2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Congratulations go to Cosmic Turtle for coming in first in Week # 11 only missing 7 games (WOW!), followed closely by mars and LGTomcat (both with 7 losses), and Kinko, Dr Pork, PNW, Andrew, moon, Wanderer, and WunderBrew (all with 8 losses) (Odd Swami was not eligible). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 5th place and 23rd place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!

Congratulations go to IRISH for coming in last in Week # 11 only missing 11 games, followed closely by Yoda, none, and Fear the Sisters (all with 11 losses), Prime Time and ZIP (both with 10 losses), and JT (9 looses), and CJSGM, DogRam, and The Swaminator (all with 8 losses). (Random and Average were ineligible.) Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!

Congratulations go to mars for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 11 (second consecutive week), followed closely by Andrew (remained in 2nd), Wanderer (up from 7th), WunderBrew (up from 8th), Kinko (up from 9th), Dr Pork (up from 11th), Cosmic Turtle (up from 15th), JT (remained in 10th), PNW (up from 13th), and CJSGM (up from 14th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible.) Out of the top ten go Biggs Darklighter (down from 4th to 21st), Fear the Sisters (down from 5th to 14th), and Prime Time (down from 12th to 17th)! There are a couple of weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!

Congratulations go to IRISH for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 11 (second consecutive week), followed closely by Yoda (remained in 23rd), none (remained in 22nd), Biggs Darklighter (up from 4th), ZIP (remained in 20th), LGTomcat (down from 21st), moon (down from 19th), Prime Time (up from 12th), Tenacious D (down from 18th), and DogRam (down from 17th)! 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!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 22 November, of Thanksgiving week!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - None!

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 # 11 :
Game #  1: 18-42 Fresno St. at San Jose St.;        Game # 14: 16-13 Texas Tech at Kansas;
Game #  2: 17-7  Arizona St. at UCLA;               Game # 15: 25-59 Baylor at Kansas St.;
Game #  3: 48-22 Virginia Tech at Boston College;   Game # 16: 20-59 West Virginia at Oklahoma;
Game #  4: 20-27 Miami (Fla.) at Florida St.;       Game # 17: 29-26 Texas at TCU;
Game #  5: 45-47 Duke at North Carolina;            Game # 18: 27-36 USC at Oregon;
Game #  6: 13-28 Pittsburgh at Syracuse;            Game # 19: 28-35 Utah at Washington;
Game #  7: 26-6  North Carolina St. at Wake Forest; Game # 20: 48-10 Auburn at Arkansas;
Game #  8: 13-10 Maryland at Nebraska;              Game # 21: 17-52 Ole Miss. at Georgia;
Game #  9:  3-38 Michigan St. at Ohio St.;          Game # 22: 49-21 Alabama at Kentucky;
Game # 10: 24-15 Michigan at Penn St.;              Game # 23: 35-52 Florida at LSU;
Game # 11: 30-49 Minnesota at Purdue;               Game # 24:  7-36 Tennessee at Missouri;
Game # 12:  3-45 Oklahoma St. at Central Florida;   Game # 25: 10-51 Miss. St. at Texas A&M;
Game # 13: 24-14 Cincinnati at Houston;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

San Jose St. beat Fresno St.!!!
Virginia Tech beat Boston College!!!!
Maryland beat Nebraska!
Purdue beat Minnesota!!!
Missouri beat Tennessee!!!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and The Swaminator picked Syracuse to beat Pittsburgh!!
Random and Wanderer picked Central Florida to beat Oklahoma St.!!!!!!
LG Tomcat and Random picked Auburn to beat Arkansas!!!!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and Wanderer picked North Carolina St. to lose to Wake Forest???
IRISH, Prime Time, Random, and Yoda picked Michigan to lose to Penn St.?
IRISH picked Georgia to lose to Ole Miss.?????

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

ALABAMA MAKES THE MOVE TO FACE GEORGIA IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. ... You betcha!
Aloha! Back from 5 nights on Kauai. I sure miss living there. Remember Del? ... You betcha!
Go Dogs!!! ... You betcha!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Home teams wins! ... A lot of them do!
Michigan gets stunned by Penn State! ... Not quite!
Roll the dice! ... I guess that's a way to do it!
USC defense is an oxymoron. ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Fear the Sisters picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Cosmic Turtle, LG Tomcat, Dr Pork, PNW, ZIP, none, and Yoda picked the mose starred games perfectly (1)!
Cosmic Turtle, Dr Pork, ZIP, Fear the Sisters, and Yoda the most total games perfectly (2)!
Cosmic Turtle had the most margin points with 1815 pts. with Kinko in second with 1749 pts.!
IRISH had the least margin points with 748 pts. with CJSGM in second with 1331 pts.!
Biggs Darklighter moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 17, from 4th to 21st!
Cosmic Turtle moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 6, from 15th to 9th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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