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 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.
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:
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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 10:
Thursday, Nov. 3
OHIO 19½ SUNY-Buffalo
Oklahoma 20 IOWA STATE
COLORADO 12 UCLA
Friday, Nov. 4
Central Michigan 3½ MIAMI (OH)
Temple 10½ CONNECTICUT
BOISE STATE 28½ San Jose State
Saturday, Nov. 5
NOTRE DAME 5½ Navy
APPALACHIAN STATE 31½ Texas State
BYU 8½ CINCINNATI
Air Force 2 ARMY
Louisville 25 BOSTON COLLEGE
MINNESOTA 16½ Purdue
Virginia Tech 11½ DUKE
CLEMSON 26 Syracuse
WEST VIRGINIA 34½ Kansas
Indiana 12 RUTGERS
Florida State 7 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
MICHIGAN 30½ Maryland
WAKE FOREST 3 Virginia
KANSAS STATE 2½ Oklahoma State
TULSA 7½ East Carolina
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 17½ Texas-San Antonio
SOUTHERN MISS 19½ UNC Charlotte
BAYLOR 10 Texas Christian
MIAMI (FL) 3½ Pittsburgh
NORTH CAROLINA 10½ Georgia Tech
AUBURN 24½ Vanderbilt
Georgia 3 KENTUCKY
Florida 3 ARKANSAS
COLORADO STATE 14½ Fresno State
MISSISSIPPI 27½ Georgia Southern
TROY 21½ Massachusetts
RICE 2½ Florida Atlantic
WYOMING 7 Utah State
SOUTH CAROLINA 6½ Missouri
South Alabama 13 LOUISIANA-MONROE
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 5½ Idaho
WESTERN KENTUCKY 26½ Florida Intl
Louisiana Tech 20½ NORTH TEXAS
Washington 15½ CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN CAL 15½ Oregon
OLD DOMINION 8½ Marshall
SAN DIEGO STATE 21 Hawaii
Texas AM 14 MISSISSIPPI STATE
Memphis 3½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
PENN STATE 5½ Iowa
STANFORD 14 Oregon State
WASHINGTON STATE 15½ Arizona
Alabama 7 LSU
Wisconsin 5½ NORTHWESTERN
OHIO STATE 14 Nebraska
NEW MEXICO 14 Nevada
CENTRAL FLORIDA 16 Tulane
Underdog Winners - Week #9:
Ohio : 17.0 points
SUNY-BUFFALO : 15.0 points
Boston College : 15.0 points
WYOMING : 14.5 points
Kent State : 13.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 13.0 points
Texas Tech : 7.5 points
Army : 7.0 points
Miami (OH) : 7.0 points
Tulsa : 6.5 points
Kentucky : 4.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 3.0 points
TEXAS : 3.0 points
Southern Methodist : 2.0 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
Boston College: Ken Cat
WYOMING: Hang_Time_2, jsyeag, BIGCAT4LIFE, stinger11723
SOUTH CAROLINA: Serenity Now!!!
Texas Tech: Larry00, Caveman Catfan
Army: OSOK, warrior-cat
Tulsa: maysvilleky
Kentucky: blubud, On_track_4_8, Littlefeller, number8please, ukcatsfan2, 13space82, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, Gabewcat, pappy52
Nobody picked: Ohio, SUNY-BUFFALO, Kent State, Miami (OH), OKLAHOMA STATE, TEXAS, Southern Methodist, SAN JOSE STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
40.0 : stinger11723
40.0 : straykat
35.0 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : OSOK
29.5 : ThePhoenix
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
26.0 : warrior-cat
25.5 : number8please
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
24.5 : maysvilleky
24.0 : Larry00
24.0 : PRPcoach
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.5 : blubud
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Caveman Catfan
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : WildcatDJ
16.0 : Maxwell41
15.0 : KyMaster
15.0 : On_track_4_8
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : 13space82
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
6 : Gabewcat
6 : maysvilleky
5 : straykat
5 : ukcatsfan2
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : docholiday51
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : stinger11723
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : warrior-cat
3 : 13space82
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Maxwell41
3 : Nuke99m
3 : OSOK
3 : pappy52
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
2 : WildOnKnoxville
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 13
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 20
Week 9: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 18.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 52
Week 9: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 61.9
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.
2014: jrburt with 74 points - AsianPICat had the most correct picks with 10.
2015: kyfan606 with 50.5 points - SWVA WildcatFan had the most correct picks with 7.
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 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.
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:
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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.
