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 3:
Thursday, Sep. 15
Houston 7 CINCINNATI
Friday, Sep. 16
Baylor 30 RICE
Arizona State 18 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
UTAH STATE 9 Arkansas State
Saturday, Sep. 17
Eastern Michigan 3 UNC CHARLOTTE
Western Michigan 3½ ILLINOIS
SOUTH CAROLINA 4 East Carolina
Florida State 2½ LOUISVILLE
PENN STATE 9 Temple
Maryland 8½ CENTRAL FLORIDA
CONNECTICUT 4 Virginia
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 24 Iowa State
MICHIGAN 20½ Colorado
RUTGERS 5½ New Mexico
Middle Tennessee St 6 BOWLING GREEN STATE
WISCONSIN 34 Georgia State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13 UNLV
GEORGIA TECH 6½ Vanderbilt
KANSAS STATE 22 Florida Atlantic
TOLEDO 20½ Fresno State
VIRGINIA TECH 6 Boston College
South Florida 14 SYRACUSE
San Diego State 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Western Kentucky 17 MIAMI (OH)
FLORIDA 36½ North Texas
TEXAS TECH 11½ Louisiana Tech
KENTUCKY 19 New Mexico State
ARKANSAS 31 Texas State
TENNESSEE 27½ Ohio
MARSHALL 17 Akron
NEBRASKA 3 Oregon
UCLA 3 BYU
Miami (FL) 3½ APPALACHIAN STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 6½ Pittsburgh
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 25 Louisiana-Monroe
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 21½ Old Dominion
SOUTHERN MISS 11 Troy
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 3 South Alabama
MEMPHIS 20 Kansas
NOTRE DAME 7½ Michigan State
AUBURN 3½ Texas AM
NORTHWESTERN 6½ Duke
Ohio State 2 OKLAHOMA
Alabama 10 MISSISSIPPI
Georgia 7 MISSOURI
LSU 16 Mississippi State
Navy 6 TULANE
ARIZONA 24½ Hawaii
STANFORD 8½ Southern Cal
Texas 8 CALIFORNIA
NEVADA 10½ SUNY-Buffalo
Utah 13 SAN JOSE STATE
WASHINGTON STATE 26 Idaho
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
Central Michigan : 20.5 points
NEW MEXICO STATE : 11.5 points
Arkansas : 7.5 points
Wake Forest : 5.0 points
EAST CAROLINA : 4.5 points
Ohio : 3.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
NEW MEXICO STATE: straykat
Arkansas: jimmy cowboy, JSgorocks, Big_Blue_1018, KyMaster, Greasy Creak Mafia, jrburt
EAST CAROLINA: Nuke99m, warrior_SW, SWVA WildcatFan
Nobody picked: Central Michigan, Wake Forest, Ohio
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : kyfan606
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : JSgorocks
17.0 : OSOK
14.5 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
11.5 : straykat
11.0 : jimmy cowboy
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 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : josh72484
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : rockhound24
10.0 : Roe07
10.0 : Serenity Now!!!
10.0 : stinger11723
10.0 : ThePhoenix
10.0 : ukcatsfan2
9.5 : rockycard
7.5 : Big_Blue_1018
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : KyMaster
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
4.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : august-west
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
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 #2:
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : Nuke99m
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 24.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Season Average for Total Picks: 77.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
straykat, Big_Blue_1018, KyMaster, jrburt, SWVA WildcatFan
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 3:
Thursday, Sep. 15
Houston 7 CINCINNATI
Friday, Sep. 16
Baylor 30 RICE
Arizona State 18 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
UTAH STATE 9 Arkansas State
Saturday, Sep. 17
Eastern Michigan 3 UNC CHARLOTTE
Western Michigan 3½ ILLINOIS
SOUTH CAROLINA 4 East Carolina
Florida State 2½ LOUISVILLE
PENN STATE 9 Temple
Maryland 8½ CENTRAL FLORIDA
CONNECTICUT 4 Virginia
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 24 Iowa State
MICHIGAN 20½ Colorado
RUTGERS 5½ New Mexico
Middle Tennessee St 6 BOWLING GREEN STATE
WISCONSIN 34 Georgia State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13 UNLV
GEORGIA TECH 6½ Vanderbilt
KANSAS STATE 22 Florida Atlantic
TOLEDO 20½ Fresno State
VIRGINIA TECH 6 Boston College
South Florida 14 SYRACUSE
San Diego State 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Western Kentucky 17 MIAMI (OH)
FLORIDA 36½ North Texas
TEXAS TECH 11½ Louisiana Tech
KENTUCKY 19 New Mexico State
ARKANSAS 31 Texas State
TENNESSEE 27½ Ohio
MARSHALL 17 Akron
NEBRASKA 3 Oregon
UCLA 3 BYU
Miami (FL) 3½ APPALACHIAN STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 6½ Pittsburgh
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 25 Louisiana-Monroe
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 21½ Old Dominion
SOUTHERN MISS 11 Troy
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 3 South Alabama
MEMPHIS 20 Kansas
NOTRE DAME 7½ Michigan State
AUBURN 3½ Texas AM
NORTHWESTERN 6½ Duke
Ohio State 2 OKLAHOMA
Alabama 10 MISSISSIPPI
Georgia 7 MISSOURI
LSU 16 Mississippi State
Navy 6 TULANE
ARIZONA 24½ Hawaii
STANFORD 8½ Southern Cal
Texas 8 CALIFORNIA
NEVADA 10½ SUNY-Buffalo
Utah 13 SAN JOSE STATE
WASHINGTON STATE 26 Idaho
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
Central Michigan : 20.5 points
NEW MEXICO STATE : 11.5 points
Arkansas : 7.5 points
Wake Forest : 5.0 points
EAST CAROLINA : 4.5 points
Ohio : 3.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
NEW MEXICO STATE: straykat
Arkansas: jimmy cowboy, JSgorocks, Big_Blue_1018, KyMaster, Greasy Creak Mafia, jrburt
EAST CAROLINA: Nuke99m, warrior_SW, SWVA WildcatFan
Nobody picked: Central Michigan, Wake Forest, Ohio
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : kyfan606
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : JSgorocks
17.0 : OSOK
14.5 : Nuke99m
14.5 : warrior_SW
11.5 : straykat
11.0 : jimmy cowboy
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 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : josh72484
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : rockhound24
10.0 : Roe07
10.0 : Serenity Now!!!
10.0 : stinger11723
10.0 : ThePhoenix
10.0 : ukcatsfan2
9.5 : rockycard
7.5 : Big_Blue_1018
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : KyMaster
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
4.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : august-west
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
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 #2:
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : JSgorocks
2 : Nuke99m
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.5
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 24.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Season Average for Total Picks: 77.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
straykat, Big_Blue_1018, KyMaster, jrburt, SWVA WildcatFan
