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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 17
TROY 8½ Arkansas State
Friday, Nov. 18
Memphis 7½ CINCINNATI
BOISE STATE 27 UNLV
Saturday, Nov. 19
BOSTON COLLEGE 7 Connecticut
APPALACHIAN STATE 25½ Louisiana-Monroe
RICE 1½ UTEP
Miami (FL) 3 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Texas Tech 3 IOWA STATE
Iowa 11½ ILLINOIS
Northwestern 1 MINNESOTA
Wisconsin 27½ PURDUE
PITTSBURGH 8 Duke
TEXAS AM 26½ Texas-San Antonio
NEBRASKA 14½ Maryland
Oklahoma 3 WEST VIRGINIA
Middle Tennessee St 4 UNC CHARLOTTE
BYU 31 Massachusetts
GEORGIA 21½ Louisiana-Lafayette
San Diego State 7½ WYOMING
COLORADO STATE 4½ New Mexico
MICHIGAN 26 Indiana
NOTRE DAME 1 Virginia Tech
Kansas State 2½ BAYLOR
GEORGIA TECH 10½ Virginia
Florida State 20½ SYRACUSE
Mississippi 9½ VANDERBILT
NEW MEXICO STATE 9 Texas State
OREGON STATE 7 Arizona
WASHINGTON 25 Arizona State
COLORADO 3½ Washington State
Stanford 11½ CALIFORNIA
Old Dominion 8 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
WESTERN MICHIGAN 34½ SUNY-Buffalo
Marshall 2½ FLORIDA INTL
Arkansas 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE
Hawaii 2 FRESNO STATE
South Florida 13 SOUTHERN METHODIST
Tulsa 2½ CENTRAL FLORIDA
Temple 15½ TULANE
Ohio State 21½ MICHIGAN STATE
Texas 22½ KANSAS
Clemson 21½ WAKE FOREST
TENNESSEE 14½ Missouri
Georgia Southern 4 GEORGIA STATE
Southern Cal 10½ UCLA
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 4 Oklahoma State
Penn State 27 RUTGERS
UTAH 12 Oregon
Air Force 10½ SAN JOSE STATE
Utah State 4 NEVADA
Navy 7 EAST CAROLINA
LSU 14 Florida
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Pittsburgh : 20.0 points
Mississippi : 20.0 points
IOWA : 19.5 points
Georgia Tech : 13.5 points
Louisiana-Monroe : 12.0 points
DUKE : 11.5 points
MARSHALL : 11.5 points
Rice : 10.5 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 10.0 points
GEORGIA : 10.0 points
UNLV : 8.0 points
Southern Methodist : 8.0 points
Southern Cal : 8.0 points
NAVY : 2.5 points
West Virginia : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
Mississippi: KyMaster, Maxwell41, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, gblue5744, rockycard, jrburt
IOWA: LordEgg
DUKE: maysvilleky, CGblue, Chad Rock, chesterfield1
Louisiana-Lafayette: Roe07
GEORGIA: docholiday51, WildcatDJ, Hang_Time_2, warrior-cat
Southern Cal: stinger11723, PRPcoach
Nobody picked: Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, MARSHALL, Rice, UNLV, Southern Methodist, NAVY, West Virginia
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
48.0 : stinger11723
45.0 : rockhound24
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
41.5 : warrior-cat
41.0 : WildcatDJ
40.5 : Hang_Time_2
40.5 : rockycard
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
36.0 : Maxwell41
36.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : Chad Rock
35.0 : KyMaster
35.0 : OSOK
35.0 : Roe07
34.5 : docholiday51
34.5 : gblue5744
32.5 : chesterfield1
32.0 : PRPcoach
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
27.0 : LordEgg
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.0 : jsyeag
24.0 : Larry00
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : JSgorocks
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.5 : blubud
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : 13space82
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
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 #11:
7 : maysvilleky
6 : Gabewcat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : docholiday51
5 : number8please
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : stinger11723
5 : straykat
4 : 13space82
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : Maxwell41
4 : OSOK
4 : PRPcoach
4 : rockhound24
4 : Roe07
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : gblue5744
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : KyMaster
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Nuke99m
3 : pappy52
3 : rockycard
3 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : CGblue
2 : chesterfield1
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : LordEgg
2 : ram1955
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
Week 11: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.4
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
Week 11: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.5
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
Week 11: 48
Season Average for Total Picks: 59.7
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 12:
Thursday, Nov. 17
TROY 8½ Arkansas State
Friday, Nov. 18
Memphis 7½ CINCINNATI
BOISE STATE 27 UNLV
