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ISSUE # 13-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #13                23 NOVEMBER 2024

Congratulations go to Zorro for coming in first in Week # 13 only missing 5 games (WOW!), followed closely by BOHICA and Irish2 (both with 5 losses), xerxis (6 losses), WunderBrew, Dr Pork, and Do The Opposite (all with 7 losses), and El Jefe, DogRam, and rooster (all with 8 losses). (Average was ineligible.) This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 4th place and 25th place! Only one more week to make your move! Stay tuned!


Congratulations go to the Prime Buff Mama for coming in last in Week # 13 only missing 11 games, followed closely by Yoda (8 losses), dragon (9 losses), IRISH and Realigning (both with 8 losses), and LG Tomcat, Del, Kinko, TAURUS, and Idaho (all with 9 losses). (Random and Odd Swami were ineligible.) Only one more week to go to make your move! Stay tuned!


Congratulations go to xerxis for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 13 (third consecutive week), followed closely by Zorro (up from 14th), WunderBrew (up from 6th), TAURUS (down from 2nd), Del (down from 4th), Realigning (down from 3rd), Dr Pork (up from 12th), DogRam (down from 8th), rooster (down from 9th), and El Jefe (up cdom 13th). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible) Out of the top ten go dragon (down from 10th to 14th), and Kinko (down from 11th to 13th)!


Congratulations go to Yoda for jumping into the lead (Biggs Darklighter became ineligible) for the last place spot in Week # 13 (remained in 26th), followed closely by IRISH (up from 24th), Prime Buff Mama (up from 20th), BOHICA (down from 25th), none (up from 21st), Do The Opposite (down from 22nd), Irish2 (down from 23rd), Tenacious D (remained in 19th), Twisted Sister #1 (remained in 18th), and Idaho (remained in 17th)! This battle for that covetted last space spot rages!! Remember, the eligibility for this race requires at least 80% of the games picked! Random, Average, and SWAMI-odds are ineligible!


The SWAMI CFA Bowl Games will be out soon so watch for it ! The first of 47 bowl games start Saturday 14 December and ends Monday 20 January so the entries are due by Friday midnight 13 December! Watch for the SWAMI CFA Bowl Game schedule so you can submit them (probably around 9 December)!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - I will not make a trip to California again this year for a SWAMI crowning so the local folks will have to take care of that (whomever it may be)!


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 were two games rescheduled to Friday night (Purdue-Michigan State and UNLV-San Jose State) so those games will not be included in the weekly 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 # 13 :
Game #  1: 14-40 Rice at UAB;                      Game # 14: 21-31 UCF at West Virginia;
Game #  2: 21-41 North Carolina at Boston College; Game # 15: 38-41 Washington State at Oregon State;
Game #  3: 28-31 Virginia Tech at Duke;            Game # 16:played 11/22 UNLV at San Jose State;
Game #  4: 29-13 Iowa at Maryland;                 Game # 17: 17-13 Boise State at Wyoming;
Game #  5:  6-50 Northwestern at Michigan;         Game # 18: 41-43 Texas A&M at Auburn;
Game #  6:played 11/22 Purdue at Michigan State;   Game # 19: 17-24 Ole Miss. at Florida;
Game #  7: 26-25 Penn State at Minnesota;          Game # 20: 39-20 Missouri at Mississippi State;
Game #  8: 25-44 Wisconsin at Nebraska;            Game # 21:  3-24 Alabama at Oklahoma;
Game #  9: 19-13 USC at UCLA;                      Game # 22: 14-31 Kentucky at Texas;
Game # 10: 23-28 BYU at Arizona State;             Game # 23:  9-17 Cornell at Columbia;
Game # 11: 56-48 Texas Tech at Oklahoma State;     Game # 24: 11-34 Montana at Montana State;
Game # 12: 28-49 Arizona at TCU;                   Game # 25: 42-39 UC-Davis at Sacramento State;
Game # 13: 31-28 Iowa State at Utah;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Boston College beat North Carolina!!!
Duke beat Virginia Tech!
Nebraska beat Wisconsin!!!
Arizona State beat BYU!
West Virginia beat UCF!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Yoda picked UAB to beat Rice!!!!
Zorro picked Auburn to beat Texas A&M!
Odd Swami, Realigning, and Zorro picked Florida to beat Ole Miss.!
Irish2 and Random picked Oklahoma to beat Alabama!!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random, Realigning, and Yoda picked Iowa to lose to Maryland??
Random and Tenacious D picked Penn State to lose to Minnesota?
dragon, FEAR the SISTERS, and Yoda picked USC to lose to UCLA?
Random and Zorro picked Texas Tech to lose to Oklahoma State?
Yoda picked TCU to lose to Arizona???
FEAR the SISTERS and Prime Buff Mama picked Columbia to lose to Cornell?
IRISH, Irish2, Prime Buff Mama, and Random picked Montana State to lose to Montana???

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn St.) to beat Minnesota and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Nebraska and they lost!
SLabrie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat Wisconsin and they did!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat UCLA and they did!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat UCLA and they did!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to USC and they did!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Columbia and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Columbia and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana State) to beat Montana and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UC-Davis) to beat Sacramento State and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Do USC and UCLA have to play their game in Battle Creek Michigan? ... It would be an interesting move!
Go Big Red! But Columbia winning the title - can it be? ... Anything can happen now-a-days!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Huskers don't let me down.... ... They didn't!
The final stretch!! ... You betcha!
USC and UCLA vie for the first coach to be fired! ... What a competition!
Wonder how many points is Senior Day to a team? ... Who knows!
Wow! Lots of very close games this week! ... This was the week of upsets and chance to make your moves!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Do The Opposite picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
Nobody picked any starred games perfectly (0)!
Do The Opposite picked the most total games perfectly (3)!
Zorro had the most margin points with 3237 pts. with BOHICA and xerxis in second with 3133 pts.!
IRISH had the least margin points with 1898 pts. with Prime Buff Mama in second with 1937 pts.!
Realigning, dragon, and Prime Buff Mama moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 4, from 3rd to 7th, from 10th to 14th, and from 20th to 24th, respectively!
Zorro moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 12, from 14th to 2nd!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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