To see the final results, scroll down to the results post at the bottom of this thread.
Welcome to the final "week" of 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).
*** Be very careful about editing your pick after the first kickoff. That is December 12th! If you edit your pick after that first kickoff, your SUP won't count!
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) If you edit your pick after the first game listed has started, your pick is invalidated. I can't know that you didn't change your pick from one that didn't win to a later game in hopes of getting a winner. If you want to change your pick after the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick. Doesn't work if you are switching from the game that has already started.
2) If you make your pick after your game was supposed to kick off, it is invalidated.
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.
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.
*** Sorry, I just gave up waiting for Clemson vs Oklahoma odds. It is still a PK.
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 16:
Friday, Dec. 12
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2½ UT Chattanooga
Saturday, Dec. 13
NAVY 15 Army
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 17 Coastal Carolina
VILLANOVA 2½ Sam Houston State
EASTERN WASHINGTON 1 Illinois State
Saturday, Dec. 20
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 1 Nevada
UTAH STATE 10½ UTEP
Utah 4½ COLORADO STATE
Western Michigan 1 AIR FORCE
South Alabama 2½ BOWLING GREEN STATE
Monday, Dec. 22
MEMPHIS 1 BYU
Tuesday, Dec. 23
MARSHALL 10½ Northern Illinois
SAN DIEGO STATE 2 Navy
Wednesday, Dec. 24
WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 Central Michigan
Fresno State 1 RICE
Friday, Dec. 26
LOUISIANA TECH 6 Illinois
NORTH CAROLINA 3½ Rutgers
CENTRAL FLORIDA 1½ North Carolina State
Saturday, Dec. 27
CINCINNATI 3½ Virginia Tech
ARIZONA STATE 8 Duke
Miami (FL) 1 SOUTH CAROLINA
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Penn State
SOUTHERN CAL 6 Nebraska
Monday, Dec. 29
West Virginia 3½ TEXAS AM
ARKANSAS 6 Texas
Tuesday, Dec. 30
LSU 7½ Notre Dame
GEORGIA 7 Louisville
STANFORD 14 Maryland
Wednesday, Dec. 31
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 3 Mississippi
ARIZONA 3 Boise State
MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 Georgia Tech
Thursday, Jan. 1
AUBURN 5½ Wisconsin
BAYLOR 3 Michigan State
MISSOURI 5½ Minnesota
OREGON 9½ Florida State
ALABAMA 9½ Ohio State
Friday, Jan. 2
Pittsburgh 3 HOUSTON
TENNESSEE 3½ Iowa
KANSAS STATE 1½ UCLA
WASHINGTON 4½ Oklahoma State
Saturday, Jan. 3
FLORIDA 7 East Carolina
Sunday, Jan. 4
Toledo 3 ARKANSAS STATE
Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Oklahoma State : 19.5 points
Southern Methodist : 11.5 points
Central Florida : 5.5 points
OHIO STATE : 4.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Oklahoma State: JBHolmesfan, no_neutrality, ukcatsfan2, 13space82
Southern Methodist: warrior-cat, PRPcoach
OHIO STATE: On_track_4_8, maysvilleky, THE_OAK, Nuke99m, jrburt
Nobody picked: Central Florida
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
73.5 : UKwannabe
72.0 : jrburt
62.0 : AsianPICat
58.0 : THE_OAK
55.5 : stinger11723
54.0 : JBHolmesfan
54.0 : On_track_4_8
54.0 : ukmonty2001
51.0 : IamnotRalph
50.5 : catben
50.0 : Hang_Time_2
47.0 : Don...heCats
46.5 : Gabewcat
45.0 : Deeeefense
44.5 : CALKAT
43.5 : maysvilleky
43.5 : Owen68
43.0 : ThePhoenix
41.0 : no_neutrality
40.0 : 13space82
37.5 : jsyeag
36.5 : GoB!gBlue
36.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
36.0 : TreyGoggles
35.5 : JBAR44
35.0 : ukcatsfan2
32.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
31.0 : jimmy cowboy
31.0 : LordEgg
31.0 : rgunslinger
30.0 : CGblue
29.5 : warrior-cat
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : tightwedge
28.5 : GoBigBlue37
28.5 : ot white
27.5 : Blue Strype
27.5 : PRPcoach
27.0 : cdmm
27.0 : Nuke99m
27.0 : OSOK
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : BIGBLUEQ
