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 11:
Tuesday, Nov. 7
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10½ Ball State
WESTERN MICHIGAN 3½ Central Michigan
Ohio 7 BUFFALO
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Bowling Green 8 KENT STATE
MIAMI (OH) 17½ Akron
TOLEDO 19½ Eastern Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 9
LOUISVILLE 20 Virginia
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 12½ Southern Miss
Friday, Nov. 10
SMU 16½ North Texas
UNLV 4½ Wyoming
Saturday, Nov. 11
Alabama 10½ KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA 14½ Vanderbilt
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Virginia Tech
CLEMSON 15 Georgia Tech
Michigan 5 PENN STATE
SOUTH FLORIDA 8 Temple
KANSAS 4 Texas Tech
ILLINOIS 6½ Indiana
TULANE 23 Tulsa
Maryland 1½ NEBRASKA
LIBERTY 13½ Old Dominion
North Carolina State 2½ WAKE FOREST
JAMES MADISON 27 Connecticut
Memphis 11 CHARLOTTE
GEORGIA STATE 2½ Appalachian State
Arizona 9½ COLORADO
Troy 20½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
UTAH STATE 16½ Nevada
LOUISIANA TECH 8½ Sam Houston State
KANSAS STATE 20½ Baylor
FLORIDA STATE 15½ Miami (FL)
Oklahoma State 2 UCF
PURDUE 1 Minnesota
COASTAL CAROLINA 2 Texas State
WISCONSIN 12½ Northwestern
IOWA 2½ Rutgers
WASHINGTON 9½ Utah
WESTERN KENTUCKY 5½ New Mexico State
Pittsburgh 1 SYRACUSE
UAB 4½ NAVY
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 11½ Florida International
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 10 East Carolina
CALIFORNIA 1½ Washington State
ARKANSAS 3 Auburn
SOUTH ALABAMA 11 Arkansas State
OREGON STATE 21½ Stanford
GEORGIA 12 Ole Miss
Georgia Southern 1 MARSHALL
OKLAHOMA 12½ West Virginia
HOUSTON 2½ Cincinnati
COLORADO STATE 4½ San Diego State
UTSA 13 Rice
LSU 14 Florida
Texas 10 TCU
TEXAS A&M 18½ Mississippi State
OHIO STATE 30½ Michigan State
NORTH CAROLINA 11½ Duke
UCLA 17½ Arizona State
BOISE STATE 26½ New Mexico
Iowa State 7 BRIGHAM YOUNG
OREGON 15 USC
Fresno State 1 SAN JOSE STATE
Air Force 18½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Army : 19.0 points
Stanford : 13.5 points
INDIANA : 8.5 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 8.0 points
TEMPLE : 7.0 points
Arkansas : 6.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 6.0 points
Houston : 5.0 points
Hawaii : 4.0 points
Illinois : 3.5 points
Charlotte : 3.5 points
Boston College : 3.5 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 3.5 points
CLEMSON : 3.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 3.0 points
CENTRAL MICHIGAN : 3.0 points
UAB : 2.5 points
Georgia Tech : 2.5 points
Kansas : 2.0 points
TEXAS STATE : 1.5 points
ARIZONA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
Stanford: Hang_Time_2
INDIANA: BeardedKatFan, Roe07
Arkansas: ILiveBlue-GoCats, ThreeHogNight, jimmy cowboy, docholiday51
OKLAHOMA STATE: jsyeag, M4CAT, kybloo92, rockycard, Ken Cat
Houston: jameslee32
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: ArtLaibsGhost, Littlefeller, MAYHOO22
Kansas: JSgorocks
Nobody picked: Army, ARKANSAS STATE, TEMPLE, Hawaii, Illinois, Charlotte, Boston College, CLEMSON, MICHIGAN STATE, CENTRAL MICHIGAN, UAB, Georgia Tech, TEXAS STATE, ARIZONA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
29.0 : jwcat30
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : rockycard
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : docholiday51
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
14.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
10.0 : Blueisbest
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : mgp913
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : jwcat30
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : rockycard
3 : secrules3
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Season Average for Total Picks: 71.6
@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.
