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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 8
LIBERTY 14 Sam Houston State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 2½ Missouri State
ARKANSAS STATE 1 South Alabama
UTSA 7 South Florida
Friday, Oct. 9
LOUISVILLE 6 Florida State
WASHINGTON 2½ Iowa
SAN JOSE STATE 6½ Wyoming
UTAH STATE 4½ Washington State
BRIGHAM YOUNG 14½ Iowa State
Saturday, Oct. 10
Indiana 8 NEBRASKA
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Sacramento State
ARMY 3½ Tulane
PITTSBURGH 4 North Carolina
Arizona 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Wake Forest 3½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 10½ UCF
MISSOURI 5½ Texas A&M
NORTHWESTERN 36 Ball State
FLORIDA 16½ South Carolina
APPALACHIAN STATE 10 Old Dominion
Miami (OH) 2 MASSACHUSETTS
Illinois 3½ MICHIGAN STATE
TOLEDO 20½ Buffalo
OHIO 3½ Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan 6 AKRON
WESTERN MICHIGAN 14 Kent State
Duke 7 GEORGIA TECH
OREGON 11½ UCLA
Virginia Tech 9 CALIFORNIA
Texas 6½ OKLAHOMA
Ole Miss 8 VANDERBILT
NAVY 2½ Tulsa
NORTH TEXAS 27½ Charlotte
KANSAS STATE 3 Houston
NOTRE DAME 38 Stanford
TEMPLE 4 Connecticut
EAST CAROLINA 10 Rice
OHIO STATE 35 Maryland
Tennessee 13½ ARKANSAS
OREGON STATE 14 San Diego State
MARSHALL 3 Coastal Carolina
LSU 8½ KENTUCKY
MEMPHIS 14½ UAB
Nevada 9 UTEP
North Dakota State 3 UNLV
PENN STATE 1½ USC
VIRGINIA 9½ Syracuse
James Madison 8½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ Louisiana
ALABAMA 1½ Georgia
Air Force 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Minnesota 2 PURDUE
UTAH 16 Kansas
ARIZONA STATE 22 Hawaii
Boise State 7 FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
Bowling Green : 15.0 points
Purdue : 10.5 points
MINNESOTA : 6.0 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 6.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 5.5 points
Temple : 5.5 points
Baylor : 4.0 points
Pittsburgh : 4.0 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 3.5 points
MISSOURI : 3.5 points
San Jose State : 3.0 points
Kentucky : 3.0 points
LOUISIANA TECH : 3.0 points
NORTHWESTERN : 2.5 points
North Texas : 2.5 points
FLORIDA STATE : 2.5 points
GEORGIA STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
Purdue: RocknRollCats
MINNESOTA: bpsteve1972, 3 Putts, LordEgg
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: warrior-cat, Nuke99m., Catapult44, Beatle Bum
Baylor: mash_24
MISSOURI: c-a-t-s-f-a-n
Kentucky: OldSmoky, KyMaster, wildcatbd21, BlueRocker777, Number8pleasee, MaysviileKY, Artlaibesghost, cat tat2
FLORIDA STATE: OldRed
Nobody picked: Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Temple, Pittsburgh, SAN DIEGO STATE, San Jose State, LOUISIANA TECH, NORTHWESTERN, North Texas, GEORGIA STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
32.5 : RocknRollCats
19.5 : LordEgg
19.5 : warrior-cat
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : rivercatinfl
11.5 : 3 Putts
11.5 : Nuke99m.
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : TheBlueCat
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.0 : entropy13
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Artlaibesghost
6.5 : Steady
6.0 : Beatle Bum
6.0 : bpsteve1972
6.0 : Catapult44
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : BlueRocker777
3.0 : cat tat2
3.0 : KyMaster
3.0 : MaysviileKY
3.0 : OldSmoky
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
2.5 : OldRed
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : Number8pleasee
2 : 3 Putts
2 : Artlaibesghost
2 : entropy13
2 : LordEgg
2 : mash_24
2 : Nuke99m.