Saturday, Nov. 19
BOSTON COLLEGE 7 Connecticut
APPALACHIAN STATE 25½ Louisiana-Monroe
RICE 1½ UTEP
Miami (FL) 3 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Texas Tech 3 IOWA STATE
Iowa 11½ ILLINOIS
Northwestern 1 MINNESOTA
Wisconsin 27½ PURDUE
PITTSBURGH 8 Duke
TEXAS AM 26½ Texas-San Antonio
NEBRASKA 14½ Maryland
Oklahoma 3 WEST VIRGINIA
Middle Tennessee St 4 UNC CHARLOTTE
BYU 31 Massachusetts
GEORGIA 21½ Louisiana-Lafayette
San Diego State 7½ WYOMING
COLORADO STATE 4½ New Mexico
MICHIGAN 26 Indiana
NOTRE DAME 1 Virginia Tech
Kansas State 2½ BAYLOR
GEORGIA TECH 10½ Virginia
Florida State 20½ SYRACUSE
Mississippi 9½ VANDERBILT
NEW MEXICO STATE 9 Texas State
OREGON STATE 7 Arizona
WASHINGTON 25 Arizona State
COLORADO 3½ Washington State
Stanford 11½ CALIFORNIA
Old Dominion 8 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
WESTERN MICHIGAN 34½ SUNY-Buffalo
Marshall 2½ FLORIDA INTL
Arkansas 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE
Hawaii 2 FRESNO STATE
South Florida 13 SOUTHERN METHODIST
Tulsa 2½ CENTRAL FLORIDA
Temple 15½ TULANE
Ohio State 21½ MICHIGAN STATE
Texas 22½ KANSAS
Clemson 21½ WAKE FOREST
TENNESSEE 14½ Missouri
Georgia Southern 4 GEORGIA STATE
Southern Cal 10½ UCLA
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 4 Oklahoma State
Penn State 27 RUTGERS
UTAH 12 Oregon
Air Force 10½ SAN JOSE STATE
Utah State 4 NEVADA
Navy 7 EAST CAROLINA
LSU 14 Florida
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Underdog Winners - Week #11:
Pittsburgh : 20.0 points
Mississippi : 20.0 points
IOWA : 19.5 points
Georgia Tech : 13.5 points
Louisiana-Monroe : 12.0 points
DUKE : 11.5 points
MARSHALL : 11.5 points
Rice : 10.5 points
Louisiana-Lafayette : 10.0 points
GEORGIA : 10.0 points
UNLV : 8.0 points
Southern Methodist : 8.0 points
Southern Cal : 8.0 points
NAVY : 2.5 points
West Virginia : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #11:
Mississippi: KyMaster, Maxwell41, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, gblue5744, rockycard, jrburt
IOWA: LordEgg
DUKE: maysvilleky, CGblue, Chad Rock, chesterfield1
Louisiana-Lafayette: Roe07
GEORGIA: docholiday51, WildcatDJ, Hang_Time_2, warrior-cat
Southern Cal: stinger11723, PRPcoach
Nobody picked: Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, MARSHALL, Rice, UNLV, Southern Methodist, NAVY, West Virginia
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #11:
48.0 : stinger11723
45.0 : rockhound24
43.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
43.0 : Gabewcat
41.5 : warrior-cat
41.0 : WildcatDJ
40.5 : Hang_Time_2
40.5 : rockycard
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
36.0 : Maxwell41
36.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : Chad Rock
35.0 : KyMaster
35.0 : OSOK
35.0 : Roe07
34.5 : docholiday51
34.5 : gblue5744
32.5 : chesterfield1
32.0 : PRPcoach
30.5 : Serenity Now!!!
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
28.0 : Ken Cat
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
27.0 : LordEgg
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.0 : jsyeag
24.0 : Larry00
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : JSgorocks
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.5 : blubud
18.0 : On_track_4_8
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : 13space82
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
11.0 : pappy52
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
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 #11:
7 : maysvilleky
6 : Gabewcat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : docholiday51
5 : number8please
5 : On_track_4_8
5 : stinger11723
5 : straykat
4 : 13space82
4 : AsianPICat
4 : BIGCAT4LIFE
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : Maxwell41
4 : OSOK
4 : PRPcoach
4 : rockhound24
4 : Roe07
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : gblue5744
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Ken Cat
3 : KyMaster
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Nuke99m
3 : pappy52
3 : rockycard
3 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : CGblue
2 : chesterfield1
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : jsyeag
2 : kyfan606
2 : LordEgg
2 : ram1955
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
Week 11: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.4
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
Week 11: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.5
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
Week 11: 48
Season Average for Total Picks: 59.7
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.
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