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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 22
Clemson 9½ GEORGIA TECH
Friday, Sep. 23
Texas Christian 21½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
Wyoming 3 EASTERN MICHIGAN
UTAH 3 Southern Cal
Saturday, Sep. 24
Central Michigan 3½ VIRGINIA
Ball State 3½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Central Florida 7 FLORIDA INTL
Army 14 SUNY-BUFFALO
VIRGINIA TECH 11 East Carolina
CONNECTICUT 3½ Syracuse
MICHIGAN 18½ Penn State
Iowa 13½ RUTGERS
INDIANA 7½ Wake Forest
IOWA STATE 6½ San Jose State
Mississippi State 22 MASSACHUSETTS
MINNESOTA 16 Colorado State
WEST VIRGINIA 6½ BYU
RICE 7 North Texas
Appalachian State 6 AKRON
WESTERN MICHIGAN 7 Georgia Southern
TEMPLE 27½ UNC Charlotte
NORTH CAROLINA 7 Pittsburgh
Southern Miss 10 UTEP
BAYLOR 9½ Oklahoma State
Louisville 25½ MARSHALL
ALABAMA 43½ Kent State
NOTRE DAME 21 Duke
TROY 20½ New Mexico State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Vanderbilt
MICHIGAN STATE 5½ Wisconsin
TEXAS AM 6 Arkansas
PURDUE 4½ Nevada
TULANE 5½ Louisiana-Lafayette
OREGON 7½ Colorado
Washington 9½ ARIZONA
MISSISSIPPI 7 Georgia
CINCINNATI 18 Miami (OH)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 5½ Louisiana Tech
OLD DOMINION 3½ Texas-San Antonio
KENTUCKY 2 South Carolina
TENNESSEE 6½ Florida
MEMPHIS 16½ Bowling Green State
Florida State 6 SOUTH FLORIDA
Nebraska 7½ NORTHWESTERN
Houston 34½ TEXAS STATE
LSU 3½ AUBURN
Boise State 13½ OREGON STATE
Air Force 3 UTAH STATE
UNLV 14½ Idaho
ARIZONA STATE 4 California
Stanford 3 UCLA
Tulsa 14½ FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Akron : 17.0 points
Troy : 11.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 8.0 points
Michigan State : 7.5 points
Texas AM : 3.5 points
LOUISVILLE : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Troy: TotesMcGotes, rockycard, Littlefeller, CGblue, BIGCAT4LIFE, josh72484
CALIFORNIA: number8please, Roe07, rockhound24, gblue5744, straykat, SWVA WildcatFan, stinger11723
Michigan State: kyfan606, dswan17, ukcatsfan2, Blueisbest, warrior-cat, JBHolmesfan, Faithful Blue in the 812, Serenity Now!!!, LordEgg, Gabewcat
Texas AM: JSgorocks
LOUISVILLE: ram1955, jimmy cowboy, Nuke99m, BlueBallz, 13space82, august-west
Nobody picked: Akron
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
28.5 : kyfan606
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : straykat
18.0 : rockhound24
18.0 : Roe07
18.0 : stinger11723
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Gabewcat
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.5 : ukcatsfan2
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : OSOK
14.5 : warrior_SW
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
12.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
11.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : ThePhoenix
8.0 : gblue5744
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : Big_Blue_1018
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : KyMaster
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : warrior-cat
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
3.5 : maysvilleky
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : 13space82
2.5 : BlueBallz
1.0 : On_track_4_8
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
2 : august-west
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : Gabewcat
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : ram1955
2 : rockhound24
2 : rockycard
2 : Roe07
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : straykat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Season Average for Correct Picks: 26.3
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
TotesMcGotes, Littlefeller, CGblue, BIGCAT4LIFE, number8please, gblue5744, dswan17, warrior-cat, JBHolmesfan, LordEgg, BlueBallz, 13space82
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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 22
