Welcome to the 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 Rupp Rafters (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 OddsTrader 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 2:
Thursday, Sep. 10
MIAMI (FL) 53½ Florida A&M
Friday, Sep. 11
LOUISVILLE 35½ Villanova
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 30½ Richmond
BOSTON COLLEGE 3½ Rutgers
Missouri 5 KANSAS
Saturday, Sep. 12
Oregon 22 OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma 5½ MICHIGAN
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Appalachian State
Wake Forest 3½ PURDUE
VIRGINIA TECH 18½ Old Dominion
Penn State 23½ TEMPLE
TEXAS A&M 14½ Arizona State
ARMY 3½ South Florida
KANSAS STATE 19 Washington State
NORTH CAROLINA 35½ East Tennessee State
INDIANA 55½ Howard
KENT STATE 15½ Wofford
GEORGIA 41 Western Kentucky
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 26½ Colgate
MIAMI (OH) 33½ Holy Cross
BALL STATE 16½ Stony Brook
WASHINGTON 27 Utah State
BRIGHAM YOUNG 7½ Arizona
PITTSBURGH 7½ UCF
SYRACUSE 3½ California
Maryland 12½ CONNECTICUT
TEXAS STATE 1½ UTSA
ILLINOIS 6½ Duke
MICHIGAN STATE 17½ Eastern Michigan
UAB 10½ Louisiana-Monroe
MINNESOTA 1 Mississippi State
Alabama 10 KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 44½ Rice
AKRON 28½ Robert Morris
JAMES MADISON 45½ Wagner
COLORADO 34½ Weber State
MASSACHUSETTS 24½ Sacred Heart
TOLEDO 35½ Central Connecticut State
UNLV 3½ NORTH TEXAS
TROY 23 Alabama State
WYOMING 23½ Northern Colorado
NEW MEXICO 41½ Mercyhurst University
VANDERBILT 21 Delaware
FLORIDA 49½ Campbell
BOISE STATE 9½ Memphis
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 11½ Buffalo
OHIO 3 Jacksonville State
LIBERTY 27½ Gardner-Webb
TULANE 10 South Alabama
Tulsa 13 SAM HOUSTON STATE
NEBRASKA 29 Bowling Green
Tennessee 12 GEORGIA TECH
MARSHALL 14 Middle Tennessee
KENNESAW STATE 9½ Georgia State
Illinois State 3½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COLORADO STATE 21 Southern Utah
SOUTH CAROLINA 42½ Towson
CINCINNATI 36½ Western Carolina
HOUSTON 50½ Southern University
UCLA 12½ San Diego State
CLEMSON 21 Georgia Southern
Navy 4½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
IOWA 15 Iowa State
LSU 36½ Louisiana Tech
TEXAS 2 Ohio State
Texas Tech 26 OREGON STATE
COASTAL CAROLINA 31½ Fordham
AUBURN 33½ Southern Miss
OLE MISS 47½ Charlotte
BAYLOR 38½ Prairie View A&M
TCU 44 Grambling State
UTEP 27½ Texas Southern
SAN JOSE STATE 20½ Cal Poly
North Dakota State 2 AIR FORCE
UTAH 12 Arkansas
FRESNO STATE 19 Sacramento State
Montana State 4½ NEVADA
USC 31½ Louisiana
Sunday, Sep. 13
HAWAII 10 New Mexico State
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Massachusetts : 29.5 points
Citadel : 18.5 points
TULSA : 13.5 points
Idaho State : 13.5 points
Colorado : 6.5 points
San Jose State : 3.5 points
NEVADA : 2.5 points
Tarleton State : 2.5 points
UCLA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
TULSA: rivercatinfl
Colorado: Steady
NEVADA: Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Nobody picked: Massachusetts, Citadel, Idaho State, San Jose State, Tarleton State, UCLA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
13.5 : rivercatinfl
6.5 : Steady
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Season Average for Correct Picks: 3.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
rivercatinfl, Steady, Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
