Welcome to the 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 Rupp Rafters (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 OddsTrader 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:
Thursday, Nov. 12
Memphis 5 SOUTH FLORIDA
Louisiana 11½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Friday, Nov. 13
PITTSBURGH 3 Florida State
UCLA 10 Illinois
Houston 10½ COLORADO
Saturday, Nov. 14
IOWA STATE 1½ Cincinnati
Auburn 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE
James Madison 2½ CONNECTICUT
OHIO STATE 10½ Northwestern
Wisconsin 7½ MARYLAND
MIAMI (FL) 14½ Duke
Wake Forest 2½ SMU
Syracuse 2½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
CLEMSON 13½ Georgia Tech
Nebraska 12½ RUTGERS
Alabama 19½ VANDERBILT
TEMPLE 2½ UAB
East Carolina 13½ CHARLOTTE
COASTAL CAROLINA 1½ Arkansas State
RICE 2 Tulane
Kennesaw State 7 SAM HOUSTON STATE
TCU 9½ Kansas State
MISSOURI STATE 1½ New Mexico State
DELAWARE 6 Florida International
Tennessee 3 TEXAS A&M
Georgia Southern 4½ GEORGIA STATE
TULSA 4½ Florida Atlantic
BRIGHAM YOUNG 7 Baylor
OREGON 9½ Michigan
VIRGINIA 12½ California
UCF 3 Arizona State
INDIANA 7 USC
GEORGIA 14½ Missouri
LIBERTY 20½ Middle Tennessee
Nevada 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Jacksonville State 7 WESTERN KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 30½ Boston College
TEXAS STATE 7½ Fresno State
Washington 3½ MICHIGAN STATE
Ole Miss 2½ OKLAHOMA
LOUISIANA TECH 18½ Southern Miss
WEST VIRGINIA 2½ Kansas
Appalachian State 3 MARSHALL
BOISE STATE 9 Oregon State
KENTUCKY 2½ Florida
PENN STATE 7 Minnesota
Louisville 2½ NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH ALABAMA 2½ Troy
AIR FORCE 10½ San Jose State
IOWA 16½ Purdue
Utah 2½ ARIZONA
LSU 4 Texas
VIRGINIA TECH 16½ Stanford
NEW MEXICO 14 UNLV
South Carolina 7½ ARKANSAS
North Texas 1½ UTSA
OKLAHOMA STATE 2½ Texas Tech
Utah State 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
Wyoming 10 UTEP
WASHINGTON STATE 6½ Colorado State
North Dakota State 9 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Louisiana-Monroe : 14.0 points
Michigan State : 13.5 points
Oregon : 9.5 points
Wyoming : 8.0 points
Texas State : 7.5 points
FLORIDA ATLANTIC : 7.0 points
Maryland : 7.0 points
Old Dominion : 6.5 points
Oklahoma : 5.5 points
ILLINOIS : 5.5 points
Air Force : 5.0 points
Alabama : 3.5 points
Georgia State : 3.5 points
Vanderbilt : 3.0 points
UCF : 2.5 points
KENNESAW STATE : 2.0 points
UTAH STATE : 2.0 points
Penn State : 1.5 points
EAST CAROLINA : 1.5 points
Iowa : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
ILLINOIS: Catapult44
Air Force: rivercatinfl
Alabama: OldSmoky
Iowa: mash_24
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan State, Oregon, Wyoming, Texas State, FLORIDA ATLANTIC, Maryland, Old Dominion, Oklahoma, Georgia State, Vanderbilt, UCF, KENNESAW STATE, UTAH STATE, Penn State, EAST CAROLINA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
42.0 : LordEgg
40.0 : BurgLife
32.5 : warrior-cat
26.0 : Beatle Bum
26.0 : entropy13
25.0 : rivercatinfl
23.0 : Artlaibesghost
22.0 : Kattonik
21.5 : Nuke99m.
21.0 : Hang_Time_2
21.0 : KyMaster
20.5 : BlueBallzz
20.0 : cat tat2
20.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
19.5 : CGBlue1.0
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.5 : OldSmoky
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : Catapult44
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
14.5 : OldRed
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : MaysviileKY
11.5 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Blackcats
6.5 : UKcats#1
6.0 : King1959
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
5 : LordEgg
4 : Artlaibesghost
4 : BurgLife
4 : entropy13
4 : OldSmoky
4 : SenseMaker_Cats
4 : warrior-cat
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Beatle Bum
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : cat tat2
3 : Catapult44
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : KyMaster
3 : mash_24
3 : MaysviileKY
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : OldRed
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : RocknRollCats
2 : BlueBallzz
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : CGBlue1.0
2 : Kattonik
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 21
Week 9: 12
Week 10: 20
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 11
Week 10: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Week 8: 32
Week 9: 30
Week 10: 30
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.5
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 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?
