SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 12-23                NEWSLETTER WEEK #12                18 NOVEMBER 2023
Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 22 November, of Thanksgiving week!

Congratulations go to IRISH for coming in first in Week # 12 only missing 3 games (WOW!), followed closely by Wanderer and Kinko (both with 4 losses), Fear the Sisters (6 losses), Cosmic Turtle and The Swaminator (both with 5 losses), Prime Time (6 losses), ZIP (5 losses), PNW (4 losses), and LGTomcat (5 losses). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 2nd place and 21st place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to CJSGM for coming in last in Week # 12 only missing 9 games, followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (10 losses), Andrew (11 losses), Yoda (7 losses), moon, mars, none, JT, and DogRam (all with 6 losses), and WunderBrew (5 losses). (Random and Odd Swami 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 Wanderer for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 12 (up from 4th), followed closely by Kinko (up from 7th), mars (down from 1st), Cosmic Turtle (up from 9th), PNW (up from 11th), WunderBrew (soqn from 6th), Dr Pork (down from 8th), Fear the Sisters (up from 14th), Andrew (down from 3rd), and The Swaminator (up from 13th). Out of the top ten go JT (down from 10th to 13th) and CJSGM (down from 12th to 20th)! 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 (up from 21st), followed closely by Yoda (remained in 23rd), IRISH (down from 24th), none (down from 22nd), CJSGM (up from 12th), ZIP (down from 20th), LG Tomcat (down from 19th), moon (down from 18th), DogRam (up from 15th), and Tenacious D (down from 16th)! 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!! - 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: - 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: 25-17 New Mexico at Fresno St.;   Game # 14: 23-24 Central Florida at Texas Tech;
Game #  2:  7-45 Wake Forest at Notre Dame;  Game # 15: 13-24 San Diego St. at San Jose St.;
Game #  3: 38-20 UCLA at USC;                Game # 16: 45-10 Boise St. at Utah St.;
Game #  4: 38-24 SMU at Memphis;             Game # 17: 22-20 Washington at Oregon St.;
Game #  5: 20-31 North Carolina at Clemson;  Game # 18: 27-15 California at Stanford;
Game #  6: 22-31 Syracuse at Georgia Tech;   Game # 19: 20-41 Southern Miss. at Miss. St.;
Game #  7: 38-31 Louisville at Miami (Fla.); Game # 20: 31-33 Florida at Missouri;
Game #  8: 13-15 Illinois at Iowa;           Game # 21: 14-17 Kentucky at South Carolina;
Game #  9: 31-24 Michigan at Maryland;       Game # 22: 38-10 Georgia at Tennessee;
Game # 10:  3-37 Minnesota at Ohio St.;      Game # 23: 29-14 Columbia at Cornell;
Game # 11: 31-24 Oklahoma at BYU;            Game # 24:  7-37 Montana St. at Montana;
Game # 12: 43-30 Oklahoma St. at Houston;    Game # 25:  0-28 Marshall at South Alabama;
Game # 13: 31-27 Kansas St. at Kansas;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Louisville beat Miami (Fla.)!
Washington beat Oregon St.!
South Carolina beat Kentucky!
Montana beat Montana St.!!!!
South Alabama beat Marshall!!!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Fear the Sisters, IRISH, Prime Time, and Random picked UCLA to beat USC!!
Andrew and Random picked Columbia to beat Cornell!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter and JT picked SMU to lose to Memphis?
CJSGM, Dr. Pork, PNW, and Yoda picked Clemson to lose to North Carolina??
Fear the Sisters and Random picked Georgia Tech to lose to Syracuse?
Biggs Darklighter, CJSGM, Fear the Sisters, and Tenacious D picked Kansas St. to lose to Kansas?
Cosmic Turtle, Prime Time, Random, and The Swaminator picked Texas Tech to lose to Central Florida (UCF)??
Biggs Darklighter picked San Jose St. to lose to San Diego St.??
CJSGM, Prime Time, and The Swaminator picked Boise St. to lose to Utah St.?????
Biggs Darklighter, CJSGM, and Random picked California to lose to Stanford??
Biggs Darklighter picked Missouri to lose to Florida?

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat New Mexico and they lost!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat New Mexico and they lost!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Wake Forest and they did!
NHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Wake Forest and they did!
Campbell picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Wake Forest and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat UCLA and they lost!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat UCLA and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas St.) to beat Kansas and they did!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Stanford) to lose to California and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Columbia and they lost!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Columbia and they lost!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana St.) to beat Montana and they lost!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha! It's time to make my move. Watch out! ... Only one more to go so do it now!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
I miss Whitewater --always a sure winner! ... You betcha!
Let's roll those dice again... ... You betcha!
That old Texas coach at North Carolina runs a sneaky on Clemson. ... Not quite!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Fear the Sisters, ZIP, and WunderBrew picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Nobody picked any starred games perfectly (0)!
Fear the Sisters, ZIP, and WunderBrew picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
IRISH had the most margin points with 3408 pts. with JT in second with 3348 pts.!
CJSGM had the least margin points with 1752 pts. with Biggs Darklighter in second with 1980 pts.!
Andrew and CJSGM tied for moving the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 8, from 3rd to 11th and from 12th to 20th, respectively!
Kinko moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 5, from 7th to 2nd!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

Main SWAMI CFA Page Week 12 Weekly Standings