SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 10-23                NEWSLETTER WEEK #10                4 NOVEMBER 2023

Congratulations go to Del for coming in first in Week # 10 only missing 9 games (WOW!), followed closely by Twisted Sister #1 (10 losses), Prime Buff Mama, rooster, dragon, and Idaho (all with 11 losses), and Tenacious D, Realigning, Do The Opposite, and LG Tomcat (all with 12 losses). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible.) This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 3rd place and 24th place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Only four more weeks to go!!! Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Yoda for coming in last in Week # 10 only missing 14 games, followed closely by xerxis (13 losses), WunderBrew (14 losses), Biggs Darklighter (13 losses), Irish2 (12 losses), IRISH (11 losses), TAURUS (12 losses), Dr Pork and Kinko (both with 13 losses), and El Jefe (12 losses). (Random was ineligible.) Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Del for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 10 (up from 8th), followed closely by Realigning (up from 11th), DogRam (remained in 4th), TAURUS (up from 8th), xerxis (down from 6th), Dr Pork (down from 2nd), rooster (remained in 9th), El Jefe (down from 7th), dragon (down from 10th), and Twisted Sister #1 (up from 13th). (Average and Odd SWAMI are ineligible.) Out of the top ten go WunderBrew (down from 5th to 13th) and none (down from 12th to 20th)! There are a few more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to BOHICA for jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 10 (up from 25th), followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (down from 27th), Yoda (down from 26th), Do The Opposite (remained in 24th), Irish2 (up from 22nd), Prime Buff Mama (down from 23rd), IRISH (remained in 21st), none (up from 12th), Tenacious D (down from 20th), and Idaho (down from 19th)! This battle for that covetted last space spot rages!! Remember, the eligibility for this race requires at least 80% of the games picked! Some people are already hindering their chances by missing a paper! Random, Average, and SWAMI-odds are ineligible! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


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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 # 10 :
Game #  1: 27-20 McKendree at Missouri S&T;       Game # 14: 20-13 Ohio State at Penn State;
Game #  2:  3-20 Air Force at Army;               Game # 15: 26-20 Northwestern at Purdue;
Game #  3: 10-24 Navy at Rice;                    Game # 16: 21-26 USC at Washington;
Game #  4: 36-44 Memphis at UTSA;                 Game # 17: 34-37 TCU at Baylor;
Game #  5: 33-21 Louisville at Clemson;           Game # 18: 23-22 Texas Tech at Iowa State;
Game #  6: 35-11 North Carolina at Florida State; Game # 19: 12-56 Arizona at UCF;
Game #  7: 31-53 Duke at Miami (Fla.);            Game # 20: 21-20 Hawai'i at Fresno State;
Game #  8: 31-38 Virginia Tech at Syracuse;       Game # 21: 20-34 Florida at Georgia;
Game #  9: 25-17 Minnesota at Illinois;           Game # 22: 20-44 Texas A&M at South Carolina;
Game # 10: 10-42 Wisconsin at Iowa;               Game # 23: 18-28 Kentucky at Tennessee;
Game # 11: 38-17 Oregon at Michigan;              Game # 24: 49-35 Cornell at Princeton;
Game # 12: 47-10 Indiana at Michigan State;       Game # 25:  7-13 UW-River Falls at UW-Whitewater;
Game # 13: 27-20 UCLA at Nebraska;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

McKendree beat Missouri S&T!
Minnesota beat Illinois!
Ohio State beat Penn State!
Northwestern beat Purdue!
Cornell beat Princeton!
UW-Whitewater beat UW-River Falls!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Do The Opposite, FEAR the SISTERS, Idaho, and IRISH picked Syracuse to beat Virginia Tech!
Biggs Darklighter and IRISH picked Washington to beat USC!
Irish2 and Yoda picked Texas Tech to beat Iowa State!
Biggs Darklighter picked South Carolina to beat Texas A&M!!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Dr Pork, FEAR the SISTERs, Irish2, WunderBrew, and Yoda picked North Carolina to lose to Florida State???
Biggs Darklighter and Irish2 picked Iowa to lose to Wisconsin????
Biggs Darklighter, Irish2, Random, and Tenacious D picked UCF to lose to Arizona??????

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Long picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Missouri S&T) to lose to McKendree and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Iowa and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Iowa and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Nebraska and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Nebraska and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Nebraska and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to beat Nebraska and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
SLa Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat UCLA and they lost!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn State) to beat Ohio State and they lost!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Washington and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Washington and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to lose to Fresno State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat Hawai'i and they lost!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat Hawai'i and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Princeton and they did!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Princeton and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UW-Whitewater) to beat UW-River Falls and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha ha. I feel a 17-8 week coming. ... You gave yourself more credit than you got, but still pretty good, considering how everybody else did!
Good to see Whitewater is back! ... You betcha!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Penn State nips the Buckeyes!! ... Not quite - down to the wire!
what a tough schedule. ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Idaho, LG Tomcat, DogRam, and FEAR the SISTERS picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
dragon, DogRam, and Kinko picked the mose starred games perfectly (1)!
DogRam picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
Tenacious D had the most margin points with 2200 pts. with Realigning in second with 2170 pts.!
Irish2 had the least margin points with 950 pts. with IRISH in second with 1050 pts.!
WunderBrew and none moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 8, from 5th to 13th, and from 12th to 20th, respectively!
Del moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 7, from 8th to 1st!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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