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 3:
Thursday, Sep. 17
PITTSBURGH 11½ Syracuse
Friday, Sep. 18
Miami (FL) 21 WAKE FOREST
TEXAS TECH 8½ Houston
Saturday, Sep. 19
DELAWARE 5½ Coastal Carolina
Arizona State 5 KANSAS
PENN STATE 38½ Buffalo
OHIO STATE 52½ Kent State
CLEMSON 3½ North Carolina
MINNESOTA 24½ Akron
KANSAS STATE 20½ Tulane
Georgia 24½ ARKANSAS
IOWA STATE 24 Bowling Green
TEXAS STATE 3 North Texas
WISCONSIN 24½ Eastern Michigan
VANDERBILT 4½ North Carolina State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1½ Wyoming
TOLEDO 6 Temple
LOUISVILLE 2 SMU
CINCINNATI 15½ Miami (OH)
MICHIGAN 35½ UTEP
USC 24½ RUTGERS
ALABAMA 20½ Florida State
TEXAS A&M 17½ Kentucky
UTAH 28½ Utah State
LIBERTY 14½ Ball State
DUKE 9½ Stanford
INDIANA 44½ Western Kentucky
BAYLOR 18 Louisiana Tech
SOUTH CAROLINA 3½ Mississippi State
OLD DOMINION 3 East Carolina
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 Florida International
APPALACHIAN STATE 19½ Charlotte
Marshall 3 MISSOURI STATE
MISSOURI 27 Troy
UCF 20½ Georgia State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 3½ Georgia Southern
Nevada 4½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
SOUTH ALABAMA 4½ Ohio
Western Michigan 10½ RICE
Florida 2½ AUBURN
Connecticut 3½ SOUTHERN MISS
VIRGINIA 10 West Virginia
Virginia Tech 3 MARYLAND
NORTHWESTERN 4½ Colorado
OKLAHOMA 23½ New Mexico
Brigham Young 17 COLORADO STATE
OLE MISS 2 LSU
NOTRE DAME 30 Michigan State
TENNESSEE 36½ Kennesaw State
TCU 20½ Arkansas State
TEXAS 30 UTSA
LOUISIANA 8 UAB
SAN DIEGO STATE 2½ James Madison
ARIZONA 34½ Northern Illinois
North Dakota State 28 SACRAMENTO STATE
Fresno State 6½ SAN JOSE STATE
UCLA 16 Purdue
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
OKLAHOMA STATE : 22.0 points
Georgia State : 9.5 points
Appalachian State : 7.5 points
Duke : 6.5 points
MICHIGAN : 5.5 points
FLORIDA ATLANTIC : 4.5 points
California : 3.5 points
South Florida : 3.5 points
NORTH TEXAS : 3.5 points
UTSA : 1.5 points
Mississippi State : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
OKLAHOMA STATE: RocknRollCats
MICHIGAN: Nuke99m.
California: SenseMaker_Cats
Mississippi State: Number8pleasee
Nobody picked: Georgia State, Appalachian State, Duke, FLORIDA ATLANTIC, South Florida, NORTH TEXAS, UTSA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rivercatinfl
6.5 : Steady
5.5 : Nuke99m.
3.5 : SenseMaker_Cats
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
1.0 : Number8pleasee
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #2:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 3.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Season Average for Total Picks: 34.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
RocknRollCats, Nuke99m., SenseMaker_Cats, Number8pleasee
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 3:
Thursday, Sep. 17
PITTSBURGH 11½ Syracuse
Friday, Sep. 18
Miami (FL) 21 WAKE FOREST
TEXAS TECH 8½ Houston
Saturday, Sep. 19
DELAWARE 5½ Coastal Carolina
Arizona State 5 KANSAS
PENN STATE 38½ Buffalo
OHIO STATE 52½ Kent State
CLEMSON 3½ North Carolina
MINNESOTA 24½ Akron
KANSAS STATE 20½ Tulane
Georgia 24½ ARKANSAS
IOWA STATE 24 Bowling Green
TEXAS STATE 3 North Texas
WISCONSIN 24½ Eastern Michigan
VANDERBILT 4½ North Carolina State
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1½ Wyoming
TOLEDO 6 Temple
LOUISVILLE 2 SMU
CINCINNATI 15½ Miami (OH)
MICHIGAN 35½ UTEP
USC 24½ RUTGERS
ALABAMA 20½ Florida State
TEXAS A&M 17½ Kentucky
UTAH 28½ Utah State
LIBERTY 14½ Ball State
DUKE 9½ Stanford
INDIANA 44½ Western Kentucky
BAYLOR 18 Louisiana Tech
SOUTH CAROLINA 3½ Mississippi State
OLD DOMINION 3 East Carolina
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 Florida International
APPALACHIAN STATE 19½ Charlotte
Marshall 3 MISSOURI STATE
MISSOURI 27 Troy
UCF 20½ Georgia State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 3½ Georgia Southern
Nevada 4½ MIDDLE TENNESSEE
SOUTH ALABAMA 4½ Ohio
Western Michigan 10½ RICE
Florida 2½ AUBURN
Connecticut 3½ SOUTHERN MISS
VIRGINIA 10 West Virginia
Virginia Tech 3 MARYLAND
NORTHWESTERN 4½ Colorado
OKLAHOMA 23½ New Mexico
Brigham Young 17 COLORADO STATE
OLE MISS 2 LSU
NOTRE DAME 30 Michigan State
TENNESSEE 36½ Kennesaw State
TCU 20½ Arkansas State
TEXAS 30 UTSA
LOUISIANA 8 UAB
SAN DIEGO STATE 2½ James Madison
ARIZONA 34½ Northern Illinois
North Dakota State 28 SACRAMENTO STATE
Fresno State 6½ SAN JOSE STATE
UCLA 16 Purdue
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Underdog Winners - Week #2:
OKLAHOMA STATE : 22.0 points
Georgia State : 9.5 points
Appalachian State : 7.5 points
Duke : 6.5 points
MICHIGAN : 5.5 points
FLORIDA ATLANTIC : 4.5 points
California : 3.5 points
South Florida : 3.5 points
NORTH TEXAS : 3.5 points
UTSA : 1.5 points
Mississippi State : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #2:
OKLAHOMA STATE: RocknRollCats
MICHIGAN: Nuke99m.
California: SenseMaker_Cats
Mississippi State: Number8pleasee
Nobody picked: Georgia State, Appalachian State, Duke, FLORIDA ATLANTIC, South Florida, NORTH TEXAS, UTSA
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #2:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
13.5 : rivercatinfl
6.5 : Steady
5.5 : Nuke99m.
3.5 : SenseMaker_Cats
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
1.0 : Number8pleasee
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #2:
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 10.0
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Season Average for Correct Picks: 3.5
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Season Average for Total Picks: 34.0
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #2:
RocknRollCats, Nuke99m., SenseMaker_Cats, Number8pleasee
