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 the first game listed has started. 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, 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 14:
Friday, Dec. 4
BOWLING GREEN STATE 11½ Northern Illinois
Saturday, Dec. 5
BAYLOR 21 Texas
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 21 Georgia State
ARKANSAS STATE 25 Texas State
LOUISIANA-MONROE 22 New Mexico State
West Virginia 6½ KANSAS STATE
Appalachian State 18 SOUTH ALABAMA
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Southern Miss
HOUSTON 6½ Temple
STANFORD 4½ Southern Cal
ALABAMA 17 Florida
SAN DIEGO STATE 6½ Air Force
CLEMSON 5 North Carolina
Michigan State 3½ IOWA
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Ohio : 13.0 points
NEW MEXICO : 9.5 points
Western Michigan : 9.0 points
Massachusetts : 7.0 points
Southern Miss : 6.0 points
Miami (FL) : 6.0 points
SYRACUSE : 3.5 points
UTEP : 3.0 points
Ohio State : 2.0 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 1.5 points
Texas Tech : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
NEW MEXICO: jsyeag
Western Michigan: stinger11723
UTEP: AsianPICat
Ohio State: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: Ohio, Massachusetts, Southern Miss, Miami (FL), SYRACUSE, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, Texas Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
50.5 : kyfan606
46.0 : Blue Strype
42.0 : Gabewcat
40.0 : THE_OAK
35.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
33.5 : warrior-cat
33.0 : LordEgg
32.0 : Hang_Time_2
31.5 : PokerCat67
29.5 : 13space82
28.5 : JBHolmesfan
28.5 : ukwazoo
27.0 : gamecockcat
27.0 : PRPcoach
27.0 : ram1955
26.5 : docholiday51
26.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
26.5 : Larry00
26.5 : ukcatsfan2
26.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : bigbluemist
25.5 : maysvilleky
24.5 : *CatinIL*
23.5 : jsyeag
22.5 : catben
22.0 : AsianPICat
22.0 : KyMaster
22.0 : On_track_4_8
22.0 : OSOK
21.5 : straykat
20.0 : Bryguy
19.5 : BigBlueFan1963
19.5 : Serenity Now!!!
19.0 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : DubyaT
17.0 : Deeeefense
16.5 : crosbycatfan3745
16.0 : BlueBallz
16.0 : dvillecatfan
14.5 : BigBadBlueDaddy
14.5 : RocknRollCats
14.0 : calicat21
14.0 : GoBigBlue37
14.0 : specialkd24
14.0 : warrior_SW
13.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
12.5 : BLUINLOU
12.5 : WildOnKnoxville
11.0 : Maxwell41
11.0 : pappy52
9.5 : Free_Salato_Blue
8.0 : OldBlueNuts
7.5 : Blueisbest
7.5 : BoulderCat
7.5 : GoB!gBlue
7.5 : RS73CAT
7.5 : TotesMcGotes
7.5 : UKMKG
7.5 : UK_num_1
7.5 : zac_limanni
7.0 : no_neutrality
6.5 : bigblue7609
6.5 : JBnTN
6.5 : rockhound24
6.0 : jte123
6.0 : Littlefeller
5.5 : jrburt
5.5 : Nuke99m
5.0 : Chad Rock
3.5 : Brother Cat
3.5 : Catapult
1.0 : ashlandcatfan600
1.0 : IamnotRalph
1.0 : TTU/UK fan
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
6 : maysvilleky
5 : AsianPICat
5 : Blue Strype
5 : Gabewcat
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : kyfan606
5 : ram1955
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : THE_OAK
4 : bigbluemist
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : KyMaster
4 : LordEgg
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : 13space82
3 : Bryguy
3 : DubyaT
3 : Larry00
3 : OSOK
3 : PokerCat67
3 : PRPcoach
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : stinger11723
3 : straykat
3 : ukcatsfan2
3 : ukwazoo
2 : BigBadBlueDaddy
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : calicat21
2 : catben
2 : Deeeefense
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : jsyeag
2 : Littlefeller
2 : pappy52
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : specialkd24
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 13
Week 8: 11
Week 9: 8
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Week 2: 37
Week 3: 10
Week 4: 20
Week 5: 24
Week 6: 6
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 4
Week 9: 7
Week 10: 6
Week 11: 6
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 13.6
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 96
Week 2: 75
Week 3: 76
Week 4: 70
Week 5: 63
Week 6: 62
Week 7: 60
Week 8: 59
Week 9: 47
Week 10: 44
Week 11: 45
Week 12: 35
Week 13: 41
Season Average for Total Picks: 59.5
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.
