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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 24
Liberty 2½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Friday, Sep. 25
Army 3 TEMPLE
Navy 7 UAB
RUTGERS 43½ Howard
INDIANA 21 Northwestern
CALIFORNIA 1½ Clemson
Saturday, Sep. 26
LOUISVILLE 13½ Wake Forest
Texas 4 TENNESSEE
UNLV 13½ AKRON
TOLEDO 3 San Diego State
Virginia Tech 14 BOSTON COLLEGE
OHIO STATE 27½ Illinois
KENT STATE 3½ Ball State
BAYLOR 10½ Colorado
TEXAS TECH 34½ Sam Houston State
UTSA 13½ Colorado State
PITTSBURGH 52½ Bucknell
KENTUCKY 20½ South Alabama
EASTERN MICHIGAN 26½ Lindenwood University
UCLA 1 MARYLAND
GEORGIA STATE 10½ Northern Illinois
Notre Dame 27½ PURDUE
Hawaii 3 WYOMING
FLORIDA STATE 45½ Central Arkansas
MIAMI (OH) 4 Connecticut
MICHIGAN 5½ Iowa
FLORIDA 3½ Ole Miss
Boise State 7 WESTERN MICHIGAN
TCU 3 UCF
GEORGIA 14 Oklahoma
Utah 8 IOWA STATE
New Mexico 10½ NEW MEXICO STATE
DUKE 43½ William & Mary
BUFFALO 28½ Robert Morris
MARSHALL 24 Gardner-Webb
OHIO 33½ Stonehill College
Houston 18 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
EAST CAROLINA 35 North Carolina Central
AUBURN 9½ Vanderbilt
Nebraska 5 MICHIGAN STATE
South Florida 17½ BOWLING GREEN
PENN STATE 10 Wisconsin
James Madison 6 OLD DOMINION
VIRGINIA 20 Delaware
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 34½ LIU
TEXAS STATE 30½ Incarnate Word
Louisiana 10 CHARLOTTE
MIAMI (FL) 42 Central Michigan
Kansas State 6 CINCINNATI
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Oklahoma State
TULANE 19½ Southern Miss
ALABAMA 13 South Carolina
ARKANSAS STATE 6½ Kennesaw State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 7 Middle Tennessee
WESTERN KENTUCKY 40½ Mercyhurst University
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 14 Appalachian State
LSU 9 Texas A&M
Oregon 3 USC
UTAH STATE 3 Troy
Arizona 10 WASHINGTON STATE
NORTH TEXAS 38 Houston Christian
MISSISSIPPI STATE 6½ Missouri
ARKANSAS 7 Tulsa
Florida Atlantic 13½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Massachusetts 3½ SACRAMENTO STATE
SMU 35 Missouri State
Oregon State 10 UTEP
FRESNO STATE 14 Rice
Air Force 5 NEVADA
Georgia Tech 3½ STANFORD
WASHINGTON 10 Minnesota
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Kentucky : 17.5 points
West Virginia : 10.0 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE : 4.5 points
Mississippi State : 3.5 points
East Carolina : 3.0 points
James Madison : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Kentucky: BurgLife
West Virginia: PickSixKing
Mississippi State: Artlaibesghost, Number8pleasee
James Madison: entropy13
Nobody picked: MIDDLE TENNESSEE, East Carolina
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : rivercatinfl
10.0 : PickSixKing
6.5 : Steady
5.5 : Nuke99m.
4.5 : Number8pleasee
3.5 : Artlaibesghost
3.5 : SenseMaker_Cats
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
2.5 : entropy13
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
2 : Number8pleasee
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 4.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
BurgLife, PickSixKing, Artlaibesghost, entropy13
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 4:
Thursday, Sep. 24
Liberty 2½ COASTAL CAROLINA
Friday, Sep. 25
Army 3 TEMPLE
Navy 7 UAB
RUTGERS 43½ Howard
INDIANA 21 Northwestern
CALIFORNIA 1½ Clemson
Saturday, Sep. 26
LOUISVILLE 13½ Wake Forest
Texas 4 TENNESSEE
UNLV 13½ AKRON
TOLEDO 3 San Diego State
Virginia Tech 14 BOSTON COLLEGE
OHIO STATE 27½ Illinois
KENT STATE 3½ Ball State
BAYLOR 10½ Colorado
TEXAS TECH 34½ Sam Houston State
UTSA 13½ Colorado State
PITTSBURGH 52½ Bucknell
KENTUCKY 20½ South Alabama
EASTERN MICHIGAN 26½ Lindenwood University
UCLA 1 MARYLAND
GEORGIA STATE 10½ Northern Illinois
Notre Dame 27½ PURDUE
Hawaii 3 WYOMING
FLORIDA STATE 45½ Central Arkansas
MIAMI (OH) 4 Connecticut
MICHIGAN 5½ Iowa
FLORIDA 3½ Ole Miss
Boise State 7 WESTERN MICHIGAN
TCU 3 UCF
GEORGIA 14 Oklahoma
Utah 8 IOWA STATE
New Mexico 10½ NEW MEXICO STATE
DUKE 43½ William & Mary
BUFFALO 28½ Robert Morris
MARSHALL 24 Gardner-Webb
OHIO 33½ Stonehill College
Houston 18 GEORGIA SOUTHERN
EAST CAROLINA 35 North Carolina Central
AUBURN 9½ Vanderbilt
Nebraska 5 MICHIGAN STATE
South Florida 17½ BOWLING GREEN
PENN STATE 10 Wisconsin
James Madison 6 OLD DOMINION
VIRGINIA 20 Delaware
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 34½ LIU
TEXAS STATE 30½ Incarnate Word
Louisiana 10 CHARLOTTE
MIAMI (FL) 42 Central Michigan
Kansas State 6 CINCINNATI
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Oklahoma State
TULANE 19½ Southern Miss
ALABAMA 13 South Carolina
ARKANSAS STATE 6½ Kennesaw State
JACKSONVILLE STATE 7 Middle Tennessee
WESTERN KENTUCKY 40½ Mercyhurst University
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 14 Appalachian State
LSU 9 Texas A&M
Oregon 3 USC
UTAH STATE 3 Troy
Arizona 10 WASHINGTON STATE
NORTH TEXAS 38 Houston Christian
MISSISSIPPI STATE 6½ Missouri
ARKANSAS 7 Tulsa
Florida Atlantic 13½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
Massachusetts 3½ SACRAMENTO STATE
SMU 35 Missouri State
Oregon State 10 UTEP
FRESNO STATE 14 Rice
Air Force 5 NEVADA
Georgia Tech 3½ STANFORD
WASHINGTON 10 Minnesota
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Underdog Winners - Week #3:
Kentucky : 17.5 points
West Virginia : 10.0 points
MIDDLE TENNESSEE : 4.5 points
Mississippi State : 3.5 points
East Carolina : 3.0 points
James Madison : 2.5 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #3:
Kentucky: BurgLife
West Virginia: PickSixKing
Mississippi State: Artlaibesghost, Number8pleasee
James Madison: entropy13
Nobody picked: MIDDLE TENNESSEE, East Carolina
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #3:
22.0 : RocknRollCats
17.5 : BurgLife
13.5 : rivercatinfl
10.0 : PickSixKing
6.5 : Steady
5.5 : Nuke99m.
4.5 : Number8pleasee
3.5 : Artlaibesghost
3.5 : SenseMaker_Cats
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
2.5 : entropy13
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #3:
2 : Number8pleasee
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 8.7
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Season Average for Correct Picks: 4.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Season Average for Total Picks: 32.7
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #3:
BurgLife, PickSixKing, Artlaibesghost, entropy13
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