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 7.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
bpsteve1972, Catapult44, Beatle Bum, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, OldSmoky, KyMaster, wildcatbd21, BlueRocker777, MaysviileKY, cat tat2, OldRed
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 6:
Thursday, Oct. 8
LIBERTY 14 Sam Houston State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 2½ Missouri State
ARKANSAS STATE 1 South Alabama
UTSA 7 South Florida
Friday, Oct. 9
LOUISVILLE 6 Florida State
WASHINGTON 2½ Iowa
SAN JOSE STATE 6½ Wyoming
UTAH STATE 4½ Washington State
BRIGHAM YOUNG 14½ Iowa State
Saturday, Oct. 10
Indiana 8 NEBRASKA
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Sacramento State
ARMY 3½ Tulane
PITTSBURGH 4 North Carolina
Arizona 2½ WEST VIRGINIA
Wake Forest 3½ NORTH CAROLINA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE 10½ UCF
MISSOURI 5½ Texas A&M
NORTHWESTERN 36 Ball State
FLORIDA 16½ South Carolina
APPALACHIAN STATE 10 Old Dominion
Miami (OH) 2 MASSACHUSETTS
Illinois 3½ MICHIGAN STATE
TOLEDO 20½ Buffalo
OHIO 3½ Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan 6 AKRON
WESTERN MICHIGAN 14 Kent State
Duke 7 GEORGIA TECH
OREGON 11½ UCLA
Virginia Tech 9 CALIFORNIA
Texas 6½ OKLAHOMA
Ole Miss 8 VANDERBILT
NAVY 2½ Tulsa
NORTH TEXAS 27½ Charlotte
KANSAS STATE 3 Houston
NOTRE DAME 38 Stanford
TEMPLE 4 Connecticut
EAST CAROLINA 10 Rice
OHIO STATE 35 Maryland
Tennessee 13½ ARKANSAS
OREGON STATE 14 San Diego State
MARSHALL 3 Coastal Carolina
LSU 8½ KENTUCKY
MEMPHIS 14½ UAB
Nevada 9 UTEP
North Dakota State 3 UNLV
PENN STATE 1½ USC
VIRGINIA 9½ Syracuse
James Madison 8½ GEORGIA SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA TECH 2½ Louisiana
ALABAMA 1½ Georgia
Air Force 10½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Minnesota 2 PURDUE
UTAH 16 Kansas
ARIZONA STATE 22 Hawaii
Boise State 7 FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #5:
Bowling Green : 15.0 points
Purdue : 10.5 points
MINNESOTA : 6.0 points
NORTH CAROLINA STATE : 6.0 points
Eastern Michigan : 5.5 points
Temple : 5.5 points
Baylor : 4.0 points
Pittsburgh : 4.0 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 3.5 points
MISSOURI : 3.5 points
San Jose State : 3.0 points
Kentucky : 3.0 points
LOUISIANA TECH : 3.0 points
NORTHWESTERN : 2.5 points
North Texas : 2.5 points
FLORIDA STATE : 2.5 points
GEORGIA STATE : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #5:
Purdue: RocknRollCats
MINNESOTA: bpsteve1972, 3 Putts, LordEgg
NORTH CAROLINA STATE: warrior-cat, Nuke99m., Catapult44, Beatle Bum
Baylor: mash_24
MISSOURI: c-a-t-s-f-a-n
Kentucky: OldSmoky, KyMaster, wildcatbd21, BlueRocker777, Number8pleasee, MaysviileKY, Artlaibesghost, cat tat2
FLORIDA STATE: OldRed
Nobody picked: Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Temple, Pittsburgh, SAN DIEGO STATE, San Jose State, LOUISIANA TECH, NORTHWESTERN, North Texas, GEORGIA STATE
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #5:
32.5 : RocknRollCats
19.5 : LordEgg
19.5 : warrior-cat
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : rivercatinfl
11.5 : 3 Putts
11.5 : Nuke99m.
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : TheBlueCat
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.0 : entropy13
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Artlaibesghost
6.5 : Steady
6.0 : Beatle Bum
6.0 : bpsteve1972
6.0 : Catapult44
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : BlueRocker777
3.0 : cat tat2
3.0 : KyMaster
3.0 : MaysviileKY
3.0 : OldSmoky
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
2.5 : OldRed
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #5:
3 : Number8pleasee
2 : 3 Putts
2 : Artlaibesghost
2 : entropy13
2 : LordEgg
2 : mash_24
2 : Nuke99m.
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.8
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Season Average for Correct Picks: 7.8
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.8
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #5:
bpsteve1972, Catapult44, Beatle Bum, c-a-t-s-f-a-n, OldSmoky, KyMaster, wildcatbd21, BlueRocker777, MaysviileKY, cat tat2, OldRed
