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 7:
Thursday, Oct. 15
Georgia Southern 3½ OLD DOMINION
East Carolina 4 UAB
TEXAS STATE 13½ Colorado State
Friday, Oct. 16
Memphis 6½ TULANE
PURDUE 3 Washington
COASTAL CAROLINA 1 Appalachian State
Saturday, Oct. 17
Ohio State 3½ INDIANA
Northwestern 7½ MICHIGAN STATE
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Ball State
ARMY 3 Florida Atlantic
Pittsburgh 6 BOSTON COLLEGE
JAMES MADISON 12 Georgia State
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Cincinnati
TEXAS 10 Florida
KANSAS STATE 6½ Kansas
SMU 9 Virginia
LSU 11½ Mississippi State
MARYLAND 5 Rutgers
TEMPLE 22½ Charlotte
BUFFALO 3½ Massachusetts
Western Michigan 7 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
VIRGINIA TECH 10 Georgia Tech
Toledo 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN
MIAMI (OH) 10 Akron
MICHIGAN 6½ Penn State
DUKE 4 North Carolina
TEXAS TECH 14½ Arizona State
Alabama 7 TENNESSEE
GEORGIA 19½ Auburn
OLE MISS 6½ Missouri
WYOMING 8½ Northern Illinois
AIR FORCE 1 UNLV
Tulsa 3½ RICE
LOUISIANA 5 Troy
OREGON STATE 18½ Washington State
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Florida State
SOUTH FLORIDA 20½ Kent State
Arkansas State 7 SOUTHERN MISS
BAYLOR 6½ TCU
VANDERBILT 6½ Arkansas
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 16½ Nevada
Louisville 13 SYRACUSE
HOUSTON 4½ Oklahoma State
Notre Dame 10 BRIGHAM YOUNG
UCLA 3½ Wisconsin
OKLAHOMA 7 Kentucky
UTSA 7 Navy
Louisiana Tech 14½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
San Jose State 7½ UTEP
Ohio 14 SACRAMENTO STATE
Utah 14½ COLORADO
Wake Forest 9½ CALIFORNIA
New Mexico 14 HAWAII
Fresno State 7½ SAN DIEGO STATE
OREGON 21½ Nebraska
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
Buffalo : 20.5 points
South Carolina : 16.5 points
UCLA : 11.5 points
Old Dominion : 10.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 9.0 points
KENTUCKY : 8.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 7.0 points
OKLAHOMA : 6.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
Connecticut : 4.0 points
North Carolina : 4.0 points
Coastal Carolina : 3.0 points
Houston : 3.0 points
UNLV : 3.0 points
Iowa : 2.5 points
PURDUE : 2.0 points
Georgia : 1.5 points
USC : 1.5 points
South Alabama : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
South Carolina: jsmith4415, RocknRollCats
UCLA: BurgLife, Beatle Bum, bpsteve1972, Artlaibesghost
CALIFORNIA: Steady
KENTUCKY: KyMaster, entropy13, DonAndy, ukalum1988, BlueRocker777
GEORGIA TECH: OldRed
OKLAHOMA: Hang_Time_2
North Carolina: TheBlueCat
Nobody picked: Buffalo, Old Dominion, Wyoming, Connecticut, Coastal Carolina, Houston, UNLV, Iowa, PURDUE, Georgia, USC, South Alabama
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
29.0 : BurgLife
19.5 : LordEgg
19.5 : warrior-cat
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : Beatle Bum
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : rivercatinfl
11.5 : 3 Putts
11.5 : BlueRocker777
11.5 : KyMaster
11.5 : Nuke99m.
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
9.5 : OldRed
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.5 : DonAndy
8.5 : ukalum1988
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Hang_Time_2
6.0 : Catapult44
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : cat tat2
3.0 : MaysviileKY
3.0 : OldSmoky
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : entropy13
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : RocknRollCats
2 : 3 Putts
2 : Beatle Bum
2 : BlueRocker777
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : BurgLife
2 : KyMaster
2 : LordEgg
2 : mash_24
2 : Nuke99m.
