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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 27
TOLEDO 17 Ohio
Akron 15 SUNY-BUFFALO
Virginia Tech 3½ PITTSBURGH
Appalachian State 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN CAL 14½ California
Friday, Oct. 28
San Diego State 6½ UTAH STATE
Air Force 12½ FRESNO STATE
Saturday, Oct. 29
EASTERN MICHIGAN 7 Miami (OH)
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Connecticut
TEXAS AM 42½ New Mexico State
Middle Tennessee St 17 FLORIDA INTL
Western Kentucky 20½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
TEMPLE 7½ Cincinnati
WAKE FOREST 7 Army
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 7½ Texas Tech
OKLAHOMA 40½ Kansas
Penn State 13 PURDUE
INDIANA 5 Maryland
Louisville 28 VIRGINIA
SOUTH ALABAMA 3 Georgia State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13 Kent State
Clemson 3 FLORIDA STATE
Kansas State 7 IOWA STATE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 15 Boston College
West Virginia 3 OKLAHOMA STATE
NOTRE DAME 1 Miami (FL)
Baylor 3 TEXAS
MEMPHIS 6½ Tulsa
TULANE 2 Southern Methodist
Washington State 15½ OREGON STATE
Stanford 7 ARIZONA
OHIO STATE 22 Northwestern
WISCONSIN 7½ Nebraska
SOUTHERN MISS 14½ Marshall
GEORGIA TECH 7½ Duke
FLORIDA 6½ Georgia
Auburn 2½ MISSISSIPPI
Tennessee 13 SOUTH CAROLINA
HOUSTON 10 Central Florida
LOUISIANA TECH 24½ Rice
Boise State 14½ WYOMING
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 3 North Texas
MISSOURI 4½ Kentucky
ARKANSAS STATE 18 Louisiana-Monroe
Old Dominion 5 UTEP
Michigan 21½ MICHIGAN STATE
Washington 10½ UTAH
OREGON 7½ Arizona State
UNLV 2 SAN JOSE STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
SOUTHERN METHODIST : 21.5 points
PENN STATE : 19.5 points
UNC Charlotte : 18.0 points
North Texas : 17.0 points
Hawaii : 16.5 points
UTEP : 10.0 points
TEMPLE : 6.5 points
Middle Tennessee St : 6.0 points
Syracuse : 6.0 points
Miami (OH) : 4.5 points
KENTUCKY : 3.0 points
Colorado : 2.5 points
NAVY : 2.5 points
Colorado State : 2.0 points
Akron : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
SOUTHERN METHODIST: Old_Red
PENN STATE: ThePhoenix
TEMPLE: bigbluemist, WildcatDJ, Littlefeller, SWVA WildcatFan, PRPcoach
Syracuse: AsianPICat, Hang_Time_2, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, Gabewcat, josh72484, warrior-cat
KENTUCKY: blubud, On_track_4_8, docholiday51, Ken Cat, pappy52
NAVY: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, North Texas, Hawaii, UTEP, Middle Tennessee St, Miami (OH), Colorado, Colorado State, Akron
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Gabewcat
30.5 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
28.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
28.5 : kyfan606
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
24.0 : PRPcoach
23.5 : Blueisbest
22.5 : OSOK
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : JSgorocks
21.0 : number8please
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
19.0 : warrior-cat
18.0 : maysvilleky
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Littlefeller
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : WildcatDJ
16.5 : Larry00
16.0 : Hang_Time_2
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : blubud
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : Ken Cat
11.5 : Maxwell41
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.5 : jsyeag
10.5 : On_track_4_8
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
9.5 : 13space82
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : pappy52
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : Gabewcat
5 : maysvilleky
5 : straykat
4 : AsianPICat
4 : docholiday51
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : ukcatsfan2
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : blubud
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : 13space82
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Maxwell41
2 : OSOK
2 : pappy52
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
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
Week 8: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.9
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 63.1
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
Old_Red
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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 27
TOLEDO 17 Ohio
Akron 15 SUNY-BUFFALO
Virginia Tech 3½ PITTSBURGH
Appalachian State 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN CAL 14½ California
Friday, Oct. 28
San Diego State 6½ UTAH STATE
Air Force 12½ FRESNO STATE
Saturday, Oct. 29
EASTERN MICHIGAN 7 Miami (OH)
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Connecticut