------------
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 OddsTrader 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:
Thursday, Nov. 12
Memphis 5 SOUTH FLORIDA
Louisiana 11½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Friday, Nov. 13
PITTSBURGH 3 Florida State
UCLA 10 Illinois
Houston 10½ COLORADO
Saturday, Nov. 14
IOWA STATE 1½ Cincinnati
Auburn 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE
James Madison 2½ CONNECTICUT
OHIO STATE 10½ Northwestern
Wisconsin 7½ MARYLAND
MIAMI (FL) 14½ Duke
Wake Forest 2½ SMU
Syracuse 2½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
CLEMSON 13½ Georgia Tech
Nebraska 12½ RUTGERS
Alabama 19½ VANDERBILT
TEMPLE 2½ UAB
East Carolina 13½ CHARLOTTE
COASTAL CAROLINA 1½ Arkansas State
RICE 2 Tulane
Kennesaw State 7 SAM HOUSTON STATE
TCU 9½ Kansas State
MISSOURI STATE 1½ New Mexico State
DELAWARE 6 Florida International
Tennessee 3 TEXAS A&M
Georgia Southern 4½ GEORGIA STATE
TULSA 4½ Florida Atlantic
BRIGHAM YOUNG 7 Baylor
OREGON 9½ Michigan
VIRGINIA 12½ California
UCF 3 Arizona State
INDIANA 7 USC
GEORGIA 14½ Missouri
LIBERTY 20½ Middle Tennessee
Nevada 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Jacksonville State 7 WESTERN KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 30½ Boston College
TEXAS STATE 7½ Fresno State
Washington 3½ MICHIGAN STATE
Ole Miss 2½ OKLAHOMA
LOUISIANA TECH 18½ Southern Miss
WEST VIRGINIA 2½ Kansas
Appalachian State 3 MARSHALL
BOISE STATE 9 Oregon State
KENTUCKY 2½ Florida
PENN STATE 7 Minnesota
Louisville 2½ NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH ALABAMA 2½ Troy
AIR FORCE 10½ San Jose State
IOWA 16½ Purdue
Utah 2½ ARIZONA
LSU 4 Texas
VIRGINIA TECH 16½ Stanford
NEW MEXICO 14 UNLV
South Carolina 7½ ARKANSAS
North Texas 1½ UTSA
OKLAHOMA STATE 2½ Texas Tech
Utah State 3 SAN DIEGO STATE
Wyoming 10 UTEP
WASHINGTON STATE 6½ Colorado State
North Dakota State 9 HAWAII
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
Louisiana-Monroe : 14.0 points
Michigan State : 13.5 points
Oregon : 9.5 points
Wyoming : 8.0 points
Texas State : 7.5 points
FLORIDA ATLANTIC : 7.0 points
Maryland : 7.0 points
Old Dominion : 6.5 points
Oklahoma : 5.5 points
ILLINOIS : 5.5 points
Air Force : 5.0 points
Alabama : 3.5 points
Georgia State : 3.5 points
Vanderbilt : 3.0 points
UCF : 2.5 points
KENNESAW STATE : 2.0 points
UTAH STATE : 2.0 points
Penn State : 1.5 points
EAST CAROLINA : 1.5 points
Iowa : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
ILLINOIS: Catapult44
Air Force: rivercatinfl
Alabama: OldSmoky
Iowa: mash_24
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan State, Oregon, Wyoming, Texas State, FLORIDA ATLANTIC, Maryland, Old Dominion, Oklahoma, Georgia State, Vanderbilt, UCF, KENNESAW STATE, UTAH STATE, Penn State, EAST CAROLINA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
42.0 : LordEgg
40.0 : BurgLife
32.5 : warrior-cat
26.0 : Beatle Bum
26.0 : entropy13
25.0 : rivercatinfl
23.0 : Artlaibesghost
22.0 : Kattonik
21.5 : Nuke99m.
21.0 : Hang_Time_2
21.0 : KyMaster
20.5 : BlueBallzz
20.0 : cat tat2
20.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
19.5 : CGBlue1.0
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.5 : OldSmoky
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : Catapult44
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
14.5 : OldRed
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : MaysviileKY
11.5 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Blackcats
6.5 : UKcats#1
6.0 : King1959
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #10:
5 : LordEgg
4 : Artlaibesghost
4 : BurgLife
4 : entropy13
4 : OldSmoky
4 : SenseMaker_Cats
4 : warrior-cat
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Beatle Bum
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : cat tat2
3 : Catapult44
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : KyMaster
3 : mash_24
3 : MaysviileKY
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : OldRed
3 : rivercatinfl
3 : RocknRollCats
2 : BlueBallzz
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : CGBlue1.0
2 : Kattonik
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 21
Week 9: 12
Week 10: 20
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 14.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 11
Week 10: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Week 8: 32
Week 9: 30
Week 10: 30
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.5
