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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 24
LSU 5½ TEXAS AM
Friday, Nov. 25
BOWLING GREEN STATE 14 SUNY-Buffalo
WESTERN MICHIGAN 9 Toledo
IOWA 3 Nebraska
Arkansas 9 MISSOURI
TULSA 21½ Cincinnati
TEXAS 2½ Texas Christian
Boise State 9½ AIR FORCE
NORTH CAROLINA 12 North Carolina State
Washington 5½ WASHINGTON STATE
BAYLOR 5½ Texas Tech
Arizona State 3 ARIZONA
Saturday, Nov. 26
CLEMSON 23½ South Carolina
TEMPLE 17½ East Carolina
CONNECTICUT 1½ Tulane
MARYLAND 13 Rutgers
PITTSBURGH 23½ Syracuse
West Virginia 7½ IOWA STATE
NORTHWESTERN 14½ Illinois
INDIANA 16½ Purdue
PENN STATE 12 Michigan State
WAKE FOREST 4 Boston College
KANSAS STATE 26 Kansas
WISCONSIN 14 Minnesota
MIAMI (FL) 15 Duke
GEORGIA 4½ Georgia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH 17½ Virginia
ALABAMA 18 Auburn
LOUISVILLE 23½ Kentucky
UCLA 3½ CALIFORNIA
UNLV 6 Nevada
San Jose State 3½ FRESNO STATE
OLD DOMINION 13 Florida Intl
Appalachian State 17 NEW MEXICO STATE
Troy 25 TEXAS STATE
Oregon 3½ OREGON STATE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 13 Florida Atlantic
COLORADO 10 Utah
Western Kentucky 23 MARSHALL
Navy 7 SOUTHERN METHODIST
North Texas 3 UTEP
SOUTH FLORIDA 10 Central Florida
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 9 UNC Charlotte
FLORIDA STATE 7 Florida
STANFORD 35 Rice
Arkansas State 7 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
Tennessee 8 VANDERBILT
MISSISSIPPI 7½ Mississippi State
OHIO STATE 6½ Michigan
SOUTHERN CAL 17 Notre Dame
IDAHO 5 South Alabama
Wyoming 3 NEW MEXICO
SAN DIEGO STATE 11½ Colorado State
BYU 18½ Utah State
HAWAII 9 Massachusetts
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
KANSAS : 22.5 points
Florida : 14.0 points
Oregon : 12.0 points
VANDERBILT : 9.5 points
Arkansas State : 8.5 points
WYOMING : 7.5 points
Oklahoma State : 4.0 points
NEVADA : 4.0 points
GEORGIA STATE : 4.0 points
IOWA STATE : 3.0 points
FLORIDA INTL : 2.5 points
MINNESOTA : 1.0 points
Virginia Tech : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
Florida: Maxwell41, Serenity Now!!!, chesterfield1, SWVA WildcatFan, gblue5744
Oregon: OSOK
VANDERBILT: straykat, 13space82, Big_Blue_1018, Ken Cat, rockhound24, Gabewcat, pappy52
Arkansas State: jsyeag
WYOMING: *CatinIL*, ThePhoenix, BIGCAT4LIFE, PRPcoach
GEORGIA STATE: On_track_4_8
Nobody picked: KANSAS, Oklahoma State, NEVADA, IOWA STATE, FLORIDA INTL, MINNESOTA, Virginia Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
54.5 : rockhound24
52.5 : Gabewcat
50.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
50.0 : Maxwell41
49.5 : straykat
48.5 : gblue5744
48.0 : stinger11723
47.0 : OSOK
46.5 : chesterfield1
44.5 : Serenity Now!!!
41.5 : warrior-cat
41.0 : WildcatDJ
40.5 : Hang_Time_2
40.5 : rockycard
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
39.5 : PRPcoach
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
37.5 : Ken Cat
37.0 : ThePhoenix
36.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : Chad Rock
35.0 : KyMaster
35.0 : Roe07
34.5 : docholiday51
33.5 : jsyeag
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.0 : Big_Blue_1018
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
27.0 : LordEgg
26.5 : 13space82
24.0 : Larry00
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
22.0 : On_track_4_8
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : *CatinIL*
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : pappy52
18.5 : blubud
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
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 #12:
7 : Gabewcat
7 : maysvilleky
6 : On_track_4_8
6 : straykat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : 13space82
5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
5 : docholiday51
5 : Maxwell41
5 : number8please
5 : OSOK
5 : PRPcoach
5 : rockhound24
5 : stinger11723
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : gblue5744
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : Ken Cat
4 : pappy52
4 : Roe07
4 : Serenity Now!!!
