUCKY 3½ Western Michigan
CALIFORNIA 7 Illinois
FLORIDA 14 Virginia
Mississippi State 4 LOUISVILLE
Tuesday, Dec. 31
ARIZONA STATE 4 Florida State
NAVY 2½ Kansas State
WYOMING 7 Georgia State
UTAH 7½ Texas
VIRGINIA TECH 3 Kentucky
Wednesday, Jan. 1
ALABAMA 7 Michigan
AUBURN 7½ Minnesota
Wisconsin 2½ OREGON
GEORGIA 7½ Baylor
Thursday, Jan. 2
CINCINNATI 7 Boston College
Tennessee 1½ INDIANA
Friday, Jan. 3
Ohio 7½ NEVADA
Saturday, Jan. 4
Tulane 7 SOUTHERN MISS
Monday, Jan. 6
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 14 Miami (OH)
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Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Miami (OH) : 6.5 points
Oregon : 6.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Oregon: bigbluemist, no_neutrality, docholiday51, pappy52, VikingCat21, Blueisbest, *CatinIL*, blubud, Caveman Catfan
Nobody picked: Miami (OH)
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
58.0 : maysvilleky
54.0 : bigbluemist
50.5 : Catapult
46.5 : Nuke99m
45.0 : CGblue
43.0 : Mutt Cutts
41.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
40.5 : no_neutrality
38.0 : docholiday51
38.0 : straykat
37.5 : wildcatbd21
37.0 : Cat4life_
36.0 : Caveman Catfan
33.5 : WildcatDJ
30.5 : Blueisbest
30.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
30.0 : josh72484
29.5 : blubud
29.0 : Owen68
28.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
28.0 : Gabewcat
27.5 : stinger11723
27.0 : pappy52
25.5 : VikingCat21
25.0 : pumpedupcats
24.0 : Ken Cat
24.0 : WinkyBoy
23.5 : Chad Rock
23.5 : ram1955
23.0 : gamecockcat
22.5 : ukmonty2001
22.0 : Tskware
21.0 : mgp913
21.0 : ThreeHogNight
20.5 : KyMaster
20.5 : Roe07
20.5 : TreyGoggles
20.0 : AR15CATWARRIOR
20.0 : number8please
19.5 : *CatinIL*
19.5 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : jrburt
17.5 : Old_Red
15.5 : Jeff Drummond
15.5 : warrior-cat
14.5 : jsyeag
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
9.0 : LordEgg
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 : ashlandcatfan600
3.5 : PRPcoach
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
7 : bigbluemist
7 : maysvilleky
7 : no_neutrality
7 : Nuke99m
6 : Catapult
6 : Mutt Cutts
6 : On_track_4_8
5 : CGblue
5 : docholiday51
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : pumpedupcats
5 : straykat
5 : wildcatbd21
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Caveman Catfan
4 : gamecockcat
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : josh72484
4 : number8please
4 : pappy52
4 : ram1955
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : VikingCat21
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Cat4life_
3 : Chad Rock
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jsyeag
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Mash 2.4
3 : MAYHOO22
3 : mgp913
3 : Owen68
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TreyGoggles
3 : ukmonty2001
3 : WildcatDJ
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
Week 14: 14
Week 15: 2
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.1
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
Week 14: 6
Week 15: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 14.2
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
Week 14: 52
Week 15: 40
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.5