Clemson 9½ GEORGIA TECH
Friday, Sep. 23
Texas Christian 21½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
Wyoming 3 EASTERN MICHIGAN
UTAH 3 Southern Cal
Saturday, Sep. 24
Central Michigan 3½ VIRGINIA
Ball State 3½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Central Florida 7 FLORIDA INTL
Army 14 SUNY-BUFFALO
VIRGINIA TECH 11 East Carolina
CONNECTICUT 3½ Syracuse
MICHIGAN 18½ Penn State
Iowa 13½ RUTGERS
INDIANA 7½ Wake Forest
IOWA STATE 6½ San Jose State
Mississippi State 22 MASSACHUSETTS
MINNESOTA 16 Colorado State
WEST VIRGINIA 6½ BYU
RICE 7 North Texas
Appalachian State 6 AKRON
WESTERN MICHIGAN 7 Georgia Southern
TEMPLE 27½ UNC Charlotte
NORTH CAROLINA 7 Pittsburgh
Southern Miss 10 UTEP
BAYLOR 9½ Oklahoma State
Louisville 25½ MARSHALL
ALABAMA 43½ Kent State
NOTRE DAME 21 Duke
TROY 20½ New Mexico State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 7½ Vanderbilt
MICHIGAN STATE 5½ Wisconsin
TEXAS AM 6 Arkansas
PURDUE 4½ Nevada
TULANE 5½ Louisiana-Lafayette
OREGON 7½ Colorado
Washington 9½ ARIZONA
MISSISSIPPI 7 Georgia
CINCINNATI 18 Miami (OH)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST 5½ Louisiana Tech
OLD DOMINION 3½ Texas-San Antonio
KENTUCKY 2 South Carolina
TENNESSEE 6½ Florida
MEMPHIS 16½ Bowling Green State
Florida State 6 SOUTH FLORIDA
Nebraska 7½ NORTHWESTERN
Houston 34½ TEXAS STATE
LSU 3½ AUBURN
Boise State 13½ OREGON STATE
Air Force 3 UTAH STATE
UNLV 14½ Idaho
ARIZONA STATE 4 California
Stanford 3 UCLA
Tulsa 14½ FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Akron : 17.0 points
Troy : 11.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 8.0 points
Michigan State : 7.5 points
Texas AM : 3.5 points
LOUISVILLE : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Troy: TotesMcGotes, rockycard, Littlefeller, CGblue, BIGCAT4LIFE, josh72484
CALIFORNIA: number8please, Roe07, rockhound24, gblue5744, straykat, SWVA WildcatFan, stinger11723
Michigan State: kyfan606, dswan17, ukcatsfan2, Blueisbest, warrior-cat, JBHolmesfan, Faithful Blue in the 812, Serenity Now!!!, LordEgg, Gabewcat
Texas AM: JSgorocks
LOUISVILLE: ram1955, jimmy cowboy, Nuke99m, BlueBallz, 13space82, august-west
Nobody picked: Akron
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
28.5 : kyfan606
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : straykat
18.0 : rockhound24
18.0 : Roe07
18.0 : stinger11723
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Gabewcat
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.5 : ukcatsfan2
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : OSOK
14.5 : warrior_SW
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
12.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
11.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
10.0 : Hang_Time_2
10.0 : Ken Cat
10.0 : Larry00
10.0 : ThePhoenix
8.0 : gblue5744
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : Big_Blue_1018
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : KyMaster
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : warrior-cat
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : blubud
3.5 : docholiday51
3.5 : maysvilleky
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : 13space82
2.5 : BlueBallz
1.0 : On_track_4_8
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
2 : august-west
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : Gabewcat
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : ram1955
2 : rockhound24
2 : rockycard
2 : Roe07
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : straykat
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Season Average for Correct Picks: 26.3
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Season Average for Total Picks: 73.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
TotesMcGotes, Littlefeller, CGblue, BIGCAT4LIFE, number8please, gblue5744, dswan17, warrior-cat, JBHolmesfan, LordEgg, BlueBallz, 13space82
