SWAMI

2024 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 11-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #11                9 NOVEMBER 2024

Congratulations go to xerxis for coming in first in Week # 11 only missing 8 games (WOW!), followed closely by BOHICA and TAURUS (both with 8 losses), WunderBrew (9 losses), Prime Buff Mama and Realigning (both with 8 losses), Kinko, Tenacious D, and El Jefe (all with 9 losses), and rooster (10 losses) (Odd Swami was not eligible). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 4th place and 24th place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to FEAR the SISTERS for coming in last in Week # 11 only missing 12 games, followed closely by Twisted Sister #1 and Biggs Darklighter (both with 12 losses), Yoda, Idaho, DogRam, and Do The Opposite (all with 11 losses), IRISH (10 losses), none (11 losses), and LG Tomcat (10 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 xerxis for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 11 (up from 6th), followed closely by TAURUS (up from 5th), Del (down from 1st), Realigning (down from 3rd), WunderBrew (up from 13th), rooster (up from 8th), Dr Pork (down from 7th), El Jefe (remained in 10th), dragon (remained in 11th), and Kinko (up from 16th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible.) Out of the top ten go DogRam (down from 4th to 13th) and Twisted Sister #1 (down from 12th to 16th)! There are a few more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to Biggs Darklighter for jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 11 (up from 26th), followed closely by Yoda (up from 25th), BOHICA (down from 27th), Do The Opposite (remained in 24th), IRISH (up from 21st), Irish2 (down from 23rd), none (up from 20th), Prime Buff Mama (down from 22nd), Idaho (up from 18th), and Tenacious D (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!


Are we having fun yet?

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 27 November, of Thanksgiving week!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - None!


NOTICE: - There was one game (New Mexico-San Diego State) that was played on Friday night and will not be counted in these stats. 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 # 11 :
Game #  1: 10-55 Missouri S&T at Indianapolis;         Game # 14: 24-13 San Jose State at Oregon State;
Game #  2: 31-37 Syracuse at Boston College;           Game # 15:played 11/8 New Mexico at San Diego State;
Game #  3: 23-28 Miami (Fla.) at Georgia Tech;         Game # 16: 28-49 Utah State at Washington State;
Game #  4: 29-19 Duke at North Carolina State;         Game # 17: 42-13 Alabama at LSU;
Game #  5: 24-19 Virginia at Pittsburgh;               Game # 18: 23-30 Oklahoma at Missouri;
Game #  6: 24-14 Clemson at Virginia Tech;             Game # 19: 10-28 Georgia at Ole Miss.;
Game #  7: 18-39 Maryland at Oregon;                   Game # 20: 17-49 Florida at Texas;
Game #  8:  6-35 Washington at Penn State;             Game # 21:  3-52 Florida State at Notre Dame;
Game #  9: 19-26 Minnesota at Rutgers;                 Game # 22: 31-14 Northern Arizona at Cal Poly SLO;
Game # 10: 36-45 Iowa State at Kansas;                 Game # 23: 67-49 Penn at Cornell;
Game # 11: 13-38 Oklahoma State at TCU;                Game # 24: 38-7  South Dakota State at North Dakota;
Game # 12: 28-36 Fresno State at Air Force;            Game # 25: 21-24 UW-Whitewater at UW-La Crosse;
Game # 13: 29-27 UNLV at Hawai'i;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Boston College beat Syracuse!
Duke beat North Carolina State!!
Alabama beat LSU!!!!
Missouri beat Oklahoma!
Penn beat Cornell!!!
UW-La Crosse beat UW-Whitewater!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Irish2 picked Rutgers to beat Minnesota!
Random and Yoda picked Kansas to beat Iowa State!
Biggs Darklighter and LG Tomcat picked Air Force to beat Fresno State!
Irish2 picked San Jose State to beat Oregon State!!
BOHICA, FEAR the SISTERS, Prime Buff Mama, WunderBrew, and xerxis picked Ole Miss. to beat Georgia!!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and Yoda picked Indianapolis to lose to Missouri S&T??????
Irish2, Random, and Yoda picked Clemson to lose to Virginia Tech??
Irish2 and Random picked Penn State to lose to Washington????
Biggs Darklighter, LG Tomcat, and Random picked Northern Arizona to lose to Cal Poly SLO??
Biggs Darklighter, Dr Pork, Random, Twisted Sister #1, and Yoda picked South Dakota State to lose to North Dakota????

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 Indianapolis and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn St.) to beat Washington and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat Air Force and they lost!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat Air Force and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to lose to UNLV and they did!
Campbell, JHawkins, AHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Florida State and they did!
Schaniel picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to beat Northern Arizona and they lost!
Shelton picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to lose to Northern Arizona and they did!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Penn and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Penn and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UW-Whitewater) to beat UW-La Crosse and they lost!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Hoping for a Cal Poly victory!! ... Your hope faded early!
LongHorns roll on to the National Championship! ... It's still too early to tell!
Not Whitewater's Year. ... You betcha!
The Big Red keep us guessing... which team is going to show up this week? ... Who know?!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Tenacious D, Do The Opposite, and Twisted Sister #1 picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
Biggs Darklighter picked the mose starred games perfectly (1)!
Tenacious D, Do The Opposite, and Twisted Sister #1 the most total games perfectly (3)!
xerxis had the most margin points with 2167 pts. with TAURUS in second with 2068 pts.!
Biggs Darklighter had the least margin points with 858 pts. with IRISH and Yoda tied for second with 880 pts.!
DogRam moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 9, from 4th to 13th!
WunderBrew moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 7, from 13th to 6th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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