24.5 : cat tat2
24.5 : kyfan606
23.5 : number8please
22.5 : OldBlueNuts
22.5 : wildbloo
21.0 : Roe07
19.5 : *CatinIL*
18.0 : Ken Cat
17.5 : JoshF
17.5 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : warrior_SW
17.0 : BigBlueFan1963
16.5 : UKblue4ever
15.5 : Catapult
15.5 : WildcatDJ
15.0 : sckysportsink
13.0 : BengalWACO
13.0 : UK_num_1
12.5 : Blueisbest
12.0 : ashlandcatfan600
11.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
11.0 : JSgorocks
11.0 : knightcat
10.5 : Katkrazy32
8.5 : pappy52
8.0 : Old_Red
7.5 : aarongreattinger
7.5 : KentUcKy-Kats
7.5 : PokerCat67
6.5 : calicat21
6.5 : docholiday51
6.5 : DubyaT
5.5 : Bryguy
5.5 : Chasecat1
3.0 : BARRYBLUE1
3.0 : joecat*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
9 : AsianPICat
8 : maysvilleky
8 : On_track_4_8
8 : THE_OAK
7 : IamnotRalph
7 : number8please
7 : ukmonty2001
6 : catben
6 : Gabewcat
6 : jrburt
6 : OSOK
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : 13space82
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : Nuke99m
5 : tightwedge
5 : TreyGoggles
5 : UKwannabe
5 : warrior-cat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : Deeeefense
4 : Don...heCats
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : GrandePdre
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : LordEgg
4 : no_neutrality
4 : Owen68
4 : PRPcoach
4 : RocknRollCats
4 : ukcatsfan2
4 : wildbloo
3 : ashlandcatfan600
3 : BigBlueFan1963
3 : Blueisbest
3 : CALKAT
3 : JBAR44
3 : JoshF
3 : Ken Cat
3 : OldBlueNuts
3 : ot white
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : stinger11723
3 : ThePhoenix
3 : UK_num_1
2 : BengalWACO
2 : BigBadBlueDaddy
2 : Blue Strype
2 : calicat21
2 : Catapult
2 : cdmm
2 : CGblue
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : jsyeag
2 : Katkrazy32
2 : pappy52
2 : rgunslinger
2 : Roe07
2 : sckysportsink
2 : UKblue4ever
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 8
Week 3: 11
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 13
Week 6: 18
Week 7: 11
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 16
Week 14: 16
Week 15: 4
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 26
Week 4: 18
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 35
Week 7: 13
Week 8: 11
Week 9: 17
Week 10: 25
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 18
Week 13: 14
Week 14: 6
Week 15: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 73
Week 2: 84
Week 3: 84
Week 4: 76
Week 5: 83
Week 6: 75
Week 7: 75
Week 8: 74
Week 9: 71
Week 10: 68
Week 11: 61
Week 12: 61
Week 13: 45
Week 14: 50
Week 15: 41
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.1
Overall Stupid Underdog Picks Winners
2000: this is when Mtcatfan thinks the game started, but winner is not known
2001: did not keep record of who won
2002: did not keep record of who won
2003: SixToeJoe - most correct picks winners not tracked
2004: ThreeHogNight - most correct picks winners not tracked
2005: Hang_Time_2 with 53.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 6, Hang_Time_2 was one of them
2006: JBnTN with 57 points- JBnTN had 8 correct picks which was most correct picks
2007: TaylorsvilleMike with 71.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 7, TaylorsvilleMike was one of them
2008: bigbluemist with 67 points - bigbluemist & CatinSA tied for most correct picks at 9
2009: buckster1 with 95.5 points - buckster1 with 8 correct picks
2010: Hang_Time_2 won with 64 points and also won with 7 correct picks
2011: jrburt won with 70.5 points - Blue Strype had the most correct picks with 10.
2012: Brother Cat with 61.5 - Brother Cat had the most correct picks with 8.
2013: docholiday51 with 61.5 - adolph...ngover and number8please had the most correct picks with 8
This post was edited on 1/5 8:15 AM by Old_Red
Welcome to the final "week" of 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).
*** Be very careful about editing your pick after the first kickoff. That is December 12th! If you edit your pick after that first kickoff, your SUP won't count!
