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 2:
Friday, Sep. 9
Maryland 10 FLORIDA INTL
Louisville 14½ SYRACUSE
Saturday, Sep. 10
Boston College 17 MASSACHUSETTS
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 7½ Arkansas
ARMY 9½ Rice
KANSAS 3 Ohio
MICHIGAN 35½ Central Florida
MISSOURI 25½ Eastern Michigan
APPALACHIAN STATE 20½ Old Dominion
PITTSBURGH 6 Penn State
Cincinnati 6½ PURDUE
INDIANA 17½ Ball State
OKLAHOMA 46 Louisiana-Monroe
OKLAHOMA STATE 20½ Central Michigan
WISCONSIN 25 Akron
North Carolina State 4½ EAST CAROLINA
OHIO STATE 29 Tulsa
CLEMSON 36 Troy
SOUTH FLORIDA 14½ Northern Illinois
DUKE 5 Wake Forest
NAVY 4 Connecticut
TEXAS 28 UTEP
AUBURN 19 Arkansas State
AIR FORCE 17 Georgia State
COLORADO STATE 12 Texas-San Antonio
FLORIDA 16½ Kentucky
NOTRE DAME 27½ Nevada
WASHINGTON 37 Idaho
ALABAMA 28½ Western Kentucky
VANDERBILT 5½ Middle Tennessee St
OREGON 24½ Virginia
MISSISSIPPI STATE 6½ South Carolina
MIAMI (FL) 24 Florida Atlantic
TENNESSEE 10½ Virginia Tech
BAYLOR 32 Southern Methodist
IOWA 15 Iowa State
North Carolina 10 ILLINOIS
Georgia Southern 13 SOUTH ALABAMA
NEBRASKA 24½ Wyoming
SOUTHERN CAL 16½ Utah State
New Mexico 11½ NEW MEXICO STATE
UTAH 3½ BYU
BOISE STATE 12 Washington State
UCLA 26½ UNLV
ARIZONA STATE 3 Texas Tech
SAN DIEGO STATE 7½ California
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
South Alabama : 31.0 points
Texas State : 21.0 points
Army : 17.0 points
HOUSTON : 10.0 points
WYOMING : 10.0 points
WISCONSIN : 9.5 points
Southern Miss : 6.5 points
Western Michigan : 6.5 points
TEXAS : 3.5 points
South Carolina : 3.5 points
Ball State : 3.0 points
Toledo : 3.0 points
BYU : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Texas State: kyfan606, AMJ_13
Army: OSOK
HOUSTON: JSgorocks, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, Larry00, Blueisbest, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, Nuke99m, warrior_SW, Faithful Blue in the 812, Greasy Creak Mafia, ThePhoenix, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, josh72484
WYOMING: Chad Rock, Don't TrashTheCats, stinger11723
WISCONSIN: rockycard
Southern Miss: UK_ Alum_02, crosbycatfan3745
Western Michigan: allabouttheUK
TEXAS: MrHotDice, Owen68, docholiday51, AsianPICat, august-west, pappy52, WildcatStu1
South Carolina: jimmy cowboy, blubud, maysvilleky
Toledo: ram1955
BYU: On_track_4_8
Nobody picked: South Alabama, Ball State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : kyfan606
17.0 : OSOK
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
10.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
10.0 : Gabewcat
10.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : josh72484
10.0 : JSgorocks
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : Nuke99m
10.0 : rockhound24
10.0 : Roe07
10.0 : Serenity Now!!!
