SWAMI

2024 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 1-24           NEWSLETTER WEEK #1           31 AUGUST 2024

A hearty welcome to another SWAMI Football season! And welcome back to Norman Alexander after a 4-year sabatical leave and welcome to a newcomer Donald La Brie, hope you all have wonderful picks! It is will a heartfelt sadness that we say goodbye to one of the ealier SWAMI participants, Joanne Boessow, who passed away in September after the third week of submitting her SWAMI picks. Our prayers are with her family.


If you have a change of rivals, favorite team, or phone number, please submit that next week in the "Comments" section - the only field to enter them next week. And remember - always fill in all data and check the bottom of the page (after submitting) to make sure your entry was delivered.


Congratulations go to Zorro for coming in first in Week #1, only missing 2 games, followed closely by rooster, and dragon, El Jefe, Biggs Darklighter, Dr Pork, Idaho, IRISH, and Yoda (all with 3 losses), and Kinko (4 losses). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 2nd place and 26th place (last besides Random)! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Let's have some SWAMI Fun!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - The rivalry standings will not be posted until next week! Get your new requests in by next week. Otherwise I will use what you submitted in the first week or use last year's rivalries if no updates! If you are in one or want to be, please let me know! If there are any changes that need to be made, let me know also! I also will use last year's contact information if no new dated has been submitted!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - Please make sure you have filled in ALL fields and the after submittal that written response was that your entry was successfully submitted!


NOTICE: - As always, if you notice any errors, please don't hesitate to bring them to my attention via a text, phone call, or comment in the comments section on your weekly picks! Any changes will be noted in the Newsletter and reflected in the Cumulative Standings. All pages that have been newly updated will be noted in the Newsletter for those of you wishing to look back on previous weeks.


FINAL SCORES

Week # 1 :

Game #  1: 13-31 UC-Davis at California;        Game # 14: 20-44 South Dakota State at Oklahoma State;
Game #  2: 12-35 Georgia State at Georgia Tech; Game # 15: 34-12 Penn State at West Virginia;
Game #  3:  7-59 Houston Christian at SMU;      Game # 16: 16-13 UCLA at Hawai'i;
Game #  4:  7-31 Fla. International at Indiana; Game # 17:  0-63 Western Kentucky at Alabama;
Game #  5: 10-30 Fresno State at Michigan;      Game # 18: 41-17 Miami (Fla.) at Florida;
Game #  6:  7-40 UTEP at Nebraska;              Game # 19:  3-34 Clemson at Georgia;
Game #  7:  6-13 Miami (OH) at Northwestern;    Game # 20:  0-31 Southern Miss. at Kentucky;
Game #  8: 14-24 Idaho at Oregon;               Game # 21: 19-23 Old Dominion at South Carolina;
Game #  9:  3-35 Weber State at Washington;     Game # 22: 23-13 Notre Dame at Texas A&M;
Game # 10: 39-61 New Mexico at Arizona;         Game # 23: 27-34 Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt;
Game # 11:  7-48 Wyoming at Arizona State;      Game # 24: 56-45 Boise State at Georgia Southern;
Game # 12: 27-7  UNLV at Houston;               Game # 25: 52-38 North Texas at South Alabama;
Game # 13:  3-21 North Dakota at Iowa State;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Miami (Fla.) beat Florida!!!
Notre Dame beat Texas A&M!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Dr Pork, Idaho, Prime Buff Mama, Random, and Yoda picked UNLV to beat Houston!!!
IRISH, Random, Yoda, and Zorro picked North Texas to beat South Alabama!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Twisted Siser #1 picked California to lose to UC-Davis??
Random and Yoda picked Michigan to lose to Fresno State???
Prime Buff Mama picked Arizona State to lose to Wyoming??????
LG Tomcat and Random picked Penn State to lose to West Virginia???
Yoda picked Kentucky to lose to Southern Miss.????

ALMA MATER NOTES:

This section will be used to note special picks for the participants Alma Maters/Favorites.

Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite UC-Davis to lose to California and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite Fresno St. to lose to Michigan and they did!
SLa Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite Nebraska to beat UTEP and they did!
Kellogg picked his Alma Mater/Favorite Idaho to lose to Oregon and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite Penn St. to beat West Virginia and they did!
JHawkins, Homer, and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite UCLA to beat Hawai'i and they did!
Campbell, AHawkins, JHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite Notre Dame to beat Texas A&M and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

A couple of upsets starting first week! ... You betcha!
Again! ... You betcha!
And away we go! Some farther than others... ... You betcha!
And we’re off!! ... You betcha!
Head spinning from PAC 12 teams moving to new conf! ... But a few of them stayed!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Here we go again! ... You betcha!
Here's hoping I picked some winners. ... You picked a few winners, yes!
Home team wins (90%)! ... Only 72% this week for home team wins!
So glad SWAMI is alive and well! Thanks Del! ... You betcha!
THE BEARCAT IS BACK!!!! Fear the CAT!!! ... Welcome back after missing you for at least 4 years!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Average and WunderBrew picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Nobody picked any starred games perfectly (0)!
Average and WunderBrew picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
Kinko had the most margin points with 221 pts. with rooster in second with 217 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 64 pts. with Twisted Siser #1 in second with 105 pts.!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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