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 8:
Thursday, Oct. 20
VIRGINIA TECH 4 Miami (FL)
Troy 8½ SOUTH ALABAMA
BOISE STATE 7½ BYU
Friday, Oct. 21
South Florida 6½ TEMPLE
SAN DIEGO STATE 22½ San Jose State
Saturday, Oct. 22
ARMY 17 North Texas
WESTERN MICHIGAN 22½ Eastern Michigan
BOSTON COLLEGE 6 Syracuse
WEST VIRGINIA 4½ Texas Christian
NORTHWESTERN 3 Indiana
NEBRASKA 24½ Purdue
Oklahoma State 24½ KANSAS
Wisconsin 3 IOWA
North Carolina 9½ VIRGINIA
LOUISVILLE 18 North Carolina State
TOLEDO 10 Central Michigan
BALL STATE 2 Akron
Louisiana Tech 14 FLORIDA INTL
AIR FORCE 16½ Hawaii
Louisiana-Lafayette 6 TEXAS STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 21 Idaho
SOUTH CAROLINA 20 Massachusetts
MARSHALL 18 UNC Charlotte
NEW MEXICO 13 Louisiana-Monroe
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 20 SUNY-Buffalo
Central Florida 2½ CONNECTICUT
Ohio 3 KENT STATE
Washington State 7 ARIZONA STATE
Oklahoma 13½ TEXAS TECH
MICHIGAN 34 Illinois
Houston 21½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
Memphis 2½ NAVY
Wyoming 3½ NEVADA
TULSA 11½ Tulane
WASHINGTON 32 Oregon State
BOWLING GREEN STATE 4½ Miami (OH)
Mississippi State 3 KENTUCKY
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 10 UTEP
WESTERN KENTUCKY 13½ Old Dominion
KANSAS STATE 3½ Texas
STANFORD 2½ Colorado
MISSOURI 6 Middle Tennessee St
Georgia Southern 14½ NEW MEXICO STATE
LSU 4½ Mississippi
AUBURN 7½ Arkansas
Ohio State 19½ PENN STATE
ALABAMA 17 Texas AM
UNLV 2 Colorado State
UTAH STATE 15½ Fresno State
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Underdog Winners - Week #7:
SYRACUSE : 18.5 points
New Mexico : 13.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 8.5 points
North Carolina : 7.0 points
ARKANSAS : 7.0 points
Northwestern : 4.0 points
Temple : 3.5 points
Stanford : 2.5 points
West Virginia : 1.5 points
Western Kentucky : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #7:
North Carolina: Greasy Creak Mafia, 13space82, SWVA WildcatFan, PRPcoach
ARKANSAS: *CatinIL*, number8please, straykat, AsianPICat, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, rockhound24
Stanford: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: SYRACUSE, New Mexico, Eastern Michigan, Northwestern, Temple, West Virginia, Western Kentucky
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #7:
40.0 : straykat
32.5 : Gabewcat
30.5 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
28.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
28.5 : kyfan606
25.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
22.5 : OSOK
21.5 : docholiday51
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
21.0 : number8please
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
19.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : PRPcoach
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.0 : Nuke99m
16.5 : Larry00
15.5 : maysvilleky
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : warrior-cat
11.5 : AsianPICat
11.0 : blubud
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.5 : bigbluemist
10.5 : jsyeag
10.5 : WildcatDJ
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
9.5 : 13space82
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : On_track_4_8
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : Maxwell41
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #7:
5 : straykat
4 : Gabewcat
4 : maysvilleky
4 : ukcatsfan2
3 : AsianPICat
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : docholiday51
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : stinger11723
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : 13space82
2 : august-west
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : OSOK
2 : PRPcoach
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : warrior-cat
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.6
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.7
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:
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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 8:
Thursday, Oct. 20
VIRGINIA TECH 4 Miami (FL)
Troy 8½ SOUTH ALABAMA
BOISE STATE 7½ BYU
