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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 29
JAMES MADISON 21 Troy
NORTH TEXAS 13½ Florida Atlantic
Friday, Oct. 30
Tulane 10 CHARLOTTE
UCF 2½ Baylor
Kent State 10½ SACRAMENTO STATE
Saturday, Oct. 31
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 8½ California
Illinois 2½ MARYLAND
SOUTH FLORIDA 7½ UAB
SMU 8½ SYRACUSE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 14½ Bowling Green
DUKE 7½ Boston College
Notre Dame 29½ NAVY
TEXAS TECH 4 Arizona
IOWA 3½ Wisconsin
Michigan 14 RUTGERS
OLE MISS 13½ Auburn
Marshall 3 OLD DOMINION
GEORGIA STATE 6½ Coastal Carolina
Kansas State 2½ COLORADO
EAST CAROLINA 6 Temple
Louisiana Tech 4½ SOUTH ALABAMA
AIR FORCE 3 Connecticut
LOUISVILLE 23 Stanford
GEORGIA 12 Florida
INDIANA 20 Minnesota
TCU 6 Kansas
BRIGHAM YOUNG 16 Arizona State
OREGON 3½ Northwestern
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 26½ UTEP
Southern Miss 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE
LIBERTY 14½ Florida International
UTAH STATE 6½ Colorado State
Utah 6½ CINCINNATI
WAKE FOREST 14½ Virginia
New Mexico 14½ SAN JOSE STATE
PENN STATE 8½ Purdue
OKLAHOMA 5 South Carolina
UCLA 23½ Nevada
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4½ Appalachian State
FLORIDA STATE 6 Clemson
Oklahoma State 9½ IOWA STATE
SAN DIEGO STATE 3 Washington State
PITTSBURGH 8½ Georgia Tech
Miami (FL) 14½ NORTH CAROLINA
Ohio State 6½ USC
TEXAS 21 Mississippi State
Missouri 10 ARKANSAS
MEMPHIS 7 Army
NEBRASKA 9 Washington
BOISE STATE 12 Texas State
UNLV 24½ Northern Illinois
Oregon State 6 FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Louisiana-Monroe : 17.5 points
CINCINNATI : 10.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 10.5 points
SOUTHERN MISS : 10.0 points
ILLINOIS : 10.0 points
Syracuse : 9.5 points
West Virginia : 8.5 points
STANFORD : 7.0 points
MINNESOTA : 6.5 points
UCF : 6.5 points
Boston College : 5.5 points
WYOMING : 5.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 3.5 points
Virginia Tech : 3.0 points
COLORADO STATE : 2.5 points
WISCONSIN : 2.5 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 2.0 points
Duke : 2.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 1.0 points
Army : 1.0 points
KANSAS : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
CINCINNATI: BlueBallzz
ILLINOIS: LordEgg, cat tat2, CGBlue1.0
West Virginia: Kattonik, Hang_Time_2, Beatle Bum
STANFORD: BurgLife, warrior-cat
WYOMING: OldRed
Virginia Tech: MaysviileKY
SOUTH CAROLINA: SenseMaker_Cats
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Monroe, APPALACHIAN STATE, SOUTHERN MISS, Syracuse, MINNESOTA, UCF, Boston College, ARIZONA STATE, COLORADO STATE, WISCONSIN, ARKANSAS STATE, Duke, Army, KANSAS
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
40.0 : BurgLife
36.0 : LordEgg
26.5 : warrior-cat
26.0 : Beatle Bum
22.0 : Kattonik
21.5 : Nuke99m.
20.5 : BlueBallzz
20.0 : cat tat2
20.0 : rivercatinfl
20.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
15.0 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : OldRed
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : MaysviileKY
11.5 : KyMaster
10.0 : CGBlue1.0
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : OldSmoky
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
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 #8:
4 : BurgLife
4 : LordEgg
4 : SenseMaker_Cats
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : Beatle Bum
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : cat tat2
3 : entropy13
3 : MaysviileKY
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : OldRed
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BlueBallzz
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Kattonik
2 : KyMaster
2 : mash_24
2 : OldSmoky
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 21
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Week 8: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 10.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Week 8: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.1
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