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Stupid Underdog Picks - Week 10:
Thursday, Nov. 3
OHIO 19½ SUNY-Buffalo
Oklahoma 20 IOWA STATE
COLORADO 12 UCLA
Friday, Nov. 4
Central Michigan 3½ MIAMI (OH)
Temple 10½ CONNECTICUT
BOISE STATE 28½ San Jose State
Saturday, Nov. 5
NOTRE DAME 5½ Navy
APPALACHIAN STATE 31½ Texas State
BYU 8½ CINCINNATI
Air Force 2 ARMY
Louisville 25 BOSTON COLLEGE
MINNESOTA 16½ Purdue
Virginia Tech 11½ DUKE
CLEMSON 26 Syracuse
WEST VIRGINIA 34½ Kansas
Indiana 12 RUTGERS
Florida State 7 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
MICHIGAN 30½ Maryland
WAKE FOREST 3 Virginia
KANSAS STATE 2½ Oklahoma State
TULSA 7½ East Carolina
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 17½ Texas-San Antonio
SOUTHERN MISS 19½ UNC Charlotte
BAYLOR 10 Texas Christian
MIAMI (FL) 3½ Pittsburgh
NORTH CAROLINA 10½ Georgia Tech
AUBURN 24½ Vanderbilt
Georgia 3 KENTUCKY
Florida 3 ARKANSAS
COLORADO STATE 14½ Fresno State
MISSISSIPPI 27½ Georgia Southern
TROY 21½ Massachusetts
RICE 2½ Florida Atlantic
WYOMING 7 Utah State
SOUTH CAROLINA 6½ Missouri
South Alabama 13 LOUISIANA-MONROE
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 5½ Idaho
WESTERN KENTUCKY 26½ Florida Intl
Louisiana Tech 20½ NORTH TEXAS
Washington 15½ CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN CAL 15½ Oregon
OLD DOMINION 8½ Marshall
SAN DIEGO STATE 21 Hawaii
Texas AM 14 MISSISSIPPI STATE
Memphis 3½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
PENN STATE 5½ Iowa
STANFORD 14 Oregon State
WASHINGTON STATE 15½ Arizona
Alabama 7 LSU
Wisconsin 5½ NORTHWESTERN
OHIO STATE 14 Nebraska
NEW MEXICO 14 Nevada
CENTRAL FLORIDA 16 Tulane
Underdog Winners - Week #9:
Ohio : 17.0 points
SUNY-BUFFALO : 15.0 points
Boston College : 15.0 points
WYOMING : 14.5 points
Kent State : 13.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 13.0 points
Texas Tech : 7.5 points
Army : 7.0 points
Miami (OH) : 7.0 points
Tulsa : 6.5 points
Kentucky : 4.5 points
OKLAHOMA STATE : 3.0 points
TEXAS : 3.0 points
Southern Methodist : 2.0 points
SAN JOSE STATE : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #9:
Boston College: Ken Cat
WYOMING: Hang_Time_2, jsyeag, BIGCAT4LIFE, stinger11723
SOUTH CAROLINA: Serenity Now!!!
Texas Tech: Larry00, Caveman Catfan
Army: OSOK, warrior-cat
Tulsa: maysvilleky
Kentucky: blubud, On_track_4_8, Littlefeller, number8please, ukcatsfan2, 13space82, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, Gabewcat, pappy52
Nobody picked: Ohio, SUNY-BUFFALO, Kent State, Miami (OH), OKLAHOMA STATE, TEXAS, Southern Methodist, SAN JOSE STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #9:
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
40.0 : stinger11723
40.0 : straykat
35.0 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : OSOK
29.5 : ThePhoenix
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
26.0 : warrior-cat
25.5 : number8please
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
24.5 : maysvilleky
24.0 : Larry00
24.0 : PRPcoach
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.5 : blubud
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Caveman Catfan
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : WildcatDJ
16.0 : Maxwell41
15.0 : KyMaster
15.0 : On_track_4_8
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : 13space82
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #9:
6 : Gabewcat
6 : maysvilleky
5 : straykat
5 : ukcatsfan2
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : docholiday51
4 : number8please
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : stinger11723
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : warrior-cat
3 : 13space82
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Maxwell41
3 : Nuke99m
3 : OSOK
3 : pappy52
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
2 : WildOnKnoxville
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 13
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 10
Week 8: 15
Week 9: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.1
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 20
Week 9: 21
Season Average for Correct Picks: 18.2
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 52
Week 9: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 61.9
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.
2014: jrburt with 74 points - AsianPICat had the most correct picks with 10.
2015: kyfan606 with 50.5 points - SWVA WildcatFan had the most correct picks with 7.
