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 5:
Thursday, Oct. 1
NEW MEXICO STATE 1½ Western Kentucky
TULSA 2½ North Texas
Friday, Oct. 2
VIRGINIA TECH 4 Pittsburgh
Liberty 7 DELAWARE
Penn State 2½ NORTHWESTERN
Saturday, Oct. 3
Syracuse 5 CONNECTICUT
WAKE FOREST 13 Stanford
Notre Dame 21 NORTH CAROLINA
AIR FORCE 3 Navy
HOUSTON 12½ UCF
Michigan 6 MINNESOTA
KANSAS 20½ Middle Tennessee
SMU 21 Boston College
Alabama 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE
IOWA STATE 2½ West Virginia
WISCONSIN 10½ Michigan State
GEORGIA 25 Vanderbilt
Western Michigan 14 BUFFALO
Toledo 19 BALL STATE
MIAMI (OH) 15 Bowling Green
Virginia 2½ FLORIDA STATE
Ohio 4½ KENT STATE
MASSACHUSETTS 5½ Eastern Michigan
Louisville 6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Memphis 20 CHARLOTTE
Old Dominion 1 GEORGIA STATE
TENNESSEE 7½ Auburn
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 6½ Akron
Ohio State 13½ IOWA
Florida 3½ MISSOURI
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 20 Wyoming
UNLV 2 California
JAMES MADISON 18½ Marshall
NEBRASKA 14½ Maryland
NEW MEXICO 23 UTEP
SOUTH CAROLINA 3 Kentucky
ILLINOIS 10½ Purdue
Oregon State 4½ COLORADO STATE
Georgia Southern 1½ COASTAL CAROLINA
UTSA 10½ RICE
SOUTH ALABAMA 14½ Louisiana-Monroe
TEXAS A&M 14½ Arkansas
Brigham Young 5½ TCU
SOUTH FLORIDA 5½ Temple
Miami (FL) 16½ CLEMSON
Texas Tech 13½ COLORADO
USC 10 Washington
Army 3 LOUISIANA TECH
BOISE STATE 21 Utah State
LOUISIANA 7 Arkansas State
Indiana 22½ RUTGERS
Fresno State 1 WASHINGTON STATE
ARIZONA STATE 4 Baylor
Texas State 3½ SAN DIEGO STATE
ARIZONA 7½ Cincinnati
Sunday, Oct. 4
HAWAII 3 San Jose State
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Underdog Winners - Week #4:
Wake Forest : 13.5 points
Minnesota : 10.0 points
Wisconsin : 10.0 points
UAB : 7.0 points
CINCINNATI : 6.0 points
Iowa : 5.5 points
STANFORD : 3.5 points
UCF : 3.0 points
WYOMING : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 2.0 points
Clemson : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #4:
Wake Forest: warrior-cat, Kattonik, LordEgg
Minnesota: TheBlueCat
CINCINNATI: mash_24
Iowa: SenseMaker_Cats, entropy13, 3 Putts
Nobody picked: Wisconsin, UAB, STANFORD, UCF, WYOMING, Oklahoma State, Clemson
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #4:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : LordEgg
13.5 : rivercatinfl
13.5 : warrior-cat
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : TheBlueCat
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.0 : entropy13
6.5 : Steady
6.0 : mash_24
5.5 : 3 Putts
5.5 : Nuke99m.
4.5 : Number8pleasee
3.5 : Artlaibesghost
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #4:
2 : entropy13
2 : Number8pleasee
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Season Average for Correct Picks: 5.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #4:
warrior-cat, Kattonik, LordEgg, TheBlueCat, mash_24, 3 Putts
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 5:
Thursday, Oct. 1
NEW MEXICO STATE 1½ Western Kentucky
TULSA 2½ North Texas
Friday, Oct. 2
VIRGINIA TECH 4 Pittsburgh
Liberty 7 DELAWARE
Penn State 2½ NORTHWESTERN
Saturday, Oct. 3
Syracuse 5 CONNECTICUT
WAKE FOREST 13 Stanford
Notre Dame 21 NORTH CAROLINA
AIR FORCE 3 Navy
HOUSTON 12½ UCF
Michigan 6 MINNESOTA
KANSAS 20½ Middle Tennessee
SMU 21 Boston College
Alabama 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE
IOWA STATE 2½ West Virginia
WISCONSIN 10½ Michigan State
GEORGIA 25 Vanderbilt
Western Michigan 14 BUFFALO
Toledo 19 BALL STATE
MIAMI (OH) 15 Bowling Green
Virginia 2½ FLORIDA STATE
Ohio 4½ KENT STATE
MASSACHUSETTS 5½ Eastern Michigan
Louisville 6 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Memphis 20 CHARLOTTE
Old Dominion 1 GEORGIA STATE
TENNESSEE 7½ Auburn
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 6½ Akron
Ohio State 13½ IOWA
Florida 3½ MISSOURI
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 20 Wyoming
UNLV 2 California
JAMES MADISON 18½ Marshall
NEBRASKA 14½ Maryland
NEW MEXICO 23 UTEP
SOUTH CAROLINA 3 Kentucky
ILLINOIS 10½ Purdue
Oregon State 4½ COLORADO STATE
Georgia Southern 1½ COASTAL CAROLINA
UTSA 10½ RICE
SOUTH ALABAMA 14½ Louisiana-Monroe
TEXAS A&M 14½ Arkansas
Brigham Young 5½ TCU
SOUTH FLORIDA 5½ Temple
Miami (FL) 16½ CLEMSON
Texas Tech 13½ COLORADO
USC 10 Washington
Army 3 LOUISIANA TECH
BOISE STATE 21 Utah State
LOUISIANA 7 Arkansas State
Indiana 22½ RUTGERS
Fresno State 1 WASHINGTON STATE
ARIZONA STATE 4 Baylor
Texas State 3½ SAN DIEGO STATE
ARIZONA 7½ Cincinnati
Sunday, Oct. 4
HAWAII 3 San Jose State
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Underdog Winners - Week #4:
Wake Forest : 13.5 points
Minnesota : 10.0 points
Wisconsin : 10.0 points
UAB : 7.0 points
CINCINNATI : 6.0 points
Iowa : 5.5 points
STANFORD : 3.5 points
UCF : 3.0 points
WYOMING : 3.0 points
Oklahoma State : 2.0 points
Clemson : 1.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #4:
Wake Forest: warrior-cat, Kattonik, LordEgg
Minnesota: TheBlueCat
CINCINNATI: mash_24
Iowa: SenseMaker_Cats, entropy13, 3 Putts
Nobody picked: Wisconsin, UAB, STANFORD, UCF, WYOMING, Oklahoma State, Clemson
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #4:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : LordEgg
13.5 : rivercatinfl
13.5 : warrior-cat
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : TheBlueCat
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.0 : entropy13
6.5 : Steady
6.0 : mash_24
5.5 : 3 Putts
5.5 : Nuke99m.
4.5 : Number8pleasee
3.5 : Artlaibesghost
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #4:
2 : entropy13
2 : Number8pleasee
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 9.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Season Average for Correct Picks: 5.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #4:
warrior-cat, Kattonik, LordEgg, TheBlueCat, mash_24, 3 Putts
