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 11:
Thursday, Nov. 10
North Carolina 11½ DUKE
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 10 Louisiana-Lafayette
Utah 5½ ARIZONA STATE
Friday, Nov. 11
FLORIDA STATE 21 Boston College
Saturday, Nov. 12
Northwestern 14 PURDUE
CLEMSON 20 Pittsburgh
CENTRAL FLORIDA 10½ Cincinnati
Ohio State 27½ MARYLAND
Penn State 6½ INDIANA
LOUISVILLE 33 Wake Forest
Iowa State 10½ KANSAS
EAST CAROLINA 8 Southern Methodist
Tulsa 2½ NAVY
Miami (OH) 10½ SUNY-BUFFALO
VIRGINIA TECH 13½ Georgia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 12 Texas Tech
TEXAS AM 20 Mississippi
UNC CHARLOTTE 10½ Rice
ARKANSAS STATE 19½ New Mexico State
Wyoming 8 UNLV
AIR FORCE 4 Colorado State
ALABAMA 29 Mississippi State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 28 North Texas
Auburn 10 GEORGIA
WISCONSIN 26½ Illinois
TENNESSEE 12 Kentucky
FLORIDA 14 South Carolina
LSU 6½ ARKANSAS
Stanford 3 OREGON
NOTRE DAME 13 Army
MICHIGAN STATE 14½ Rutgers
Miami (FL) 10 VIRGINIA
LOUISIANA TECH 20 Texas-San Antonio
WASHINGTON STATE 14½ California
Idaho 7½ TEXAS STATE
WASHINGTON 8 Southern Cal
UCLA 11½ Oregon State
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3½ UTEP
Boise State 17 HAWAII
Middle Tennessee St 11½ MARSHALL
TEXAS 1½ West Virginia
OKLAHOMA 14½ Baylor
GEORGIA STATE 12 Louisiana-Monroe
MISSOURI 3½ Vanderbilt
South Florida 3½ MEMPHIS
Michigan 19½ IOWA
HOUSTON 23 Tulane
Colorado 15 ARIZONA
San Diego State 22 NEVADA
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
UNC Charlotte : 19.5 points
Texas-San Antonio : 17.5 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 14.0 points
LOUISIANA-MONROE : 13.0 points
Texas Christian : 10.0 points
Idaho : 5.5 points
Navy : 5.5 points
MIAMI (OH) : 3.5 points
ARKANSAS : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 2.5 points
Florida Atlantic : 2.5 points
New Mexico : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
MISSISSIPPI STATE: WildcatDJ, Chad Rock, Greasy Creak Mafia
Navy: OSOK, ukcatsfan2, warrior-cat
MIAMI (OH): number8please
ARKANSAS: On_track_4_8, 13space82
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, Texas-San Antonio, LOUISIANA-MONROE, Texas Christian, Idaho, Oklahoma State, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : stinger11723
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
35.0 : OSOK
31.5 : warrior-cat
31.0 : WildcatDJ
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : maysvilleky
24.0 : Chad Rock
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
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Caveman Catfan
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : 13space82
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
16.0 : Maxwell41
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
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 #10:
6 : Gabewcat
6 : maysvilleky
6 : ukcatsfan2
5 : number8please
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : straykat
5 : warrior-cat
4 : 13space82
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : docholiday51
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : OSOK
4 : stinger11723
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Maxwell41
3 : Nuke99m
3 : pappy52
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : WildcatDJ
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : Chad Rock
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
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
Week 10: 12
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
Week 10: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.3
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
Week 10: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 60.9
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:
------------
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 11:
Thursday, Nov. 10
North Carolina 11½ DUKE
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 10 Louisiana-Lafayette
Utah 5½ ARIZONA STATE
Friday, Nov. 11
FLORIDA STATE 21 Boston College
Saturday, Nov. 12
Northwestern 14 PURDUE
CLEMSON 20 Pittsburgh
CENTRAL FLORIDA 10½ Cincinnati
Ohio State 27½ MARYLAND
Penn State 6½ INDIANA
LOUISVILLE 33 Wake Forest
Iowa State 10½ KANSAS
EAST CAROLINA 8 Southern Methodist
Tulsa 2½ NAVY
Miami (OH) 10½ SUNY-BUFFALO
VIRGINIA TECH 13½ Georgia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 12 Texas Tech
TEXAS AM 20 Mississippi
UNC CHARLOTTE 10½ Rice
ARKANSAS STATE 19½ New Mexico State
Wyoming 8 UNLV
AIR FORCE 4 Colorado State
ALABAMA 29 Mississippi State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 28 North Texas
Auburn 10 GEORGIA
WISCONSIN 26½ Illinois
TENNESSEE 12 Kentucky
FLORIDA 14 South Carolina
LSU 6½ ARKANSAS
Stanford 3 OREGON
NOTRE DAME 13 Army
MICHIGAN STATE 14½ Rutgers
Miami (FL) 10 VIRGINIA
LOUISIANA TECH 20 Texas-San Antonio
WASHINGTON STATE 14½ California
Idaho 7½ TEXAS STATE
WASHINGTON 8 Southern Cal
UCLA 11½ Oregon State
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3½ UTEP
Boise State 17 HAWAII
Middle Tennessee St 11½ MARSHALL
TEXAS 1½ West Virginia
OKLAHOMA 14½ Baylor
GEORGIA STATE 12 Louisiana-Monroe
MISSOURI 3½ Vanderbilt
South Florida 3½ MEMPHIS
Michigan 19½ IOWA
HOUSTON 23 Tulane
Colorado 15 ARIZONA
San Diego State 22 NEVADA
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Underdog Winners - Week #10:
UNC Charlotte : 19.5 points
Texas-San Antonio : 17.5 points
MISSISSIPPI STATE : 14.0 points
LOUISIANA-MONROE : 13.0 points
Texas Christian : 10.0 points
Idaho : 5.5 points
Navy : 5.5 points
MIAMI (OH) : 3.5 points
ARKANSAS : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 2.5 points
Florida Atlantic : 2.5 points
New Mexico : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #10:
MISSISSIPPI STATE: WildcatDJ, Chad Rock, Greasy Creak Mafia
Navy: OSOK, ukcatsfan2, warrior-cat
MIAMI (OH): number8please
ARKANSAS: On_track_4_8, 13space82
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, Texas-San Antonio, LOUISIANA-MONROE, Texas Christian, Idaho, Oklahoma State, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #10:
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : stinger11723
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
35.0 : OSOK
31.5 : warrior-cat
31.0 : WildcatDJ
30.5 : Hang_Time_2
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.0 : jsyeag
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : maysvilleky
24.0 : Chad Rock
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
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Caveman Catfan
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : 13space82
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
16.0 : Maxwell41
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
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 #10:
6 : Gabewcat
6 : maysvilleky
6 : ukcatsfan2
5 : number8please
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : straykat
5 : warrior-cat
4 : 13space82
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : docholiday51
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : OSOK
4 : stinger11723
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
3 : Hang_Time_2
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Maxwell41
3 : Nuke99m
3 : pappy52
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : Serenity Now!!!
3 : WildcatDJ
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Caveman Catfan
2 : Chad Rock
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
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
Week 10: 12
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
Week 10: 9
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.3
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
Week 10: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 60.9
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.