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 the first game listed has started. 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, 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 14:
Friday, Dec. 4
BOWLING GREEN STATE 11½ Northern Illinois
Saturday, Dec. 5
BAYLOR 21 Texas
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 21 Georgia State
ARKANSAS STATE 25 Texas State
LOUISIANA-MONROE 22 New Mexico State
West Virginia 6½ KANSAS STATE
Appalachian State 18 SOUTH ALABAMA
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Southern Miss
HOUSTON 6½ Temple
STANFORD 4½ Southern Cal
ALABAMA 17 Florida
SAN DIEGO STATE 6½ Air Force
CLEMSON 5 North Carolina
Michigan State 3½ IOWA
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Ohio : 13.0 points
NEW MEXICO : 9.5 points
Western Michigan : 9.0 points
Massachusetts : 7.0 points
Southern Miss : 6.0 points
Miami (FL) : 6.0 points
SYRACUSE : 3.5 points
UTEP : 3.0 points
Ohio State : 2.0 points
TEXAS CHRISTIAN : 1.5 points
Texas Tech : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
NEW MEXICO: jsyeag
Western Michigan: stinger11723
UTEP: AsianPICat
Ohio State: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: Ohio, Massachusetts, Southern Miss, Miami (FL), SYRACUSE, TEXAS CHRISTIAN, Texas Tech
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
50.5 : kyfan606
46.0 : Blue Strype
42.0 : Gabewcat
40.0 : THE_OAK
35.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
33.5 : warrior-cat
33.0 : LordEgg
32.0 : Hang_Time_2
31.5 : PokerCat67
29.5 : 13space82
28.5 : JBHolmesfan
28.5 : ukwazoo
27.0 : gamecockcat
27.0 : PRPcoach
27.0 : ram1955
26.5 : docholiday51
26.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
26.5 : Larry00
26.5 : ukcatsfan2
26.0 : stinger11723
25.5 : bigbluemist
25.5 : maysvilleky
24.5 : *CatinIL*
23.5 : jsyeag
22.5 : catben
22.0 : AsianPICat
22.0 : KyMaster
22.0 : On_track_4_8
22.0 : OSOK
21.5 : straykat
20.0 : Bryguy
19.5 : BigBlueFan1963
19.5 : Serenity Now!!!
19.0 : jimmy cowboy
17.5 : DubyaT
17.0 : Deeeefense
16.5 : crosbycatfan3745
16.0 : BlueBallz
16.0 : dvillecatfan
14.5 : BigBadBlueDaddy
14.5 : RocknRollCats
14.0 : calicat21
14.0 : GoBigBlue37
14.0 : specialkd24
14.0 : warrior_SW
13.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
12.5 : BLUINLOU
12.5 : WildOnKnoxville
11.0 : Maxwell41
11.0 : pappy52
9.5 : Free_Salato_Blue
8.0 : OldBlueNuts
7.5 : Blueisbest
7.5 : BoulderCat
7.5 : GoB!gBlue
7.5 : RS73CAT
7.5 : TotesMcGotes
7.5 : UKMKG
7.5 : UK_num_1
7.5 : zac_limanni
7.0 : no_neutrality
6.5 : bigblue7609
6.5 : JBnTN
6.5 : rockhound24
6.0 : jte123
6.0 : Littlefeller
5.5 : jrburt
5.5 : Nuke99m
5.0 : Chad Rock
3.5 : Brother Cat
3.5 : Catapult
1.0 : ashlandcatfan600
1.0 : IamnotRalph
1.0 : TTU/UK fan
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #13:
6 : maysvilleky
5 : AsianPICat
5 : Blue Strype
5 : Gabewcat
5 : Hang_Time_2
5 : kyfan606
5 : ram1955
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
5 : THE_OAK
4 : bigbluemist
4 : docholiday51
4 : gamecockcat
4 : JBHolmesfan
4 : KyMaster
4 : LordEgg
4 : On_track_4_8
4 : warrior-cat
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : 13space82
3 : Bryguy
3 : DubyaT
3 : Larry00
3 : OSOK
3 : PokerCat67
3 : PRPcoach
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : stinger11723
3 : straykat
3 : ukcatsfan2
3 : ukwazoo
2 : BigBadBlueDaddy
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : calicat21
2 : catben
2 : Deeeefense
2 : dvillecatfan
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : GoBigBlue37
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : jsyeag
2 : Littlefeller
2 : pappy52
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : specialkd24
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 14
Week 6: 9
Week 7: 13
Week 8: 11
Week 9: 8
Week 10: 13
Week 11: 14
Week 12: 11
Week 13: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 24
Week 2: 37
Week 3: 10
Week 4: 20
Week 5: 24
Week 6: 6
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 4
Week 9: 7
Week 10: 6
Week 11: 6
Week 12: 12
Week 13: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 13.6
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 96
Week 2: 75
Week 3: 76
Week 4: 70
Week 5: 63
Week 6: 62
Week 7: 60
Week 8: 59
Week 9: 47
Week 10: 44
Week 11: 45
Week 12: 35
Week 13: 41
Season Average for Total Picks: 59.5
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.
