SWAMI

2024 SWAMI RACE
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ISSUE # 12-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #12                16 NOVEMBER 2024
Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 27 November, of Thanksgiving week!

Congratulations go to Idaho for coming in first in Week # 12 only missing 7 games (WOW!), followed closely by DogRam (8 losses), Zorro (7 losses), WunderBrew, FEAR the SISTERS, Realigning, Kinko, xerxis, and Do The Opposite (all with 8 losses), and Yoda (9 losses). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 1st place and 26th 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 # 12 only missing 9 games, followed closely by Irish2 (10 losses), Twisted Sister #1 (11 losses), Prime Buff Mama, Tenacious D, and LG Tomcat (all with 10 losses), Dr Pork (8 losses), and El Jefe, BOHICA, and rooster (all with 9 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 remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 12 (second consecutive week), followed closely by TAURUS (remained in 2nd), Realigning (up from 4th), Del (down from 3rd), WunderBrew (remained in 6th), DogRam (up from 13th), rooster (down from 7th), dragon (up from 11th), Kinko (up from 12th), and Dr Pork (down from 8th). Out of the top ten go El Jefe (down from 10th to 13th)! There is one more week to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to Biggs Darklighter for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 12 (second consecutive week), followed closely by Yoda (remained in 26th), IRISH (up from 23rd), Irish2 (up from 22nd), Do The Opposite (down from 24th), none (remained in 21st), Prime Buff Mama (remained in 20th), Tenacious D (up from 18th), Twisted Sister #1 (up from 16th), 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!


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


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - If anybody has any comments about the contents of this SWAMI season or ways to change it for next season, please let me know! There were a few key games that were left off this season so I'll need to do better research for next season!


NOTICE: - There was one game (UCLA-Washington) that was played Friday night (11/15) so that is not counted in this week's 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 # 12 :
Game #  1:  7-51 Missouri S&T at Upper Iowa;     Game # 14: 24-49 Utah at Colorado;
Game #  2: 35-0  Tulane at Navy;                 Game # 15:  0-28 Oregon State at Air Force;
Game #  3: 33-25 Syracuse at California;         Game # 16: 35-38 Washington State at New Mexico;
Game #  4: 24-31 Wake Forest at North Carolina;  Game # 17: 42-21 Boise State at San Jose State;
Game #  5: 28-38 Boston College at SMU;          Game # 18: 10-55 Hawai'i at Utah State;
Game #  6: 35-38 Louisville at Stanford;         Game # 19: 20-10 Texas at Arkansas;
Game #  7: 16-38 Michigan State at Illinois;     Game # 20: 16-27 LSU at Florida;
Game #  8: 31-17 Rutgers at Maryland;            Game # 21: 17-31 Tennessee at Georgia;
Game #  9: 31-7  Ohio State at Northwestern;     Game # 22: 30-34 Missouri at South Carolina;
Game # 10: 20-28 Nebraska at USC;                Game # 23:  3-38 New Mexico State at Texas A&M;
Game # 11:played 11/15 UCLA at Washington;       Game # 24: 42-36 South Dakota at North Dakota;
Game # 12: 16-13 Oregon at Wisconsin;            Game # 25: 30-28 Montana State at UC-Davis;
Game # 13: 17-13 Kansas at BYU;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Upper Iowa beat Missouri S&T!!!!!!
Tulane beat Navy!!!!!
Utah State beat Hawai'i!!!!!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Irish2 and Yoda picked Syracuse to beat California!
Dr Pork and IRISH picked Rutgers to beat Maryland!!
Irish2, Random, and Yoda picked Kansas to beat BYU!
DogRam, Random, and Yoda picked Air Force to beat Oregon State??!!
FEAR the SISTERS and Random picked Florida to beat LSU!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Irish2 picked Illinois to lose to Michigan State???
FEAR the SISTERS, IRISH, Prime Buff Mama, and Yoda picked USC to lose to Nebraska?
LG Tomcat and Yoda picked Colorado to lose to Utah??
Irish2 and Random picked Boise State to lose to San Jose State???
Dr Pork, IRISH, and Random picked Georgia to lose to Tennessee??
Irish2 and Random picked South Carolina to lose to Missouri?
Irish2, Random, Tenacious D, and Twisted Sister #1 picked South Dakota to lose to North Dakota?
LG Tomcat, Random, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Montana State to lose to UC-Davis?

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 Upper Iowa and they did!
SLabrie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat USC and they lost!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Nebraska and they did!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Nebraska and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Oregon and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Oregon and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to beat Utah and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to beat Utah State and they lost!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana State) to lose to UC-Davis and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UC-Davis) to beat Montana State and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Boy! Sure picked a lot of road warriors this week. ... Only ten of them won though!
CU ruminations - will 49 points be enough to win this week? ... Just enough!
Hate to see Missouri Miners go out with a loss! ... But they do!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
SKO Buffs!!! GO BIG RED!!! ... Not quite enough this week!
Texas Aggies get the maximum Margin this week ... You betcha!
uCLA game is Friday evening ... As such, this game is not counted in this week's stats!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

LG Tomcat picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Idaho, Zorro, FEAR the SISTERS, and xerxis picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Idaho, FEAR the SISTERS, and LG Tomcat picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
WunderBrew had the most margin points with 2496 pts. with Average and none in second with 2316 pts.!
IRISH had the least margin points with 492 pts. with Irish2 in second with 732 pts.!
DogRam moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 5, from 13th to 8th!
Dr Pork moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 4, from 8th to 12th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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