CGBlue1.0
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 9:
Thursday, Oct. 29
JAMES MADISON 21 Troy
NORTH TEXAS 13½ Florida Atlantic
Friday, Oct. 30
Tulane 10 CHARLOTTE
UCF 2½ Baylor
Kent State 10½ SACRAMENTO STATE
Saturday, Oct. 31
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 8½ California
Illinois 2½ MARYLAND
SOUTH FLORIDA 7½ UAB
SMU 8½ SYRACUSE
WESTERN MICHIGAN 14½ Bowling Green
DUKE 7½ Boston College
Notre Dame 29½ NAVY
TEXAS TECH 4 Arizona
IOWA 3½ Wisconsin
Michigan 14 RUTGERS
OLE MISS 13½ Auburn
Marshall 3 OLD DOMINION
GEORGIA STATE 6½ Coastal Carolina
Kansas State 2½ COLORADO
EAST CAROLINA 6 Temple
Louisiana Tech 4½ SOUTH ALABAMA
AIR FORCE 3 Connecticut
LOUISVILLE 23 Stanford
GEORGIA 12 Florida
INDIANA 20 Minnesota
TCU 6 Kansas
BRIGHAM YOUNG 16 Arizona State
OREGON 3½ Northwestern
NORTH DAKOTA STATE 26½ UTEP
Southern Miss 3 LOUISIANA-MONROE
LIBERTY 14½ Florida International
UTAH STATE 6½ Colorado State
Utah 6½ CINCINNATI
WAKE FOREST 14½ Virginia
New Mexico 14½ SAN JOSE STATE
PENN STATE 8½ Purdue
OKLAHOMA 5 South Carolina
UCLA 23½ Nevada
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4½ Appalachian State
FLORIDA STATE 6 Clemson
Oklahoma State 9½ IOWA STATE
SAN DIEGO STATE 3 Washington State
PITTSBURGH 8½ Georgia Tech
Miami (FL) 14½ NORTH CAROLINA
Ohio State 6½ USC
TEXAS 21 Mississippi State
Missouri 10 ARKANSAS
MEMPHIS 7 Army
NEBRASKA 9 Washington
BOISE STATE 12 Texas State
UNLV 24½ Northern Illinois
Oregon State 6 FRESNO STATE
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Underdog Winners - Week #8:
Louisiana-Monroe : 17.5 points
CINCINNATI : 10.5 points
APPALACHIAN STATE : 10.5 points
SOUTHERN MISS : 10.0 points
ILLINOIS : 10.0 points
Syracuse : 9.5 points
West Virginia : 8.5 points
STANFORD : 7.0 points
MINNESOTA : 6.5 points
UCF : 6.5 points
Boston College : 5.5 points
WYOMING : 5.0 points
ARIZONA STATE : 3.5 points
Virginia Tech : 3.0 points
COLORADO STATE : 2.5 points
WISCONSIN : 2.5 points
ARKANSAS STATE : 2.0 points
Duke : 2.0 points
SOUTH CAROLINA : 1.0 points
Army : 1.0 points
KANSAS : 1.0 points
Correct Underdog Picks - Week #8:
CINCINNATI: BlueBallzz
ILLINOIS: LordEgg, cat tat2, CGBlue1.0
West Virginia: Kattonik, Hang_Time_2, Beatle Bum
STANFORD: BurgLife, warrior-cat
WYOMING: OldRed
Virginia Tech: MaysviileKY
SOUTH CAROLINA: SenseMaker_Cats
Nobody picked: Louisiana-Monroe, APPALACHIAN STATE, SOUTHERN MISS, Syracuse, MINNESOTA, UCF, Boston College, ARIZONA STATE, COLORADO STATE, WISCONSIN, ARKANSAS STATE, Duke, Army, KANSAS
Stupid Underdog Picks Leader Board - Week #8:
49.0 : RocknRollCats
40.0 : BurgLife
36.0 : LordEgg
26.5 : warrior-cat
26.0 : Beatle Bum
22.0 : Kattonik
21.5 : Nuke99m.
20.5 : BlueBallzz
20.0 : cat tat2
20.0 : rivercatinfl
20.0 : SenseMaker_Cats
18.5 : BlueRocker777
18.0 : Artlaibesghost
17.5 : 3 Putts
17.5 : bpsteve1972
16.5 : entropy13
16.5 : jsmith4415
15.5 : Steady
15.5 : ukalum1988
15.0 : Hang_Time_2
14.5 : OldRed
14.0 : TheBlueCat
13.0 : MaysviileKY
11.5 : KyMaster
10.0 : CGBlue1.0
10.0 : mash_24
10.0 : OldSmoky
10.0 : PickSixKing
10.0 : Yardeth
8.5 : DonAndy
7.5 : Number8pleasee
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 #8:
4 : BurgLife
4 : LordEgg
4 : SenseMaker_Cats
3 : 3 Putts
3 : Artlaibesghost
3 : Beatle Bum
3 : BlueRocker777
3 : cat tat2
3 : entropy13
3 : MaysviileKY
3 : Nuke99m.
3 : Number8pleasee
3 : OldRed
3 : RocknRollCats
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BlueBallzz
2 : bpsteve1972
2 : Hang_Time_2
2 : Kattonik
2 : KyMaster
2 : mash_24
2 : OldSmoky
2 : rivercatinfl
2 : Steady
2 : TheBlueCat
2 : ukalum1988
Underdog Winners:
Week 1: 9
Week 2: 11
Week 3: 6
Week 4: 11
Week 5: 17
Week 6: 19
Week 7: 17
Week 8: 21
Season Average for Underdog Winners: 13.9
Correct Underdog Picks:
Week 1: 3
Week 2: 4
Week 3: 5
Week 4: 8
Week 5: 19
Week 6: 15
Week 7: 14
Week 8: 12
Season Average for Correct Picks: 10.0
Total Picks Made:
Week 1: 33
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 30
Week 4: 32
Week 5: 34
Week 6: 37
Week 7: 32
Week 8: 32
Season Average for Total Picks: 33.1
Welcome New SUP Winners - Week #8:
CGBlue1.0