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : chesterfield1
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : jsyeag
3 : KyMaster
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Nuke99m
3 : rockycard
3 : ThePhoenix
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : CGblue
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : kyfan606
2 : LordEgg
2 : ram1955
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
Week 12: 13
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
Week 12: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.6
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
Week 12: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 58.4
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 13:
Thursday, Nov. 24
LSU 5½ TEXAS AM
Friday, Nov. 25
BOWLING GREEN STATE 14 SUNY-Buffalo
WESTERN MICHIGAN 9 Toledo
IOWA 3 Nebraska
Arkansas 9 MISSOURI
TULSA 21½ Cincinnati
TEXAS 2½ Texas Christian
Boise State 9½ AIR FORCE
NORTH CAROLINA 12 North Carolina State
Washington 5½ WASHINGTON STATE
BAYLOR 5½ Texas Tech
Arizona State 3 ARIZONA
Saturday, Nov. 26
CLEMSON 23½ South Carolina
TEMPLE 17½ East Carolina
CONNECTICUT 1½ Tulane
MARYLAND 13 Rutgers
PITTSBURGH 23½ Syracuse
West Virginia 7½ IOWA STATE
NORTHWESTERN 14½ Illinois
INDIANA 16½ Purdue
PENN STATE 12 Michigan State
WAKE FOREST 4 Boston College
KANSAS STATE 26 Kansas
WISCONSIN 14 Minnesota
MIAMI (FL) 15 Duke
GEORGIA 4½ Georgia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH 17½ Virginia
ALABAMA 18 Auburn
LOUISVILLE 23½ Kentucky
UCLA 3½ CALIFORNIA
UNLV 6 Nevada
San Jose State 3½ FRESNO STATE
OLD DOMINION 13 Florida Intl
Appalachian State 17 NEW MEXICO STATE
Troy 25 TEXAS STATE
Oregon 3½ OREGON STATE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 13 Florida Atlantic
COLORADO 10 Utah
Western Kentucky 23 MARSHALL
Navy 7 SOUTHERN METHODIST
North Texas 3 UTEP
SOUTH FLORIDA 10 Central Florida
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 9 UNC Charlotte
FLORIDA STATE 7 Florida
STANFORD 35 Rice
Arkansas State 7 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
Tennessee 8 VANDERBILT
MISSISSIPPI 7½ Mississippi State
OHIO STATE 6½ Michigan
SOUTHERN CAL 17 Notre Dame
IDAHO 5 South Alabama
Wyoming 3 NEW MEXICO
SAN DIEGO STATE 11½ Colorado State
BYU 18½ Utah State
HAWAII 9 Massachusetts
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Underdog Winners - Week #12:
KANSAS : 22.5 points
Florida : 14.0 points
Oregon : 12.0 points
VANDERBILT : 9.5 points
Arkansas State : 8.5 points
WYOMING : 7.5 points
Oklahoma State : 4.0 points
NEVADA : 4.0 points
GEORGIA STATE : 4.0 points
IOWA STATE : 3.0 points
FLORIDA INTL : 2.5 points
MINNESOTA : 1.0 points
Virginia Tech : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #12:
Florida: Maxwell41, Serenity Now!!!, chesterfield1, SWVA WildcatFan, gblue5744
Oregon: OSOK
VANDERBILT: straykat, 13space82, Big_Blue_1018, Ken Cat, rockhound24, Gabewcat, pappy52
Arkansas State: jsyeag
WYOMING: *CatinIL*, ThePhoenix, BIGCAT4LIFE, PRPcoach
GEORGIA STATE: On_track_4_8
Nobody picked: KANSAS, Oklahoma State, NEVADA, IOWA STATE, FLORIDA INTL, MINNESOTA, Virginia Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #12:
54.5 : rockhound24
52.5 : Gabewcat
50.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
50.0 : Maxwell41
49.5 : straykat
48.5 : gblue5744
48.0 : stinger11723
47.0 : OSOK
46.5 : chesterfield1
44.5 : Serenity Now!!!
41.5 : warrior-cat
41.0 : WildcatDJ
40.5 : Hang_Time_2
40.5 : rockycard
40.5 : ukcatsfan2
40.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
39.5 : PRPcoach
38.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
37.5 : Ken Cat
37.0 : ThePhoenix
36.0 : maysvilleky
35.5 : Chad Rock
35.0 : KyMaster
35.0 : Roe07
34.5 : docholiday51
33.5 : jsyeag
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.0 : Big_Blue_1018
29.0 : number8please
28.5 : kyfan606
28.0 : Blueisbest
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
27.0 : LordEgg
26.5 : 13space82
24.0 : Larry00
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
22.0 : On_track_4_8
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : *CatinIL*
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : pappy52
18.5 : blubud
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
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 #12:
7 : Gabewcat
7 : maysvilleky
6 : On_track_4_8
6 : straykat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : 13space82
5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
5 : docholiday51
5 : Maxwell41
5 : number8please
5 : OSOK
5 : PRPcoach
5 : rockhound24
5 : stinger11723
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Blueisbest
4 : gblue5744
4 : Greasy Creak Mafia
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : Ken Cat
4 : pappy52
4 : Roe07
4 : Serenity Now!!!
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : Chad Rock
3 : chesterfield1
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : jsyeag
3 : KyMaster
3 : Larry00
3 : Littlefeller
3 : Nuke99m
3 : rockycard
3 : ThePhoenix
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : CGblue
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : kyfan606
2 : LordEgg
2 : ram1955
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
Week 12: 13
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
Week 12: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.6
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
Week 12: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 58.4
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.