------------
Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 11:
Tuesday, Nov. 7
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10½ Ball State
WESTERN MICHIGAN 3½ Central Michigan
Ohio 7 BUFFALO
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Bowling Green 8 KENT STATE
MIAMI (OH) 17½ Akron
TOLEDO 19½ Eastern Michigan
Thursday, Nov. 9
LOUISVILLE 20 Virginia
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 12½ Southern Miss
Friday, Nov. 10
SMU 16½ North Texas
UNLV 4½ Wyoming
Saturday, Nov. 11
Alabama 10½ KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA 14½ Vanderbilt
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ Virginia Tech
CLEMSON 15 Georgia Tech
Michigan 5 PENN STATE
SOUTH FLORIDA 8 Temple
KANSAS 4 Texas Tech
ILLINOIS 6½ Indiana
TULANE 23 Tulsa
Maryland 1½ NEBRASKA
LIBERTY 13½ Old Dominion
North Carolina State 2½ WAKE FOREST
JAMES MADISON 27 Connecticut
Memphis 11 CHARLOTTE
GEORGIA STATE 2½ Appalachian State
Arizona 9½ COLORADO
Troy 20½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
UTAH STATE 16½ Nevada
LOUISIANA TECH 8½ Sam Houston State
KANSAS STATE 20½ Baylor
FLORIDA STATE 15½ Miami (FL)
Oklahoma State 2 UCF
PURDUE 1 Minnesota
COASTAL CAROLINA 2 Texas State
WISCONSIN 12½ Northwestern
IOWA 2½ Rutgers
WASHINGTON 9½ Utah
WESTERN KENTUCKY 5½ New Mexico State
Pittsburgh 1 SYRACUSE
UAB 4½ NAVY
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 11½ Florida International
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 10 East Carolina
CALIFORNIA 1½ Washington State
ARKANSAS 3 Auburn
SOUTH ALABAMA 11 Arkansas State
OREGON STATE 21½ Stanford
GEORGIA 12 Ole Miss
Georgia Southern 1 MARSHALL
OKLAHOMA 12½ West Virginia
HOUSTON 2½ Cincinnati
COLORADO STATE 4½ San Diego State
UTSA 13 Rice
LSU 14 Florida
Texas 10 TCU
TEXAS A&M 18½ Mississippi State
OHIO STATE 30½ Michigan State
NORTH CAROLINA 11½ Duke
UCLA 17½ Arizona State
BOISE STATE 26½ New Mexico
Iowa State 7 BRIGHAM YOUNG
OREGON 15 USC
Fresno State 1 SAN JOSE STATE
Air Force 18½ HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Army : 19.0 points
Stanford : 13.5 points
INDIANA : 8.5 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 8.0 points
TEMPLE : 7.0 points
Arkansas : 6.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 6.0 points
Houston : 5.0 points
Hawaii : 4.0 points
Illinois : 3.5 points
Charlotte : 3.5 points
Boston College : 3.5 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 3.5 points
CLEMSON : 3.0 points
MICHIGAN STATE : 3.0 points
CENTRAL MICHIGAN : 3.0 points
UAB : 2.5 points
Georgia Tech : 2.5 points
Kansas : 2.0 points
TEXAS STATE : 1.5 points
ARIZONA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
Stanford: Hang_Time_2
INDIANA: BeardedKatFan, Roe07
Arkansas: ILiveBlue-GoCats, ThreeHogNight, jimmy cowboy, docholiday51
OKLAHOMA STATE: jsyeag, M4CAT, kybloo92, rockycard, Ken Cat
Houston: jameslee32
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: ArtLaibsGhost, Littlefeller, MAYHOO22
Kansas: JSgorocks
Nobody picked: Army, ARKANSAS STATE, TEMPLE, Hawaii, Illinois, Charlotte, Boston College, CLEMSON, MICHIGAN STATE, CENTRAL MICHIGAN, UAB, Georgia Tech, TEXAS STATE, ARIZONA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
53.0 : RedLotMudcat
50.0 : WalterTheHippo
45.0 : Hang_Time_2
44.5 : gblue5744
37.0 : BeardedKatFan
37.0 : secrules3
35.5 : catben
33.5 : kybloo92
33.0 : TOMCATS1990
32.5 : Chad Rock
31.5 : MAYHOO22
29.0 : jwcat30
28.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : Short-Dawg-69
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : Serenity Now!!!
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
23.5 : jameslee32
23.0 : RonRajon
22.0 : Nuke99m
22.0 : pumpedupcats
21.0 : UKfirst
20.5 : Cat4life_
20.5 : TuckyFB
20.0 : H-D cat
20.0 : warrior-cat
19.5 : bluecoon1
19.5 : ThreeHogNight
19.0 : M4CAT
18.5 : rockycard
18.5 : Roe07
18.0 : rivercatinfl
17.5 : Old_Red
16.5 : JSgorocks
15.5 : Littlefeller
15.0 : CGblue
14.5 : Big_Blue_1018
14.5 : docholiday51
14.0 : Caveman Catfan
14.0 : GrandePdre
14.0 : jimmy cowboy
13.5 : AVCat
13.5 : blue cincy
13.5 : Ken Cat
13.5 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
13.0 : pappy52
12.5 : PickSixKing
11.5 : Blueworld_3.0
10.5 : kywildcatsfannumber1
10.5 : LordEgg
10.5 : wildcatbd21
10.0 : ArtLaibsGhost
10.0 : Blueisbest
9.5 : BigBlueBall
9.5 : RocknRollCats
9.0 : Bryguy
8.0 : Burgcatfan
8.0 : Uk##1
7.5 : blubud
7.5 : BlueInTheBoro
7.5 : maysvilleky
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : BurgLife
6.5 : Larry00
6.0 : btodd0224
6.0 : cat tat2
5.5 : BlueBallz
5.5 : howercat
5.5 : lazydave841
4.0 : gamecockcat
3.5 : Catapult
3.5 : mgp913
2.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
1.5 : KyThunder55
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
6 : MAYHOO22
5 : BeardedKatFan
5 : jwcat30
5 : RedLotMudcat
5 : WalterTheHippo
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
4 : jameslee32
4 : JSgorocks
4 : kybloo92
4 : Nuke99m
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : bluecoon1
3 : Cat4life_
3 : catben
3 : Chad Rock
3 : jsyeag
3 : Littlefeller
3 : M4CAT
3 : Old_Red
3 : pumpedupcats
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : rockycard
3 : secrules3
3 : ThreeHogNight
3 : TOMCATS1990
2 : ArtLaibsGhost
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Bryguy
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : CGblue
2 : docholiday51
2 : GrandePdre
2 : H-D cat
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : Ken Cat
2 : pappy52
2 : PickSixKing
2 : Roe07
2 : RonRajon
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : stinger11723
2 : TuckyFB
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 10
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 13
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 14
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 17
Week 9: 15
Week 10: 21
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 27
Week 2: 17
Week 3: 17
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 5
Week 6: 23
Week 7: 31
Week 8: 6
Week 9: 16
Week 10: 17
Season Average for Correct Picks: 16.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 93
Week 2: 81
Week 3: 78
Week 4: 79
Week 5: 72
Week 6: 73
Week 7: 64
Week 8: 61
Week 9: 60
Week 10: 55
Season Average for Total Picks: 71.6
@Deeeefense
