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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 6
MEMPHIS 10 Temple
Western Kentucky 3 LOUISIANA TECH
Friday, Oct. 7
CENTRAL FLORIDA 13½ Tulane
Clemson 16½ BOSTON COLLEGE
TULSA 16½ Southern Methodist
Boise State 17 NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Oct. 8
AKRON 7 Miami (OH)
Kent State 1 SUNY-BUFFALO
WESTERN MICHIGAN 19 Northern Illinois
MICHIGAN STATE 5½ BYU
PITTSBURGH 8 Georgia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 17 Iowa State
Cincinnati 3½ CONNECTICUT
Texas Christian 29 KANSAS
DUKE 4 Army
WAKE FOREST 2 Syracuse
Iowa 2 MINNESOTA
OHIO STATE 31 Indiana
ILLINOIS 8 Purdue
NORTH CAROLINA 2½ Virginia Tech
Notre Dame 1 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
OHIO 14 Bowling Green State
Toledo 17 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Houston 18 NAVY
Oklahoma 10 TEXAS
MIAMI (FL) 2 Florida State
GEORGIA STATE 10 Texas State
OLD DOMINION 7 Massachusetts
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 14½ UNC Charlotte
UCLA 7½ ARIZONA STATE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 11½ Ball State
Air Force 10½ WYOMING
Georgia 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
TEXAS AM 6½ Tennessee
KENTUCKY 2 Vanderbilt
Auburn 2½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
NEVADA 9½ Fresno State
Washington 8½ OREGON
SOUTHERN CAL 5½ Colorado
Michigan 25½ RUTGERS
Marshall 10½ NORTH TEXAS
Southern Miss 15½ TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
LSU 2½ FLORIDA
LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 Idaho
UTEP 4 Florida Intl
Alabama 13½ ARKANSAS
UTAH 9½ Arizona
SAN DIEGO STATE 15 UNLV
STANFORD 8½ Washington State
California 12½ OREGON STATE
Utah State 6 COLORADO STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 3½ Hawaii
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
SOUTH ALABAMA : 20.0 points
North Carolina : 12.0 points
Northwestern : 12.0 points
INDIANA : 7.5 points
Wyoming : 7.0 points
HAWAII : 6.5 points
NEW MEXICO STATE : 6.5 points
Central Florida : 5.5 points
FLORIDA INTL : 5.0 points
Northern Illinois : 4.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 3.5 points
Virginia : 3.5 points
WASHINGTON STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
SOUTH ALABAMA: WildOnKnoxville
North Carolina: Big_Blue_1018
INDIANA: straykat
Wyoming: BIGCAT4LIFE
HAWAII: Larry00
NEW MEXICO STATE: On_track_4_8, *CatinIL*, gblue5744, Gabewcat
WASHINGTON STATE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Northwestern, Central Florida, FLORIDA INTL, Northern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Virginia
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
28.5 : kyfan606
27.0 : straykat
24.0 : Gabewcat
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
20.0 : WildOnKnoxville
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
18.0 : rockhound24
18.0 : Roe07
18.0 : stinger11723
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.5 : ukcatsfan2
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : OSOK
16.5 : Larry00
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
12.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
11.0 : blubud
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : docholiday51
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : maysvilleky
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 : ThePhoenix
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : On_track_4_8
7.5 : warrior-cat
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
4.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : 13space82
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : straykat
2 : AsianPICat
2 : august-west
2 : BIGCAT4LIFE
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : docholiday51
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : maysvilleky
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : ram1955
2 : rockhound24
2 : rockycard
2 : Roe07
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
WildOnKnoxville, *CatinIL*
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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 6
MEMPHIS 10 Temple
Western Kentucky 3 LOUISIANA TECH
Friday, Oct. 7
CENTRAL FLORIDA 13½ Tulane
Clemson 16½ BOSTON COLLEGE
TULSA 16½ Southern Methodist
Boise State 17 NEW MEXICO
Saturday, Oct. 8
AKRON 7 Miami (OH)
Kent State 1 SUNY-BUFFALO
WESTERN MICHIGAN 19 Northern Illinois
MICHIGAN STATE 5½ BYU
PITTSBURGH 8 Georgia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 17 Iowa State
Cincinnati 3½ CONNECTICUT
Texas Christian 29 KANSAS
DUKE 4 Army
WAKE FOREST 2 Syracuse
Iowa 2 MINNESOTA
OHIO STATE 31 Indiana
ILLINOIS 8 Purdue
NORTH CAROLINA 2½ Virginia Tech
Notre Dame 1 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
OHIO 14 Bowling Green State
Toledo 17 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Houston 18 NAVY
Oklahoma 10 TEXAS
MIAMI (FL) 2 Florida State
GEORGIA STATE 10 Texas State
OLD DOMINION 7 Massachusetts
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 14½ UNC Charlotte
UCLA 7½ ARIZONA STATE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 11½ Ball State
Air Force 10½ WYOMING
Georgia 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
TEXAS AM 6½ Tennessee
KENTUCKY 2 Vanderbilt
Auburn 2½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
NEVADA 9½ Fresno State
Washington 8½ OREGON
SOUTHERN CAL 5½ Colorado
Michigan 25½ RUTGERS
Marshall 10½ NORTH TEXAS
Southern Miss 15½ TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
LSU 2½ FLORIDA
LOUISIANA-MONROE 4 Idaho
UTEP 4 Florida Intl
Alabama 13½ ARKANSAS
UTAH 9½ Arizona
SAN DIEGO STATE 15 UNLV
STANFORD 8½ Washington State
California 12½ OREGON STATE
Utah State 6 COLORADO STATE
SAN JOSE STATE 3½ Hawaii
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
SOUTH ALABAMA : 20.0 points
North Carolina : 12.0 points
Northwestern : 12.0 points
INDIANA : 7.5 points
Wyoming : 7.0 points
HAWAII : 6.5 points
NEW MEXICO STATE : 6.5 points
Central Florida : 5.5 points
FLORIDA INTL : 5.0 points
Northern Illinois : 4.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 3.5 points
Virginia : 3.5 points
WASHINGTON STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
SOUTH ALABAMA: WildOnKnoxville
North Carolina: Big_Blue_1018
INDIANA: straykat
Wyoming: BIGCAT4LIFE
HAWAII: Larry00
NEW MEXICO STATE: On_track_4_8, *CatinIL*, gblue5744, Gabewcat
WASHINGTON STATE: AsianPICat
Nobody picked: Northwestern, Central Florida, FLORIDA INTL, Northern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Virginia
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
28.5 : kyfan606
27.0 : straykat
24.0 : Gabewcat
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
20.5 : rockycard
20.0 : WildOnKnoxville
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
18.0 : BIGCAT4LIFE
18.0 : rockhound24
18.0 : Roe07
18.0 : stinger11723
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.5 : ukcatsfan2
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : OSOK
16.5 : Larry00
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
12.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
11.0 : blubud
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : docholiday51
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : maysvilleky
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 : ThePhoenix
8.0 : number8please
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : On_track_4_8
7.5 : warrior-cat
6.5 : *CatinIL*
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
4.5 : AsianPICat
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : 13space82
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : Gabewcat
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : straykat
2 : AsianPICat
2 : august-west
2 : BIGCAT4LIFE
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : docholiday51
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : Greasy Creak Mafia
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : maysvilleky
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : ram1955
2 : rockhound24
2 : rockycard
2 : Roe07
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : stinger11723
2 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : warrior_SW
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 13
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 12
Week 5: 13
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Season Average for Correct Picks: 19.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Season Average for Total Picks: 68.4
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
WildOnKnoxville, *CatinIL*
