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 8:
Thursday, Oct. 22
Liberty 11 KENNESAW STATE
James Madison 10½ APPALACHIAN STATE
MEMPHIS 10½ East Carolina
Friday, Oct. 23
CONNECTICUT 16½ Massachusetts
VIRGINIA 2 Duke
TULSA 1 Army
Air Force 5 WYOMING
North Carolina State 7 STANFORD
Saturday, Oct. 24
TCU 8½ West Virginia
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 10 Rice
Indiana 7 MICHIGAN
TOLEDO 3½ Western Michigan
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Pittsburgh
Texas Tech 10½ CINCINNATI
NORTHWESTERN 17 Rutgers
LSU 7 AUBURN
SMU 20 California
Miami (OH) 1½ CENTRAL MICHIGAN
KENT STATE 3 Akron
Baylor 1 KANSAS
Oregon 10 ILLINOIS
GEORGIA TECH 5½ Boston College
BALL STATE 12 Sacramento State
Brigham Young 6½ UCF
BUFFALO 4½ Bowling Green
Tennessee 1 SOUTH CAROLINA
Hawaii 3½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Iowa 6½ MINNESOTA
UCLA 14 Michigan State
Oklahoma 2½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
North Texas 2 NAVY
ALABAMA 14½ Texas A&M
Kansas State 3½ ARIZONA STATE
OHIO 11½ Eastern Michigan
TROY 17½ Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana 10 SOUTHERN MISS
NEVADA 5½ San Jose State
LOUISIANA TECH 10½ Old Dominion
Boise State 12½ WASHINGTON STATE
San Diego State 2½ COLORADO STATE
Georgia State 2 ARKANSAS STATE
CLEMSON 3 Virginia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 14 Colorado
NORTH CAROLINA 9½ Syracuse
USC 2½ WISCONSIN
ARIZONA 10½ Iowa State
TEXAS 3½ Ole Miss
KENTUCKY 11½ Vanderbilt
TEXAS STATE 13 Utah State
UTSA 1 TULANE
NEW MEXICO 4½ North Dakota State
UTAH 6½ Houston
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Underdog Winners - Week #7:
Charlotte : 22.5 points
Auburn : 19.5 points
Florida : 10.0 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 10.0 points
Ball State : 7.5 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 7.5 points
TENNESSEE : 7.0 points
Kentucky : 7.0 points
TULANE : 6.5 points
TCU : 6.5 points
Arkansas : 6.5 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 6.0 points
Rutgers : 5.0 points
North Carolina : 4.0 points
UAB : 4.0 points
Washington : 3.0 points
Appalachian State : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #7:
BRIGHAM YOUNG: BlueBallzz, Nuke99m., SenseMaker_Cats, Yardeth
Kentucky: OldSmoky, cat tat2, MaysviileKY, BlueRocker777, ukalum1988
Arkansas: rivercatinfl, LordEgg
BOSTON COLLEGE: King1959, 3 Putts
North Carolina: BurgLife
Nobody picked: Charlotte, Auburn, Florida, Ball State, SAN DIEGO STATE, TENNESSEE, TULANE, TCU, Rutgers, UAB, Washington, Appalachian State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #7:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
33.0 : BurgLife
26.0 : LordEgg
21.5 : Nuke99m.