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) If you edit your pick after the first game listed has started, your pick is invalidated. I can't know that you didn't change your pick from one that didn't win to a later game in hopes of getting a winner. If you want to change your pick after the first game has started, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick. Doesn't work if you are switching from the game that has already started.
2) If you make your pick after your game was supposed to kick off, it is invalidated.
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.
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.
*** Sorry, I just gave up waiting for Clemson vs Oklahoma odds. It is still a PK.
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 16:
Friday, Dec. 12
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2½ UT Chattanooga
Saturday, Dec. 13
NAVY 15 Army
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 17 Coastal Carolina
VILLANOVA 2½ Sam Houston State
EASTERN WASHINGTON 1 Illinois State
Saturday, Dec. 20
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 1 Nevada
UTAH STATE 10½ UTEP
Utah 4½ COLORADO STATE
Western Michigan 1 AIR FORCE
South Alabama 2½ BOWLING GREEN STATE
Monday, Dec. 22
MEMPHIS 1 BYU
Tuesday, Dec. 23
MARSHALL 10½ Northern Illinois
SAN DIEGO STATE 2 Navy
Wednesday, Dec. 24
WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 Central Michigan
Fresno State 1 RICE
Friday, Dec. 26
LOUISIANA TECH 6 Illinois
NORTH CAROLINA 3½ Rutgers
CENTRAL FLORIDA 1½ North Carolina State
Saturday, Dec. 27
CINCINNATI 3½ Virginia Tech
ARIZONA STATE 8 Duke
Miami (FL) 1 SOUTH CAROLINA
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Penn State
SOUTHERN CAL 6 Nebraska
Monday, Dec. 29
West Virginia 3½ TEXAS AM
ARKANSAS 6 Texas
Tuesday, Dec. 30
LSU 7½ Notre Dame
GEORGIA 7 Louisville
STANFORD 14 Maryland
Wednesday, Dec. 31
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 3 Mississippi
ARIZONA 3 Boise State
MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 Georgia Tech
Thursday, Jan. 1
AUBURN 5½ Wisconsin
BAYLOR 3 Michigan State
MISSOURI 5½ Minnesota
OREGON 9½ Florida State
ALABAMA 9½ Ohio State
Friday, Jan. 2
Pittsburgh 3 HOUSTON
TENNESSEE 3½ Iowa
KANSAS STATE 1½ UCLA
WASHINGTON 4½ Oklahoma State
Saturday, Jan. 3
FLORIDA 7 East Carolina
Sunday, Jan. 4
Toledo 3 ARKANSAS STATE
Underdog Winners - Week #15:
Oklahoma State : 19.5 points
Southern Methodist : 11.5 points
Central Florida : 5.5 points
OHIO STATE : 4.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #15:
Oklahoma State: JBHolmesfan, no_neutrality, ukcatsfan2, 13space82
Southern Methodist: warrior-cat, PRPcoach
OHIO STATE: On_track_4_8, maysvilleky, THE_OAK, Nuke99m, jrburt
Nobody picked: Central Florida
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #15:
73.5 : UKwannabe
72.0 : jrburt
62.0 : AsianPICat
58.0 : THE_OAK
55.5 : stinger11723
54.0 : JBHolmesfan
54.0 : On_track_4_8
54.0 : ukmonty2001
51.0 : IamnotRalph
50.5 : catben
50.0 : Hang_Time_2
47.0 : Don...heCats
46.5 : Gabewcat
45.0 : Deeeefense
44.5 : CALKAT
43.5 : maysvilleky
43.5 : Owen68
43.0 : ThePhoenix
41.0 : no_neutrality
40.0 : 13space82
37.5 : jsyeag
36.5 : GoB!gBlue
36.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
36.0 : TreyGoggles
35.5 : JBAR44
35.0 : ukcatsfan2
32.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
31.0 : jimmy cowboy
31.0 : LordEgg
31.0 : rgunslinger
30.0 : CGblue
29.5 : warrior-cat
29.0 : GrandePdre
29.0 : tightwedge
28.5 : GoBigBlue37
28.5 : ot white
27.5 : Blue Strype
27.5 : PRPcoach
27.0 : cdmm
27.0 : Nuke99m
27.0 : OSOK
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : BIGBLUEQ
24.5 : cat tat2