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 OddsTrader 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 2:
Thursday, Sep. 10
MIAMI (FL) 53½ Florida A&M
Friday, Sep. 11
LOUISVILLE 35½ Villanova
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 30½ Richmond
BOSTON COLLEGE 3½ Rutgers
Missouri 5 KANSAS
Saturday, Sep. 12
Oregon 22 OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma 5½ MICHIGAN
EAST CAROLINA 7½ Appalachian State
Wake Forest 3½ PURDUE
VIRGINIA TECH 18½ Old Dominion
Penn State 23½ TEMPLE
TEXAS A&M 14½ Arizona State
ARMY 3½ South Florida
KANSAS STATE 19 Washington State
NORTH CAROLINA 35½ East Tennessee State
INDIANA 55½ Howard
KENT STATE 15½ Wofford
GEORGIA 41 Western Kentucky
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 26½ Colgate
MIAMI (OH) 33½ Holy Cross
BALL STATE 16½ Stony Brook
WASHINGTON 27 Utah State
BRIGHAM YOUNG 7½ Arizona
PITTSBURGH 7½ UCF
SYRACUSE 3½ California
Maryland 12½ CONNECTICUT
TEXAS STATE 1½ UTSA
ILLINOIS 6½ Duke
MICHIGAN STATE 17½ Eastern Michigan
UAB 10½ Louisiana-Monroe
MINNESOTA 1 Mississippi State
Alabama 10 KENTUCKY
NOTRE DAME 44½ Rice
AKRON 28½ Robert Morris
JAMES MADISON 45½ Wagner
COLORADO 34½ Weber State
MASSACHUSETTS 24½ Sacred Heart
TOLEDO 35½ Central Connecticut State
UNLV 3½ NORTH TEXAS
TROY 23 Alabama State
WYOMING 23½ Northern Colorado
NEW MEXICO 41½ Mercyhurst University
VANDERBILT 21 Delaware
FLORIDA 49½ Campbell
BOISE STATE 9½ Memphis
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 11½ Buffalo
OHIO 3 Jacksonville State
LIBERTY 27½ Gardner-Webb
TULANE 10 South Alabama
Tulsa 13 SAM HOUSTON STATE
NEBRASKA 29 Bowling Green
Tennessee 12 GEORGIA TECH
MARSHALL 14 Middle Tennessee
KENNESAW STATE 9½ Georgia State
Illinois State 3½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
COLORADO STATE 21 Southern Utah
SOUTH CAROLINA 42½ Towson
CINCINNATI 36½ Western Carolina
HOUSTON 50½ Southern University
UCLA 12½ San Diego State
CLEMSON 21 Georgia Southern
Navy 4½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC
IOWA 15 Iowa State
LSU 36½ Louisiana Tech
TEXAS 2 Ohio State
Texas Tech 26 OREGON STATE
COASTAL CAROLINA 31½ Fordham
AUBURN 33½ Southern Miss
OLE MISS 47½ Charlotte
BAYLOR 38½ Prairie View A&M
TCU 44 Grambling State
UTEP 27½ Texas Southern
SAN JOSE STATE 20½ Cal Poly
North Dakota State 2 AIR FORCE
UTAH 12 Arkansas
FRESNO STATE 19 Sacramento State
Montana State 4½ NEVADA
USC 31½ Louisiana
Sunday, Sep. 13
HAWAII 10 New Mexico State
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Underdog Winners - Week #1:
Massachusetts : 29.5 points
Citadel : 18.5 points
TULSA : 13.5 points
Idaho State : 13.5 points
Colorado : 6.5 points
San Jose State : 3.5 points
NEVADA : 2.5 points
Tarleton State : 2.5 points
UCLA : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #1:
TULSA: rivercatinfl
Colorado: Steady
NEVADA: Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Nobody picked: Massachusetts, Citadel, Idaho State, San Jose State, Tarleton State, UCLA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #1:
13.5 : rivercatinfl
6.5 : Steady
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #1:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Season Average for Correct Picks: 3.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #1:
rivercatinfl, Steady, Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
