SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 1-23           NEWSLETTER WEEK #1           2 SEPTEMBER 2023

A hearty welcome to another SWAMI Football season! And welcome back to Cheryl Bradford and Julie Knox after there sabatical leave for a few years! It is will a heartfelt sadness that we say goodbye to the last of the SWAMI originals, Allen Russell, who passed away in March. Our prayers are with his 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 Prime Time for coming in first in Week #1, only missing 2 games, followed closely by mars (3 losses), and Wanderer, Fear the Sisters, Bear, moon, The Swaminator, JT, Biggs Darklighter, and Tenacious D (all with 4 losses). This must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 3rd 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 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. If anybody wishes a hardcopy update of a previous week, just request it - but it may cost you a drink!


FINAL SCORES

Week # 1 :

Game #  1:  3-56 Tennessee St. at Notre Dame;  Game # 14: 10-37 Rice at Texas;
Game #  2: 39-35 Fresno St. at Purdue;         Game # 15: 50-24 Washington St. at Colorado St.;
Game #  3: 13-27 Coastal Carolina at UCLA;     Game # 16: 33-35 Texas Tech at Wyoming;
Game #  4: 58-21 California at North Texas;    Game # 17:  3-38 Northern Arizona at Arizona;
Game #  5: 14-38 Louisiana Tech at SMU;        Game # 18: 14-66 Nevada at USC;
Game #  6: 17-37 South Alabama at Tulane;      Game # 19: 19-56 Boise St. at Washington;
Game #  7: 28-30 Toledo at Illinois;           Game # 20:  7-56 Middle Tennessee at Alabama;
Game #  8: 23-3  Ohio St. at Indiana;          Game # 21: 13-49 Virginia at Tennessee;
Game #  9: 14-24 Utah St. at Iowa;             Game # 22: 10-52 New Mexico at Texas A&M;
Game # 10:  3-30 East Carolina at Michigan;    Game # 23: 31-17 North Carolina at South Carolina;
Game # 11: 15-38 West Virginia at Penn St.;    Game # 24: 14-17 UTSA at Houston;
Game # 12:  9-30 Northern Iowa at Iowa St.;    Game # 25: 13-17 Army at UL-Monroe;
Game # 13: 45-42 Colorado at TCU;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

North Carolina beat South Carolina!!
Houston beat UTSA!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

DogRam, mars, Prime Time, and The Swaminator picked Fresno St. to beat Purdue!
Prime Time picked Colorado to beat TCU!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and WunderBrew picked California to lose to North Texas!!!!!
IRISH picked Washington St. to lose to Colorado St.!!!!

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Campbell, AHawkins, JHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite Notre Dame to beat Tennessee St. and they did!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite Fresno St. to beat Purdue and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite Fresno St. to lose to Purdue and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
JHawkins, Homer, and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite UCLA to beat Coastal Carolina and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite Penn St. to beat West Virginia and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite Colorado to beat TCU and they did!
Bowen and Whiteley picked their Alma Mater/Favorite USC to beat Nevada and they did!
Boessow picked her Alma Mater Alabama to beat Middle Tennessee and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

A Big Wow! ... And lots of big point spreads!
Again! ... You betcha!
Aloha! We're in Cairo having left Bergen Norway this AM. Did nothern Europe ... Hope you did your SWAMI research and not forgot about the important things!
Could this be the first perfect week of picks? ... Not quite!
Getting tough to find odds. ... What do other people know that you can't make up?
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Here's hoping for good luck! ... You betcha!
It's PRIME TIME baby!!!! ... Could be quite a season for Colorado!
Let's Go! ... You betcha!
Looks like the chaos will commence next year ... And there appears to be more to come!
Love It! The South beats the North finally ... Not quite!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Prime Time, Wanderer, Fear the Sisters, JT, WunderBrew, Dr Pork, and LGTomcat picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Bear, Biggs Darklighter, Tenacious D, ZIP, none, and Random picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Prime Time, Wanderer, Fear the Sisters, JT, WunderBrew, Dr Pork, and LGTomcat picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
mars had the most margin points with 281 pts. with Wanderer in second with 274 pts.!
IRISH had the least margin points with 38 pts. with CJSGM in second with 119 pts.!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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