TEXAS AM 42½ New Mexico State
Middle Tennessee St 17 FLORIDA INTL
Western Kentucky 20½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
TEMPLE 7½ Cincinnati
WAKE FOREST 7 Army
TEXAS CHRISTIAN 7½ Texas Tech
OKLAHOMA 40½ Kansas
Penn State 13 PURDUE
INDIANA 5 Maryland
Louisville 28 VIRGINIA
SOUTH ALABAMA 3 Georgia State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 13 Kent State
Clemson 3 FLORIDA STATE
Kansas State 7 IOWA STATE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 15 Boston College
West Virginia 3 OKLAHOMA STATE
NOTRE DAME 1 Miami (FL)
Baylor 3 TEXAS
MEMPHIS 6½ Tulsa
TULANE 2 Southern Methodist
Washington State 15½ OREGON STATE
Stanford 7 ARIZONA
OHIO STATE 22 Northwestern
WISCONSIN 7½ Nebraska
SOUTHERN MISS 14½ Marshall
GEORGIA TECH 7½ Duke
FLORIDA 6½ Georgia
Auburn 2½ MISSISSIPPI
Tennessee 13 SOUTH CAROLINA
HOUSTON 10 Central Florida
LOUISIANA TECH 24½ Rice
Boise State 14½ WYOMING
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 3 North Texas
MISSOURI 4½ Kentucky
ARKANSAS STATE 18 Louisiana-Monroe
Old Dominion 5 UTEP
Michigan 21½ MICHIGAN STATE
Washington 10½ UTAH
OREGON 7½ Arizona State
UNLV 2 SAN JOSE STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
SOUTHERN METHODIST : 21.5 points
PENN STATE : 19.5 points
UNC Charlotte : 18.0 points
North Texas : 17.0 points
Hawaii : 16.5 points
UTEP : 10.0 points
TEMPLE : 6.5 points
Middle Tennessee St : 6.0 points
Syracuse : 6.0 points
Miami (OH) : 4.5 points
KENTUCKY : 3.0 points
Colorado : 2.5 points
NAVY : 2.5 points
Colorado State : 2.0 points
Akron : 2.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
SOUTHERN METHODIST: Old_Red
PENN STATE: ThePhoenix
TEMPLE: bigbluemist, WildcatDJ, Littlefeller, SWVA WildcatFan, PRPcoach
Syracuse: AsianPICat, Hang_Time_2, Maxwell41, Blueisbest, Gabewcat, josh72484, warrior-cat
KENTUCKY: blubud, On_track_4_8, docholiday51, Ken Cat, pappy52
NAVY: maysvilleky
Nobody picked: UNC Charlotte, North Texas, Hawaii, UTEP, Middle Tennessee St, Miami (OH), Colorado, Colorado State, Akron
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
40.0 : straykat
38.5 : Gabewcat
30.5 : ukcatsfan2
30.5 : WildOnKnoxville
29.5 : ThePhoenix
28.5 : BIGCAT4LIFE
28.5 : kyfan606
27.0 : josh72484
26.0 : SWVA WildcatFan
25.5 : stinger11723
25.0 : rockhound24
25.0 : Roe07
24.5 : docholiday51
24.5 : Greasy Creak Mafia
24.0 : PRPcoach
23.5 : Blueisbest
22.5 : OSOK
21.5 : Old_Red
21.0 : AMJ_13
21.0 : chesterfield1
21.0 : JSgorocks
21.0 : number8please
20.5 : rockycard
19.5 : Big_Blue_1018
19.0 : warrior-cat
18.0 : maysvilleky
17.5 : AsianPICat
17.5 : Faithful Blue in the 812
17.5 : Littlefeller
17.5 : Serenity Now!!!
17.0 : bigbluemist
17.0 : Nuke99m
17.0 : WildcatDJ
16.5 : Larry00
16.0 : Hang_Time_2
15.0 : KyMaster
14.5 : gblue5744
14.5 : warrior_SW
14.0 : blubud
14.0 : ukmonty2001
13.5 : *CatinIL*
13.5 : jimmy cowboy
13.0 : Ken Cat
11.5 : Maxwell41
11.0 : CGblue
11.0 : TotesMcGotes
10.5 : jsyeag
10.5 : On_track_4_8
10.0 : Caveman Catfan
10.0 : Chad Rock
10.0 : Don't TrashTheCats
9.5 : 13space82
7.5 : dswan17
7.5 : JBHolmesfan
7.5 : jrburt
7.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : allabouttheUK
6.5 : crosbycatfan3745
6.5 : pappy52
6.5 : UK_ Alum_02
6.0 : august-west
5.5 : ram1955
3.5 : MrHotDice
3.5 : Owen68
3.5 : WildcatStu1
2.5 : BlueBallz
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #8:
5 : Gabewcat
5 : maysvilleky
5 : straykat
4 : AsianPICat
4 : docholiday51
4 : SWVA WildcatFan
4 : ukcatsfan2
3 : BIGCAT4LIFE
3 : blubud
3 : Blueisbest
3 : Greasy Creak Mafia
3 : jimmy cowboy
3 : josh72484
3 : JSgorocks
3 : Nuke99m
3 : number8please
3 : On_track_4_8
3 : PRPcoach
3 : rockhound24
3 : Roe07
3 : stinger11723
3 : warrior-cat
2 : *CatinIL*
2 : 13space82
2 : august-west
2 : bigbluemist
2 : Big_Blue_1018
2 : Faithful Blue in the 812
2 : gblue5744
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Ken Cat
2 : kyfan606
2 : KyMaster
2 : Larry00
2 : Littlefeller
2 : Maxwell41
2 : OSOK
2 : pappy52
2 : ram1955
2 : rockycard
2 : Serenity Now!!!
2 : ThePhoenix
2 : warrior_SW
2 : WildcatDJ
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
Week 8: 15
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 11.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 10
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 6
Week 5: 10
Week 6: 16
Week 7: 12
Week 8: 20
Season Average for Correct Picks: 17.9
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 87
Week 2: 68
Week 3: 66
Week 4: 65
Week 5: 56
Week 6: 60
Week 7: 51
Week 8: 52
Season Average for Total Picks: 63.1
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
Old_Red
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.
