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 14:
Friday, Dec. 2
WESTERN MICHIGAN 19 Ohio
WASHINGTON 7 Colorado
Saturday, Dec. 3
WEST VIRGINIA 16 Baylor
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 4½ Kansas State
SOUTH ALABAMA 11 New Mexico State
Troy 8 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 LOUISIANA-MONROE
OKLAHOMA 12½ Oklahoma State
Arkansas State 23½ TEXAS STATE
IDAHO 6½ Georgia State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Louisiana Tech
NAVY 3 Temple
ALABAMA 23 Florida
San Diego State 6½ WYOMING
CLEMSON 9½ Virginia Tech
WISCONSIN 3 Penn State
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Kentucky : 23.5 points
North Carolina State : 12.0 points
Colorado State : 11.5 points
AIR FORCE : 9.5 points
MISSOURI : 9.0 points
VANDERBILT : 8.0 points
Mississippi State : 7.5 points
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE : 7.0 points
Nevada : 6.0 points
Texas Tech : 5.5 points
Georgia Tech : 4.5 points
Boston College : 4.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 3.5 points
OREGON STATE : 3.5 points
ARIZONA : 3.0 points
UTEP : 3.0 points
NEW MEXICO : 3.0 points
Texas Christian : 2.5 points
Tulane : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Kentucky: KyMaster, BigBlueFan1963, Chad Rock, Greasy Creak Mafia, Roe07, Larry00, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, LordEgg
AIR FORCE: *CatinIL*, jsyeag
VANDERBILT: pari1127
CALIFORNIA: On_track_4_8
ARIZONA: number8please
Nobody picked: North Carolina State, Colorado State, MISSOURI, Mississippi State, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, Nevada, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, Boston College, OREGON STATE, UTEP, NEW MEXICO, Texas Christian, Tulane
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
73.5 : Maxwell41
62.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
59.0 : Chad Rock
58.5 : KyMaster
58.5 : Roe07
54.5 : rockhound24
52.5 : Gabewcat
51.5 : Blueisbest
50.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
50.5 : LordEgg
49.5 : straykat
48.5 : gblue5744
48.0 : stinger11723
47.5 : Larry00
47.0 : OSOK
46.5 : chesterfield1
44.5 : Serenity Now!!!
43.0 : jsyeag
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
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
37.5 : Ken Cat
37.0 : ThePhoenix
36.0 : maysvilleky
34.5 : docholiday51
32.0 : number8please
30.5 : *CatinIL*
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.0 : Big_Blue_1018
28.5 : kyfan606
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
26.5 : 13space82
25.5 : On_track_4_8
23.5 : BigBlueFan1963
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
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
8.0 : pari1127
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 #13:
7 : Gabewcat
7 : maysvilleky
7 : On_track_4_8
6 : Maxwell41
6 : number8please
6 : straykat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : 13space82
5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
5 : Blueisbest
5 : docholiday51
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : OSOK
5 : PRPcoach
5 : rockhound24
5 : Roe07
5 : stinger11723
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Chad Rock
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : jsyeag
4 : Ken Cat
4 : KyMaster
4 : Larry00
4 : pappy52
4 : Serenity Now!!!
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : chesterfield1
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Littlefeller
3 : LordEgg
3 : Nuke99m
3 : rockycard
3 : ThePhoenix
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : CGblue
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : kyfan606
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
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
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
Week 13: 14
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
Week 11: 48
Week 12: 44
Week 13: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
BigBlueFan1963, pari1127
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 14:
Friday, Dec. 2
WESTERN MICHIGAN 19 Ohio
WASHINGTON 7 Colorado
Saturday, Dec. 3
WEST VIRGINIA 16 Baylor
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 4½ Kansas State
SOUTH ALABAMA 11 New Mexico State
Troy 8 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Louisiana-Lafayette 7 LOUISIANA-MONROE
OKLAHOMA 12½ Oklahoma State
Arkansas State 23½ TEXAS STATE
IDAHO 6½ Georgia State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Louisiana Tech
NAVY 3 Temple
ALABAMA 23 Florida
San Diego State 6½ WYOMING
CLEMSON 9½ Virginia Tech
WISCONSIN 3 Penn State
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Underdog Winners - Week #13:
Kentucky : 23.5 points
North Carolina State : 12.0 points
Colorado State : 11.5 points
AIR FORCE : 9.5 points
MISSOURI : 9.0 points
VANDERBILT : 8.0 points
Mississippi State : 7.5 points
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE : 7.0 points
Nevada : 6.0 points
Texas Tech : 5.5 points
Georgia Tech : 4.5 points
Boston College : 4.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 3.5 points
OREGON STATE : 3.5 points
ARIZONA : 3.0 points
UTEP : 3.0 points
NEW MEXICO : 3.0 points
Texas Christian : 2.5 points
Tulane : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #13:
Kentucky: KyMaster, BigBlueFan1963, Chad Rock, Greasy Creak Mafia, Roe07, Larry00, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, LordEgg
AIR FORCE: *CatinIL*, jsyeag
VANDERBILT: pari1127
CALIFORNIA: On_track_4_8
ARIZONA: number8please
Nobody picked: North Carolina State, Colorado State, MISSOURI, Mississippi State, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, Nevada, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, Boston College, OREGON STATE, UTEP, NEW MEXICO, Texas Christian, Tulane
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #13:
73.5 : Maxwell41
62.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
59.0 : Chad Rock
58.5 : KyMaster
58.5 : Roe07
54.5 : rockhound24
52.5 : Gabewcat
51.5 : Blueisbest
50.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
50.5 : LordEgg
49.5 : straykat
48.5 : gblue5744
48.0 : stinger11723
47.5 : Larry00
47.0 : OSOK
46.5 : chesterfield1
44.5 : Serenity Now!!!
43.0 : jsyeag
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
37.5 : Caveman Catfan
37.5 : Ken Cat
37.0 : ThePhoenix
36.0 : maysvilleky
34.5 : docholiday51
32.0 : number8please
30.5 : *CatinIL*
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.0 : Big_Blue_1018
28.5 : kyfan606
27.5 : jrburt
27.0 : josh72484
26.5 : 13space82
25.5 : On_track_4_8
23.5 : BigBlueFan1963
22.5 : CGblue
22.0 : Littlefeller
21.5 : Old_Red
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
8.0 : pari1127
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 #13:
7 : Gabewcat
7 : maysvilleky
7 : On_track_4_8
6 : Maxwell41
6 : number8please
6 : straykat
6 : ukcatsfan2
6 : warrior-cat
5 : 13space82
5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
5 : Blueisbest
5 : docholiday51
5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
5 : OSOK
5 : PRPcoach
5 : rockhound24
5 : Roe07
5 : stinger11723
5 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : *CatinIL*
4 : AsianPICat
4 : blubud
4 : Chad Rock
4 : gblue5744
4 : Hang_Time_2
4 : jsyeag
4 : Ken Cat
4 : KyMaster
4 : Larry00
4 : pappy52
4 : Serenity Now!!!
4 : WildcatDJ
3 : Big_Blue_1018
3 : Caveman Catfan
3 : chesterfield1
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Littlefeller
3 : LordEgg
3 : Nuke99m
3 : rockycard
3 : ThePhoenix
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : CGblue
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : jrburt
2 : kyfan606
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
Week 13: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
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
Week 13: 14
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
Week 11: 48
Week 12: 44
Week 13: 44
Season Average for Total Picks: 57.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #13:
BigBlueFan1963, pari1127
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.
