Welcome to the CatsIllustrated Stupid Underdog Pick Contest. Each week the odds are gathered from the Oddstrader web page (usually on Sunday night) 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 should make your pick before the first game of the week has kicked off. Your pick may be invalidated otherwise. I can't know with the new Rivals format 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. You can change your pick before the first game of the week has started by editing your pick or deleting the old pick and making a new post. To change your pick after the first kick off of the week, leave the original post alone, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick in that new post. I'll verify that you can change it manually.
2) If you make your pick after the first game of the week kicks off, it may be invalidated. Make your pick before the first kickoff of the day or pick a game that is played on a later date. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day in the "Don't forget to..." thread, but don't count on it.
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.
5) Don't edit your picks after the first game of the week has kicked off.
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 VegasOdds 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. 18
Rice 2½ CHARLOTTE
Friday, Sep. 19
OKLAHOMA STATE 13 Tulsa
Iowa 2½ RUTGERS
Saturday, Sep. 20
North Texas 1½ ARMY
TCU 7 SMU
UNLV 2½ MIAMI (OH)
LOUISVILLE 27 Bowling Green
CLEMSON 17½ Syracuse
WISCONSIN 9½ Maryland
UTAH 3½ Texas Tech
Arkansas 7 MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE 40½ UAB
OREGON 35½ Oregon State
Louisiana 2½ EASTERN MICHIGAN
UCF 6½ North Carolina
FLORIDA STATE 46 Kent State
Toledo 14 WESTERN MICHIGAN
BUFFALO 6½ Troy
OKLAHOMA 6½ Auburn
OLE MISS 12½ Tulane
CONNECTICUT 21½ Ball State
Michigan 2½ NEBRASKA
NOTRE DAME 27½ Purdue
James Madison 9½ LIBERTY
DUKE 3½ North Carolina State
MISSISSIPPI STATE 21½ Northern Illinois
GEORGIA TECH 24½ Temple
KANSAS 13½ West Virginia
Arkansas State 6½ KENNESAW STATE
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6½ Delaware
SOUTH ALABAMA 14½ Coastal Carolina
MISSOURI 13½ South Carolina
WESTERN KENTUCKY 11½ Nevada
Boise State 10 AIR FORCE
Marshall 2½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Brigham Young 7 EAST CAROLINA
MIAMI (FL) 7½ Florida
INDIANA 4½ Illinois
BAYLOR 2½ Arizona State
VIRGINIA 16½ Stanford
LOUISIANA TECH 3½ Southern Miss
Washington 20½ WASHINGTON STATE
VANDERBILT 27½ Georgia State
TEXAS 41½ Sam Houston State
UTEP 5½ Louisiana-Monroe
UTSA 4½ COLORADO STATE
COLORADO 13½ Wyoming
California 12 SAN DIEGO STATE
USC 17½ Michigan State
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
New Mexico : 15.5 points
STANFORD : 10.5 points
DELAWARE : 10.0 points
Middle Tennessee : 9.0 points
Old Dominion : 7.5 points
Texas A&M : 7.0 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 6.5 points
BOWLING GREEN : 5.5 points
Vanderbilt : 5.5 points
UTAH STATE : 3.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 3.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
STANFORD: Chadrock
DELAWARE: josh72484
Texas A&M: KyMaster, Jimmycowboy, Anon1756516332
WEST VIRGINIA: CGBlue1.0, cat tat2, MAYHOO22, RocknRollCats
BOWLING GREEN: btodd0224 n/a?, ILiveBlue-GoCats
Vanderbilt: jsmith4415, MaysviileKY, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, BurgLife
UTAH STATE: BlueWorldOrder74
GEORGIA TECH: Cardinalrules, OldSmoky
Nobody picked: New Mexico, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, CALIFORNIA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
20.5 : Jimmycowboy
19.0 : Hang_Time_2
18.0 : BlueBallzz
18.0 : satcheluk
13.5 : Anon1756516332
13.0 : MAYHOO22
12.0 : btodd0224 n/a?
12.0 : jsmith4415
10.5 : CGBlue1.0
10.5 : Chadrock
10.0 : josh72484
7.0 : KyMaster
6.5 : Bryguy
6.5 : cat tat2
6.5 : Catapult44
6.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : RocknRollCats
6.0 : PickSixKing
5.5 : BurgLife
5.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
5.5 : MaysviileKY
3.5 : BlueWorldOrder74
3.5 : Cardinalrules
3.5 : OldSmoky
3.0 : Anon1751937321
3.0 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Anon1756516332
2 : btodd0224 n/a?
2 : CGBlue1.0
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Jimmycowboy
2 : jsmith4415
2 : MAYHOO22
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Week 2: 12
Week 3: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 5
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 18
Season Average for Correct Picks: 12.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 38
Week 3: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 37.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
Chadrock, josh72484, KyMaster, cat tat2, RocknRollCats, MaysviileKY, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, BurgLife, BlueWorldOrder74, Cardinalrules, OldSmoky
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 should make your pick before the first game of the week has kicked off. Your pick may be invalidated otherwise. I can't know with the new Rivals format 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. You can change your pick before the first game of the week has started by editing your pick or deleting the old pick and making a new post. To change your pick after the first kick off of the week, leave the original post alone, make a new post and indicate that you want to change your pick in that new post. I'll verify that you can change it manually.
