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ISSUE # 13-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #13                22 NOVEMBER 2025
Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 26 November, of Thanksgiving week!

Congratulations go to pearl for coming in first in Week # 13 only missing 6 games (WOW!), followed closely by IRISH, WunderBrew, jasper, Cavalry, Just Before the Storm, and Horns Girl (all with 6 losses), and Chetek, Go Yotes, and LG Tomcats (all with 7 losses). (Odd Swami was ineligible.) This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 1st place and 23rd place! Only one more week to make your move! Stay tuned!


Congratulations go to the Yoda for coming in last in Week # 13 only missing 10 games, followed closely by pub grub and Tenacious D (both with 9 losses), Old SWAMI, Daddy's Little Girl, and BIG BROs RULE (all with 8 losses), and Away We Go, Nostraporcus, Kimo, and Acme (all with 9 losses). (Random and Average were ineligible.) Only one more week to go to make your move! Stay tuned!


Congratulations go to Finn4thewin for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 13 (eighth consecutive week), followed closely by pearl (up from 14th), Just Before the Storm (up from 6th), jasper (down from 2nd), Cavalry (down from 4th), Acme (down from 3rd), Kimo (up from 12th), Chetek (down from 8th), WunderBrew (down from 9th), and Horns Girl (up cdom 13th). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible) Out of the top ten go Go Yotes (down from 12th to 13th)!


Congratulations go to Yoda for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 13 (tenth consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 25th), Tenacious D (remained in 24th), Biggs Darklighter (remained in 23rd), BIG BROs RULE (up from 21st), Old SWAMI (up from 20th), IRISH (down from 22nd), Daddy's Little Girl (remained in 19th), ACE (remained in 18th), and Nostraporcus (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 46 bowl games start Saturday 13 December and ends Monday 19 January so the entries are due by Friday midnight 12 December! Watch for the SWAMI CFA Bowl Game schedule so you can submit them (probably around 8 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: - 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: 24-58 East Carolina at UTSA;         Game # 14:  3-25 San Jose State at San Diego State;
Game #  2: 42-28 Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech;    Game # 15: 13-7  Nevada at Wyoming;
Game #  3: 32-25 Duke at North Carolina;        Game # 16: 31-11 Tennessee at Florida;
Game #  4:  6-38 Louisville at SMU;             Game # 17: 10-13 Western Kentucky at LSU;
Game #  5: 34-17 Miami (FLA) at Virginia Tech;  Game # 18:  6-17 Missouri at Oklahoma;
Game #  6: 17-20 Michigan State at Iowa;        Game # 19:  7-51 Coastal Carolina at South Carolina;
Game #  7: 10-37 Nebraska at Penn State;        Game # 20: 37-52 Arkansas at Texas;
Game #  8: 48-14 Washington at UCLA;            Game # 21: 17-45 Kentucky at Vanderbilt;
Game #  9: 10-27 Illinois at Wisconsin;         Game # 22:  7-70 Syracuse at Notre Dame;
Game # 10: 42-17 Arizona State at Colorado;     Game # 23: 34-43 Eastern Washington at Cal Poly SLO;
Game # 11: 20-3  New Mexico at Air Force;       Game # 24: 20-24 Washington State at James Madison;
Game # 12: 21-49 Colorado State at Boise State; Game # 25: 34-31 South Dakota State at North Dakota;
Game # 13: 28-17 Utah State at Fresno State;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

SMU beat Louisville!!!!!
New Mexico beat Air Force!!
Cal Poly SLO beat Eastern Washington!
South Dakota State beat North Dakota!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

ACE and Horns Girl picked UTSA to beat East Carolina!!!!!
pub grub picked Pittsburgh to beat Georgia Tech!!
Random, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Nevada to beat Wyoming!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Old SWAMI picked Duke to lose to North Carolina?
Daddy's Little Girl, pub grub, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Penn State to lose to Nebraska????
pub grub, Random, and Yoda picked Washington to lose to UCLA?????
Random and Yoda picked Tennessee to lose to Florida???
pub grub and Random picked Oklahoma to lose to Missouri??
Yoda picked Texas to lose to Arkansas??
Tenacious D picked James Madison to lose to Washington State?

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 Nebraska and they did!
SLabrie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to lose to Penn State and they did!
DLabrie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat Penn State and they lost!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Washington and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Washington and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Washington and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Illinois and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to lose to Arizona State and they did!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat Utah State and they lost!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat Utah State and they lost!
Bradford picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Texas) to beat Arkansas and they did!
Campbell picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Syracuse and they did!
AHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Syracuse and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Syracuse and they did!
NHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Syracuse and they did!
Schaniel picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to lose to Eastern Washington and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
I miss Sul Ross! ... You'll have to wait until next year - maybe we can pick them to win a game!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

WunderBrew, Just Before the Storm, Go Yotes, Kinko, and Tencacious D picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Nobody picked any starred games perfectly (0)!
WunderBrew, Just Before the Storm, Go Yotes, Kinko, and Tencacious D picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
pearl had the most margin points with 1742 pts. with IRISH and WunderBrew in second with 1703 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 13 pts. with Tenacious D in second with 702 pts.!
Acme moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 4, from 2nd to 6th!
pearl, Just Before the Storm, jasper, Cavalry, WunderBrew, and Horns Girl moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 1, from 3rd to 2nd, from 4th to 3rd, from 5th to 4th, from 6th to 5th, from 11th to 10th, and from13th to 12th, respectively!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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