2 : OldRed
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
jsmith4415, DonAndy, ukalum1988, Hang_Time_2
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 7:
Thursday, Oct. 15
Georgia Southern 3½ OLD DOMINION
East Carolina 4 UAB
TEXAS STATE 13½ Colorado State
Friday, Oct. 16
Memphis 6½ TULANE
PURDUE 3 Washington
COASTAL CAROLINA 1 Appalachian State
Saturday, Oct. 17
Ohio State 3½ INDIANA
Northwestern 7½ MICHIGAN STATE
BOWLING GREEN 7½ Ball State
ARMY 3 Florida Atlantic
Pittsburgh 6 BOSTON COLLEGE
JAMES MADISON 12 Georgia State
WEST VIRGINIA 2 Cincinnati
TEXAS 10 Florida
KANSAS STATE 6½ Kansas
SMU 9 Virginia
LSU 11½ Mississippi State
MARYLAND 5 Rutgers
TEMPLE 22½ Charlotte
BUFFALO 3½ Massachusetts
Western Michigan 7 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
VIRGINIA TECH 10 Georgia Tech
Toledo 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN
MIAMI (OH) 10 Akron
MICHIGAN 6½ Penn State
DUKE 4 North Carolina
TEXAS TECH 14½ Arizona State
Alabama 7 TENNESSEE
GEORGIA 19½ Auburn
OLE MISS 6½ Missouri
WYOMING 8½ Northern Illinois
AIR FORCE 1 UNLV
Tulsa 3½ RICE
LOUISIANA 5 Troy
OREGON STATE 18½ Washington State
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Florida State
SOUTH FLORIDA 20½ Kent State
Arkansas State 7 SOUTHERN MISS
BAYLOR 6½ TCU
VANDERBILT 6½ Arkansas
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 16½ Nevada
Louisville 13 SYRACUSE
HOUSTON 4½ Oklahoma State
Notre Dame 10 BRIGHAM YOUNG
UCLA 3½ Wisconsin
OKLAHOMA 7 Kentucky
UTSA 7 Navy
Louisiana Tech 14½ LOUISIANA-MONROE
San Jose State 7½ UTEP
Ohio 14 SACRAMENTO STATE
Utah 14½ COLORADO
Wake Forest 9½ CALIFORNIA
New Mexico 14 HAWAII
Fresno State 7½ SAN DIEGO STATE
OREGON 21½ Nebraska
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Underdog Winners - Week #6:
Buffalo : 20.5 points
South Carolina : 16.5 points
UCLA : 11.5 points
Old Dominion : 10.0 points
CALIFORNIA : 9.0 points
KENTUCKY : 8.5 points
GEORGIA TECH : 7.0 points
OKLAHOMA : 6.5 points
Wyoming : 6.5 points
Connecticut : 4.0 points
North Carolina : 4.0 points
Coastal Carolina : 3.0 points
Houston : 3.0 points
UNLV : 3.0 points
Iowa : 2.5 points
PURDUE : 2.0 points
Georgia : 1.5 points
USC : 1.5 points
South Alabama : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #6:
South Carolina: jsmith4415, RocknRollCats
UCLA: BurgLife, Beatle Bum, bpsteve1972, Artlaibesghost
CALIFORNIA: Steady
KENTUCKY: KyMaster, entropy13, DonAndy, ukalum1988, BlueRocker777
GEORGIA TECH: OldRed
OKLAHOMA: Hang_Time_2
North Carolina: TheBlueCat
Nobody picked: Buffalo, Old Dominion, Wyoming, Connecticut, Coastal Carolina, Houston, UNLV, Iowa, PURDUE, Georgia, USC, South Alabama
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #6:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
29.0 : BurgLife
19.5 : LordEgg
19.5 : warrior-cat
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : Beatle Bum
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.5 : Kattonik
13.5 : rivercatinfl
11.5 : 3 Putts
11.5 : BlueRocker777
11.5 : KyMaster
11.5 : Nuke99m.
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : PickSixKing
9.5 : OldRed
9.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
8.5 : DonAndy
8.5 : ukalum1988
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Hang_Time_2
6.0 : Catapult44
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : cat tat2
3.0 : MaysviileKY
3.0 : OldSmoky
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #6:
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : entropy13
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : RocknRollCats
2 : 3 Putts
2 : Beatle Bum
2 : BlueRocker777
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : BurgLife
2 : KyMaster
2 : LordEgg
2 : mash_24
2 : Nuke99m.
2 : OldRed
2 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.2
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.5
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #6:
jsmith4415, DonAndy, ukalum1988, Hang_Time_2