10.0 : stinger11723
10.0 : ThePhoenix
10.0 : ukcatsfan2
10.0 : warrior_SW
9.5 : rockycard
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : august-west
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
3.5 : jimmy cowboy
3.5 : maysvilleky
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
3.0 : ram1955
1.0 : On_track_4_8
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Season Average for Correct Picks: 39.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Season Average for Total Picks: 87.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
kyfan606, AMJ_13, OSOK, JSgorocks, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, Larry00, Blueisbest, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, Nuke99m, warrior_SW, Faithful Blue in the 812, Greasy Creak Mafia, ThePhoenix, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, josh72484, Chad Rock, Don't TrashTheCats, stinger11723, rockycard, UK_ Alum_02, crosbycatfan3745, allabouttheUK, MrHotDice, Owen68, docholiday51, AsianPICat, august-west, pappy52, WildcatStu1, jimmy cowboy, blubud, maysvilleky, ram1955, On_track_4_8
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 2:
Friday, Sep. 9
Maryland 10 FLORIDA INTL
Louisville 14½ SYRACUSE
Saturday, Sep. 10
Boston College 17 MASSACHUSETTS
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 7½ Arkansas
ARMY 9½ Rice
KANSAS 3 Ohio
MICHIGAN 35½ Central Florida
MISSOURI 25½ Eastern Michigan
APPALACHIAN STATE 20½ Old Dominion
PITTSBURGH 6 Penn State
Cincinnati 6½ PURDUE
INDIANA 17½ Ball State
OKLAHOMA 46 Louisiana-Monroe
OKLAHOMA STATE 20½ Central Michigan
WISCONSIN 25 Akron
North Carolina State 4½ EAST CAROLINA
OHIO STATE 29 Tulsa
CLEMSON 36 Troy
SOUTH FLORIDA 14½ Northern Illinois
DUKE 5 Wake Forest
NAVY 4 Connecticut
TEXAS 28 UTEP
AUBURN 19 Arkansas State
AIR FORCE 17 Georgia State
COLORADO STATE 12 Texas-San Antonio
FLORIDA 16½ Kentucky
NOTRE DAME 27½ Nevada
WASHINGTON 37 Idaho
ALABAMA 28½ Western Kentucky
VANDERBILT 5½ Middle Tennessee St
OREGON 24½ Virginia
MISSISSIPPI STATE 6½ South Carolina
MIAMI (FL) 24 Florida Atlantic
TENNESSEE 10½ Virginia Tech
BAYLOR 32 Southern Methodist
IOWA 15 Iowa State
North Carolina 10 ILLINOIS
Georgia Southern 13 SOUTH ALABAMA
NEBRASKA 24½ Wyoming
SOUTHERN CAL 16½ Utah State
New Mexico 11½ NEW MEXICO STATE
UTAH 3½ BYU
BOISE STATE 12 Washington State
UCLA 26½ UNLV
ARIZONA STATE 3 Texas Tech
SAN DIEGO STATE 7½ California
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
South Alabama : 31.0 points
Texas State : 21.0 points
Army : 17.0 points
HOUSTON : 10.0 points
WYOMING : 10.0 points
WISCONSIN : 9.5 points
Southern Miss : 6.5 points
Western Michigan : 6.5 points
TEXAS : 3.5 points
South Carolina : 3.5 points
Ball State : 3.0 points
Toledo : 3.0 points
BYU : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
Texas State: kyfan606, AMJ_13
Army: OSOK
HOUSTON: JSgorocks, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, Larry00, Blueisbest, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, Nuke99m, warrior_SW, Faithful Blue in the 812, Greasy Creak Mafia, ThePhoenix, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, josh72484
WYOMING: Chad Rock, Don't TrashTheCats, stinger11723
WISCONSIN: rockycard
Southern Miss: UK_ Alum_02, crosbycatfan3745
Western Michigan: allabouttheUK
TEXAS: MrHotDice, Owen68, docholiday51, AsianPICat, august-west, pappy52, WildcatStu1
South Carolina: jimmy cowboy, blubud, maysvilleky
Toledo: ram1955
BYU: On_track_4_8
Nobody picked: South Alabama, Ball State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : kyfan606
17.0 : OSOK
10.0 : Blueisbest
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
10.0 : Faithful Blue in the 812
10.0 : Gabewcat
10.0 : Greasy Creak Mafia
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : josh72484
10.0 : JSgorocks
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : Nuke99m
10.0 : rockhound24
10.0 : Roe07
10.0 : Serenity Now!!!
10.0 : stinger11723
10.0 : ThePhoenix
10.0 : ukcatsfan2
10.0 : warrior_SW
9.5 : rockycard
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : august-west
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
3.5 : jimmy cowboy
3.5 : maysvilleky
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
3.0 : ram1955
1.0 : On_track_4_8
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Season Average for Correct Picks: 39.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Season Average for Total Picks: 87.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
kyfan606, AMJ_13, OSOK, JSgorocks, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, Larry00, Blueisbest, rockhound24, Caveman Catfan, Nuke99m, warrior_SW, Faithful Blue in the 812, Greasy Creak Mafia, ThePhoenix, Hang_Time_2, Serenity Now!!!, Ken Cat, Gabewcat, josh72484, Chad Rock, Don't TrashTheCats, stinger11723, rockycard, UK_ Alum_02, crosbycatfan3745, allabouttheUK, MrHotDice, Owen68, docholiday51, AsianPICat, august-west, pappy52, WildcatStu1, jimmy cowboy, blubud, maysvilleky, ram1955, On_track_4_8