2) If you make your pick after the first game of the week kicks off, it may be invalidated. Make your pick before the first kickoff of the day or pick a game that is played on a later date. I might post that you can make picks a bit later in that day in the "Don't forget to..." thread, but don't count on it.
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.
5) Don't edit your picks after the first game of the week has kicked off.
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 VegasOdds 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. 18
Rice 2½ CHARLOTTE
Friday, Sep. 19
OKLAHOMA STATE 13 Tulsa
Iowa 2½ RUTGERS
Saturday, Sep. 20
North Texas 1½ ARMY
TCU 7 SMU
UNLV 2½ MIAMI (OH)
LOUISVILLE 27 Bowling Green
CLEMSON 17½ Syracuse
WISCONSIN 9½ Maryland
UTAH 3½ Texas Tech
Arkansas 7 MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE 40½ UAB
OREGON 35½ Oregon State
Louisiana 2½ EASTERN MICHIGAN
UCF 6½ North Carolina
FLORIDA STATE 46 Kent State
Toledo 14 WESTERN MICHIGAN
BUFFALO 6½ Troy
OKLAHOMA 6½ Auburn
OLE MISS 12½ Tulane
CONNECTICUT 21½ Ball State
Michigan 2½ NEBRASKA
NOTRE DAME 27½ Purdue
James Madison 9½ LIBERTY
DUKE 3½ North Carolina State
MISSISSIPPI STATE 21½ Northern Illinois
GEORGIA TECH 24½ Temple
KANSAS 13½ West Virginia
Arkansas State 6½ KENNESAW STATE
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6½ Delaware
SOUTH ALABAMA 14½ Coastal Carolina
MISSOURI 13½ South Carolina
WESTERN KENTUCKY 11½ Nevada
Boise State 10 AIR FORCE
Marshall 2½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Brigham Young 7 EAST CAROLINA
MIAMI (FL) 7½ Florida
INDIANA 4½ Illinois
BAYLOR 2½ Arizona State
VIRGINIA 16½ Stanford
LOUISIANA TECH 3½ Southern Miss
Washington 20½ WASHINGTON STATE
VANDERBILT 27½ Georgia State
TEXAS 41½ Sam Houston State
UTEP 5½ Louisiana-Monroe
UTSA 4½ COLORADO STATE
COLORADO 13½ Wyoming
California 12 SAN DIEGO STATE
USC 17½ Michigan State
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
New Mexico : 15.5 points
STANFORD : 10.5 points
DELAWARE : 10.0 points
Middle Tennessee : 9.0 points
Old Dominion : 7.5 points
Texas A&M : 7.0 points
WEST VIRGINIA : 6.5 points
BOWLING GREEN : 5.5 points
Vanderbilt : 5.5 points
UTAH STATE : 3.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 3.5 points
CALIFORNIA : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
STANFORD: Chadrock
DELAWARE: josh72484
Texas A&M: KyMaster, Jimmycowboy, Anon1756516332
WEST VIRGINIA: CGBlue1.0, cat tat2, MAYHOO22, RocknRollCats
BOWLING GREEN: btodd0224 n/a?, ILiveBlue-GoCats
Vanderbilt: jsmith4415, MaysviileKY, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, BurgLife
UTAH STATE: BlueWorldOrder74
GEORGIA TECH: Cardinalrules, OldSmoky
Nobody picked: New Mexico, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, CALIFORNIA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
24.5 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
20.5 : Jimmycowboy
19.0 : Hang_Time_2
18.0 : BlueBallzz
18.0 : satcheluk
13.5 : Anon1756516332
13.0 : MAYHOO22
12.0 : btodd0224 n/a?
12.0 : jsmith4415
10.5 : CGBlue1.0
10.5 : Chadrock
10.0 : josh72484
7.0 : KyMaster
6.5 : Bryguy
6.5 : cat tat2
6.5 : Catapult44
6.5 : LordEgg
6.5 : RocknRollCats
6.0 : PickSixKing
5.5 : BurgLife
5.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
5.5 : MaysviileKY
3.5 : BlueWorldOrder74
3.5 : Cardinalrules
3.5 : OldSmoky
3.0 : Anon1751937321
3.0 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
3 : ILiveBlue-GoCats
2 : Anon1756516332
2 : btodd0224 n/a?
2 : CGBlue1.0
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Jimmycowboy
2 : jsmith4415
2 : MAYHOO22
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 7
Week 2: 12
Week 3: 12
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.3
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 5
Week 2: 13
Week 3: 18
Season Average for Correct Picks: 12.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 39
Week 2: 38
Week 3: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 37.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
Chadrock, josh72484, KyMaster, cat tat2, RocknRollCats, MaysviileKY, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, BurgLife, BlueWorldOrder74, Cardinalrules, OldSmoky