24.5 : kyfan606
23.5 : number8please
22.5 : OldBlueNuts
22.5 : wildbloo
21.0 : Roe07
19.5 : *CatinIL*
18.0 : Ken Cat
17.5 : JoshF
17.5 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : warrior_SW
17.0 : BigBlueFan1963
16.5 : UKblue4ever
15.5 : Catapult
15.5 : WildcatDJ
15.0 : sckysportsink
13.0 : BengalWACO
13.0 : UK_num_1
12.5 : Blueisbest
12.0 : ashlandcatfan600
11.0 : BigBadBlueDaddy
11.0 : JSgorocks
11.0 : knightcat
10.5 : Katkrazy32
8.5 : pappy52
8.0 : Old_Red
7.5 : aarongreattinger
7.5 : KentUcKy-Kats
7.5 : PokerCat67
6.5 : calicat21
6.5 : docholiday51
6.5 : DubyaT
5.5 : Bryguy
5.5 : Chasecat1
3.0 : BARRYBLUE1
3.0 : joecat*
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #15:
9 : AsianPICat
8 : maysvilleky
8 : On_track_4_8
8 : THE_OAK
7 : IamnotRalph
7 : number8please
7 : ukmonty2001
6 : catben
6 : Gabewcat
6 : jrburt
6 : OSOK
6 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : 13space82
5 : jimmy cowboy
5 : Nuke99m
5 : tightwedge
5 : TreyGoggles
5 : UKwannabe
5 : warrior-cat
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : Deeeefense
4 : Don...heCats
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : GrandePdre
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : LordEgg
4 : no_neutrality
4 : Owen68
4 : PRPcoach
4 : RocknRollCats
4 : ukcatsfan2
4 : wildbloo
3 : ashlandcatfan600
3 : BigBlueFan1963
3 : Blueisbest
3 : CALKAT
3 : JBAR44
3 : JoshF
3 : Ken Cat
3 : OldBlueNuts
3 : ot white
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : stinger11723
3 : ThePhoenix
3 : UK_num_1
2 : BengalWACO
2 : BigBadBlueDaddy
2 : Blue Strype
2 : calicat21
2 : Catapult
2 : cdmm
2 : CGblue
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : jsyeag
2 : Katkrazy32
2 : pappy52
2 : rgunslinger
2 : Roe07
2 : sckysportsink
2 : UKblue4ever
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 11
Week 2: 8
Week 3: 11
Week 4: 10
Week 5: 13
Week 6: 18
Week 7: 11
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 11
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 16
Week 14: 16
Week 15: 4
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 26
Week 4: 18
Week 5: 22
Week 6: 35
Week 7: 13
Week 8: 11
Week 9: 17
Week 10: 25
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 18
Week 13: 14
Week 14: 6
Week 15: 11
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 73
Week 2: 84
Week 3: 84
Week 4: 76
Week 5: 83
Week 6: 75
Week 7: 75
Week 8: 74
Week 9: 71
Week 10: 68
Week 11: 61
Week 12: 61
Week 13: 45
Week 14: 50
Week 15: 41
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.1
Overall Stupid Underdog Picks Winners
2000: this is when Mtcatfan thinks the game started, but winner is not known
2001: did not keep record of who won
2002: did not keep record of who won
2003: SixToeJoe - most correct picks winners not tracked
2004: ThreeHogNight - most correct picks winners not tracked
2005: Hang_Time_2 with 53.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 6, Hang_Time_2 was one of them
2006: JBnTN with 57 points- JBnTN had 8 correct picks which was most correct picks
2007: TaylorsvilleMike with 71.5 points - 5 tied for most correct picks at 7, TaylorsvilleMike was one of them
2008: bigbluemist with 67 points - bigbluemist & CatinSA tied for most correct picks at 9
2009: buckster1 with 95.5 points - buckster1 with 8 correct picks
2010: Hang_Time_2 won with 64 points and also won with 7 correct picks
2011: jrburt won with 70.5 points - Blue Strype had the most correct picks with 10.
2012: Brother Cat with 61.5 - Brother Cat had the most correct picks with 8.
2013: docholiday51 with 61.5 - adolph...ngover and number8please had the most correct picks with 8
This post was edited on 1/5 8:15 AM by Old_Red