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.
Really getting sick of Vegas Insider. They still do not have the Georgia/Kentucky and Missouri/Florida game odds complete as of Monday afternoon. Got the odds from another site.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 9:
Friday, Oct. 30
Marshall 23 FLORIDA INTL
TULSA 18 East Carolina
Minnesota 20 MARYLAND
Hawaii 2 WYOMING
Saturday, Oct. 31
Georgia 14½ KENTUCKY
MICHIGAN 25 Michigan State
Wake Forest 11 SYRACUSE
North Carolina 6½ VIRGINIA
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6½ Texas-San Antonio
WEST VIRGINIA 3½ Kansas State
CLEMSON 32 Boston College
Virginia Tech 3 LOUISVILLE
Notre Dame 20 GEORGIA TECH
DUKE 11 UNC Charlotte
Coastal Carolina 3 GEORGIA STATE
Indiana 12 RUTGERS
Ohio State 13 PENN STATE
CINCINNATI 6½ Memphis
Purdue 7 ILLINOIS
San Diego State 7½ UTAH STATE
BYU 28½ Western Kentucky
San Jose State 9 NEW MEXICO
North Texas 4½ UTEP
Boise State 14 AIR FORCE
Nevada 13 UNLV
SOUTHERN MISS 3 Rice
SOUTHERN METHODIST 14½ Navy
IOWA 2½ Northwestern
OKLAHOMA STATE 3½ Texas
Wisconsin 11 NEBRASKA
Oklahoma 14½ TEXAS TECH
TULANE 5½ Temple
Louisiana-Lafayette 15½ TEXAS STATE
ARKANSAS STATE 3 Troy
Texas Christian 2½ BAYLOR
Central Florida 3 HOUSTON
Iowa State 29 KANSAS
LSU 3 AUBURN
UAB 10 LOUISIANA TECH
Mississippi 18 VANDERBILT
Appalachian State 31½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
ALABAMA 31 Mississippi State
TEXAS AM 11 Arkansas
FLORIDA 13 Missouri
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Rutgers : 15.5 points
Jacksonville State : 10.5 points
WAKE FOREST : 7.0 points
INDIANA : 6.5 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 6.5 points
Hawaii : 6.0 points
PURDUE : 4.0 points
NEVADA : 3.0 points
TEXAS TECH : 2.5 points
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO : 2.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 2.0 points
Georgia State : 1.5 points
Middle Tennessee St : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Jacksonville State: CGblue, btodd0224
WAKE FOREST: On_track_4_8, ashlandcatfan600, Mash 2.4, blubud
Hawaii: GoBigBlue712, Blueaz
PURDUE: Owen68
NEVADA: crosbycatfan3745
Nobody picked: Rutgers, INDIANA, SAN JOSE STATE, TEXAS TECH, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO, Louisiana-Lafayette, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee St
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
49.0 : Cat4life_
41.5 : RocknRollCats
36.5 : CGblue
33.0 : LeWiz
31.0 : WildcatDJ
30.0 : dvillecatfan
29.5 : Roe07
29.0 : jwcat30
29.0 : On_track_4_8
29.0 : pappy52
28.5 : Blueaz
26.0 : AsianPICat
26.0 : jrburt
25.5 : ashlandcatfan600
23.5 : Maxwell41
21.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
19.0 : maysvilleky
19.0 : wildcatbd21
18.0 : Gabewcat
17.5 : no_neutrality
17.0 : Mash 2.4
15.0 : Ken Cat
15.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
13.0 : crosbycatfan3745
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : MAYHOO22
12.5 : Nuke99m
12.5 : spartacat
11.5 : Blueisbest
10.5 : btodd0224
10.5 : warrior_SW
10.0 : *CatinIL*
9.5 : Hang_Time_2
8.0 : JSgorocks
7.5 : jsyeag
7.5 : Littlefeller
7.5 : ukmonty2001
7.0 : bigbluemist
7.0 : BigTyrone
7.0 : pumpedupcats
6.5 : howercat
6.5 : ThreeHogNight
6.0 : GoBigBlue712
5.5 : TreyGoggles
4.0 : Owen68
3.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : On_track_4_8
4 : ashlandcatfan600
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Blueaz
4 : Cat4life_
4 : CGblue
4 : jwcat30
4 : LeWiz
4 : RocknRollCats
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : dvillecatfan
3 : jrburt
3 : Maxwell41
3 : maysvilleky
3 : no_neutrality
3 : pappy52
3 : Roe07
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : crosbycatfan3745
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jsyeag
2 : Ken Cat
2 : Mash 2.4
2 : MAYHOO22
2 : Nuke99m
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 4
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 7
Week 8: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 6.6
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 2: 18
Week 3: 16
Week 4: 5
Week 5: 20
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 13.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 2: 40
Week 3: 40
Week 4: 58
Week 5: 51
Week 6: 46
Week 7: 47
Week 8: 45
Season Average for Total Picks: 46.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
btodd0224, GoBigBlue712, Owen68
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?
------------
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.