Friday, Oct. 21
South Florida 6½ TEMPLE
SAN DIEGO STATE 22½ San Jose State
Saturday, Oct. 22
ARMY 17 North Texas
WESTERN MICHIGAN 22½ Eastern Michigan
BOSTON COLLEGE 6 Syracuse
WEST VIRGINIA 4½ Texas Christian
NORTHWESTERN 3 Indiana
NEBRASKA 24½ Purdue
Oklahoma State 24½ KANSAS
Wisconsin 3 IOWA
North Carolina 9½ VIRGINIA
LOUISVILLE 18 North Carolina State
TOLEDO 10 Central Michigan
BALL STATE 2 Akron
Louisiana Tech 14 FLORIDA INTL
AIR FORCE 16½ Hawaii
Louisiana-Lafayette 6 TEXAS STATE
APPALACHIAN STATE 21 Idaho
SOUTH CAROLINA 20 Massachusetts
MARSHALL 18 UNC Charlotte
NEW MEXICO 13 Louisiana-Monroe
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 20 SUNY-Buffalo
Central Florida 2½ CONNECTICUT
Ohio 3 KENT STATE
Washington State 7 ARIZONA STATE
Oklahoma 13½ TEXAS TECH
MICHIGAN 34 Illinois
Houston 21½ SOUTHERN METHODIST
Memphis 2½ NAVY
Wyoming 3½ NEVADA
TULSA 11½ Tulane
WASHINGTON 32 Oregon State
BOWLING GREEN STATE 4½ Miami (OH)
Mississippi State 3 KENTUCKY
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 10 UTEP
WESTERN KENTUCKY 13½ Old Dominion
KANSAS STATE 3½ Texas
STANFORD 2½ Colorado
MISSOURI 6 Middle Tennessee St
Georgia Southern 14½ NEW MEXICO STATE
LSU 4½ Mississippi
AUBURN 7½ Arkansas
Ohio State 19½ PENN STATE
ALABAMA 17 Texas AM
UNLV 2 Colorado State
UTAH STATE 15½ Fresno State
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Underdog Winners - Week #7:
SYRACUSE : 18.5 points
New Mexico : 13.5 points
Eastern Michigan : 8.5 points
North Carolina : 7.0 points
ARKANSAS : 7.0 points
Northwestern : 4.0 points
Temple : 3.5 points
Stanford : 2.5 points
West Virginia : 1.5 points
Western Kentucky : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #7:
North Carolina: Greasy Creak Mafia, 13space82, SWVA WildcatFan, PRPcoach
ARKANSAS: *CatinIL*, number8please, straykat, AsianPICat, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, rockhound24
Stanford: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: SYRACUSE, New Mexico, Eastern Michigan, Northwestern, Temple, West Virginia, Western Kentucky
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #7:
40.0 : straykat
32.5 : Gabewcat
30.5 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
28.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
28.5 : kyfan606
25.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
22.5 : OSOK
21.5 : docholiday51
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : josh72484
21.0 : JSgorocks
21.0 : number8please
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
19.5 : SWVA WildcatFan
17.5 : Blueisbest
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : PRPcoach
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.0 : Nuke99m
16.5 : Larry00
15.5 : maysvilleky
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : warrior-cat
11.5 : AsianPICat
11.0 : blubud
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : Littlefeller
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.5 : bigbluemist
10.5 : jsyeag
10.5 : WildcatDJ
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
9.5 : 13space82
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
7.5 : On_track_4_8
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : Maxwell41
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : pappy52
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #7:
5 : straykat
4 : Gabewcat
4 : maysvilleky
4 : ukcatsfan2
3 : AsianPICat
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : docholiday51
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : stinger11723
3 : SWVA WildcatFan
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : 13space82
2 : august-west
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : blubud
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : josh72484
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : OSOK
2 : PRPcoach
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : warrior-cat
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
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.6
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Season Average for Total Picks: 64.7
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.