20.0 : rivercatinfl
19.5 : warrior-cat
19.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : Beatle Bum
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.5 : Kattonik
11.5 : KyMaster
10.0 : BlueBallzz
10.0 : cat tat2
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : MaysviileKY
10.0 : OldSmoky
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
9.5 : OldRed
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Hang_Time_2
6.0 : Catapult44
6.0 : King1959
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #7:
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : BurgLife
3 : entropy13
3 : LordEgg
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : Beatle Bum
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : cat tat2
2 : KyMaster
2 : mash_24
2 : MaysviileKY
2 : OldRed
2 : OldSmoky
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #7:
BlueBallzz, Yardeth, King1959
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 8:
Thursday, Oct. 22
Liberty 11 KENNESAW STATE
James Madison 10½ APPALACHIAN STATE
MEMPHIS 10½ East Carolina
Friday, Oct. 23
CONNECTICUT 16½ Massachusetts
VIRGINIA 2 Duke
TULSA 1 Army
Air Force 5 WYOMING
North Carolina State 7 STANFORD
Saturday, Oct. 24
TCU 8½ West Virginia
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 10 Rice
Indiana 7 MICHIGAN
TOLEDO 3½ Western Michigan
MIAMI (FL) 21½ Pittsburgh
Texas Tech 10½ CINCINNATI
NORTHWESTERN 17 Rutgers
LSU 7 AUBURN
SMU 20 California
Miami (OH) 1½ CENTRAL MICHIGAN
KENT STATE 3 Akron
Baylor 1 KANSAS
Oregon 10 ILLINOIS
GEORGIA TECH 5½ Boston College
BALL STATE 12 Sacramento State
Brigham Young 6½ UCF
BUFFALO 4½ Bowling Green
Tennessee 1 SOUTH CAROLINA
Hawaii 3½ NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Iowa 6½ MINNESOTA
UCLA 14 Michigan State
Oklahoma 2½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
North Texas 2 NAVY
ALABAMA 14½ Texas A&M
Kansas State 3½ ARIZONA STATE
OHIO 11½ Eastern Michigan
TROY 17½ Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana 10 SOUTHERN MISS
NEVADA 5½ San Jose State
LOUISIANA TECH 10½ Old Dominion
Boise State 12½ WASHINGTON STATE
San Diego State 2½ COLORADO STATE
Georgia State 2 ARKANSAS STATE
CLEMSON 3 Virginia Tech
OKLAHOMA STATE 14 Colorado
NORTH CAROLINA 9½ Syracuse
USC 2½ WISCONSIN
ARIZONA 10½ Iowa State
TEXAS 3½ Ole Miss
KENTUCKY 11½ Vanderbilt
TEXAS STATE 13 Utah State
UTSA 1 TULANE
NEW MEXICO 4½ North Dakota State
UTAH 6½ Houston
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Underdog Winners - Week #7:
Charlotte : 22.5 points
Auburn : 19.5 points
Florida : 10.0 points
BRIGHAM YOUNG : 10.0 points
Ball State : 7.5 points
SAN DIEGO STATE : 7.5 points
TENNESSEE : 7.0 points
Kentucky : 7.0 points
TULANE : 6.5 points
TCU : 6.5 points
Arkansas : 6.5 points
BOSTON COLLEGE : 6.0 points
Rutgers : 5.0 points
North Carolina : 4.0 points
UAB : 4.0 points
Washington : 3.0 points
Appalachian State : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #7:
BRIGHAM YOUNG: BlueBallzz, Nuke99m., SenseMaker_Cats, Yardeth
Kentucky: OldSmoky, cat tat2, MaysviileKY, BlueRocker777, ukalum1988
Arkansas: rivercatinfl, LordEgg
BOSTON COLLEGE: King1959, 3 Putts
North Carolina: BurgLife
Nobody picked: Charlotte, Auburn, Florida, Ball State, SAN DIEGO STATE, TENNESSEE, TULANE, TCU, Rutgers, UAB, Washington, Appalachian State
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #7:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
33.0 : BurgLife
26.0 : LordEgg
21.5 : Nuke99m.
20.0 : rivercatinfl
19.5 : warrior-cat
19.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : Beatle Bum
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.5 : Kattonik
11.5 : KyMaster
10.0 : BlueBallzz
10.0 : cat tat2
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : MaysviileKY
10.0 : OldSmoky
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
9.5 : OldRed
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
6.5 : Hang_Time_2
6.0 : Catapult44
6.0 : King1959
3.5 : c-a-t-s-f-a-n
3.0 : wildcatbd21
2.5 : Buckwheat Otay Is Dead
Stupid Underdog Picks Multiple Winners - Week #7:
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : BurgLife
3 : entropy13
3 : LordEgg
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : SenseMaker_Cats
2 : Beatle Bum
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : cat tat2
2 : KyMaster
2 : mash_24
2 : MaysviileKY
2 : OldRed
2 : OldSmoky
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
2 : warrior-cat
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 12.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Season Average for Correct Picks: 9.7
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.3
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #7:
BlueBallzz, Yardeth, King1959