Really getting sick of Vegas Insider. They still do not have the Georgia/Kentucky and Missouri/Florida game odds complete as of Monday afternoon. Got the odds from another site.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 9:
Friday, Oct. 30
Marshall 23 FLORIDA INTL
TULSA 18 East Carolina
Minnesota 20 MARYLAND
Hawaii 2 WYOMING
Saturday, Oct. 31
Georgia 14½ KENTUCKY
MICHIGAN 25 Michigan State
Wake Forest 11 SYRACUSE
North Carolina 6½ VIRGINIA
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6½ Texas-San Antonio
WEST VIRGINIA 3½ Kansas State
CLEMSON 32 Boston College
Virginia Tech 3 LOUISVILLE
Notre Dame 20 GEORGIA TECH
DUKE 11 UNC Charlotte
Coastal Carolina 3 GEORGIA STATE
Indiana 12 RUTGERS
Ohio State 13 PENN STATE
CINCINNATI 6½ Memphis
Purdue 7 ILLINOIS
San Diego State 7½ UTAH STATE
BYU 28½ Western Kentucky
San Jose State 9 NEW MEXICO
North Texas 4½ UTEP
Boise State 14 AIR FORCE
Nevada 13 UNLV
SOUTHERN MISS 3 Rice
SOUTHERN METHODIST 14½ Navy
IOWA 2½ Northwestern
OKLAHOMA STATE 3½ Texas
Wisconsin 11 NEBRASKA
Oklahoma 14½ TEXAS TECH
TULANE 5½ Temple
Louisiana-Lafayette 15½ TEXAS STATE
ARKANSAS STATE 3 Troy
Texas Christian 2½ BAYLOR
Central Florida 3 HOUSTON
Iowa State 29 KANSAS
LSU 3 AUBURN
UAB 10 LOUISIANA TECH
Mississippi 18 VANDERBILT
Appalachian State 31½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
ALABAMA 31 Mississippi State
TEXAS AM 11 Arkansas
FLORIDA 13 Missouri
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Rutgers : 15.5 points
Jacksonville State : 10.5 points
WAKE FOREST : 7.0 points
INDIANA : 6.5 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 6.5 points
Hawaii : 6.0 points
PURDUE : 4.0 points
NEVADA : 3.0 points
TEXAS TECH : 2.5 points
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO : 2.0 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 2.0 points
Georgia State : 1.5 points
Middle Tennessee St : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
Jacksonville State: CGblue, btodd0224
WAKE FOREST: On_track_4_8, ashlandcatfan600, Mash 2.4, blubud
Hawaii: GoBigBlue712, Blueaz
PURDUE: Owen68
NEVADA: crosbycatfan3745
Nobody picked: Rutgers, INDIANA, SAN JOSE STATE, TEXAS TECH, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO, Louisiana-Lafayette, Georgia State, Middle Tennessee St
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
49.0 : Cat4life_
41.5 : RocknRollCats
36.5 : CGblue
33.0 : LeWiz
31.0 : WildcatDJ
30.0 : dvillecatfan
29.5 : Roe07
29.0 : jwcat30
29.0 : On_track_4_8
29.0 : pappy52
28.5 : Blueaz
26.0 : AsianPICat
26.0 : jrburt
25.5 : ashlandcatfan600
23.5 : Maxwell41
21.0 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
19.0 : maysvilleky
19.0 : wildcatbd21
18.0 : Gabewcat
17.5 : no_neutrality
17.0 : Mash 2.4
15.0 : Ken Cat
15.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
13.0 : crosbycatfan3745
12.5 : blubud
12.5 : MAYHOO22
12.5 : Nuke99m
12.5 : spartacat
11.5 : Blueisbest
10.5 : btodd0224
10.5 : warrior_SW
10.0 : *CatinIL*
9.5 : Hang_Time_2
8.0 : JSgorocks
7.5 : jsyeag
7.5 : Littlefeller
7.5 : ukmonty2001
7.0 : bigbluemist
7.0 : BigTyrone
7.0 : pumpedupcats
6.5 : howercat
6.5 : ThreeHogNight
6.0 : GoBigBlue712
5.5 : TreyGoggles
4.0 : Owen68
3.0 : number8please
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : On_track_4_8
4 : ashlandcatfan600
4 : AsianPICat
4 : Blueaz
4 : Cat4life_
4 : CGblue
4 : jwcat30
4 : LeWiz
4 : RocknRollCats
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : dvillecatfan
3 : jrburt
3 : Maxwell41
3 : maysvilleky
3 : no_neutrality
3 : pappy52
3 : Roe07
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : crosbycatfan3745
2 : JSgorocks
2 : jsyeag
2 : Ken Cat
2 : Mash 2.4
2 : MAYHOO22
2 : Nuke99m
2 : TRUEBLUEANDYC
2 : wildcatbd21
Underdog Winners:
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 4
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 7
Week 8: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 6.6
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 2: 18
Week 3: 16
Week 4: 5
Week 5: 20
Week 6: 17
Week 7: 18
Week 8: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 13.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 2: 40
Week 3: 40
Week 4: 58
Week 5: 51
Week 6: 46
Week 7: 47
Week 8: 45
Season Average for Total Picks: 46.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
btodd0224, GoBigBlue712, Owen68
