SWAMI

2024 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 4a-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #4                21 SEPTEMBER 2024

Congratulations go to rooster for coming in first in Week # 4 only missing 7 games (WOW!), followed closely by dragon, and FEAR the SISTERS (all with 7 losses), and DogRam, Realigning, none, Kinko, Twisted Sister #1, Del, and El Jefe (all with 8 losses). This must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 1st place and 19th place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Biggs Darklighter for coming in last in Week # 4 only missing 13 games, followed closely by Yoda (12 losses), Do The Opposite and Idaho (both 11 losses), Zorro (12 losses), xerxis, Bearcat, and WunderBrew (all with 11 losses), and BOHICA and Dr Pork (both with 10 losses). Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Realigning for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 4 (up from 2nd), followed closely by rooster (up from 16th), dragon (up from 13th), El Jefe (remained in 4th), DogRam (up from 8th), Del (up from 7th), TAURUS (down from 1st), none (up from 12th), Kinko (up from 10th), and FEAR the SISTERS (up from 20th). Out of the top ten go BOHICA (down from 3rd to 13th), Idaho (down from 5th to 21st), and Prime Buff Mama (down from 11th to 15th)! There are many more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to Yoda for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 4 (second consecutive week), followed closely by xerxis (up from 22nd), Do The Opposite (up from 17th), Bearcat (down from 23rd), Zorro (up from 18th), Idaho (up from 5th), IRISH (down from 24th), Twisted Sister #1 (down from 25th), WunderBrew (up from 14th), and Tenacious D (down from 21st)! 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!


Are we having fun yet?

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - The entry values are usually taken as entered but this week was an exception for it affected the AVERAGE's picks. There was one entry that had a point spread of 7.33E+59 and another that had a point spread of 103. The 103 was left but the other one was changed to a 100. These were probably not desired point spreads but I can't be sure. Please check your entries for reasonableness as the entries are normally taken as truth!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - None


NOTICE: - There was one game (Illinois-Nebraska) that was played on Friday night versus the Saturday as on the SWAMI entry form. As such, this game was not included in the SWAMI 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 # 4 :
Game #  1: 21-14 Quincy at Missouri S&T;          Game # 14: 9-38 Kansas State at BYU;
Game #  2: 14-37 Rice at Army;                    Game # 15: 31-38 Baylor at Colorado;
Game #  3: 44-56 Memphis at Navy;                 Game # 16: 22-19 Utah at Oklahoma State;
Game #  4: 17-44 Wyoming at North Texas;          Game # 17: 28-32 Kansas at West Virginia;
Game #  5: 50-15 Miami (Fla.) at South Florida;   Game # 18: 38-21 Fresno State at New Mexico;
Game #  6: 35-59 North Carolina State at Clemson; Game # 19: 24-14 Arkansas at Auburn;
Game #  7: 19-31 Georgia Tech at Louisville;      Game # 20: 17-34 UCLA at LSU;
Game #  8: 70-50 James Madison at North Carolina; Game # 21: 45-28 Florida at Mississippi State;
Game #  9: 26-23 Rutgers at Virginia Tech;        Game # 22: 25-15 Tennessee at Oklahoma;
Game # 10: 24-27 USC at Michigan;                 Game # 23:  3-28 Miami (OH) at Notre Dame;
Game # 11: 31-14 Iowa at Minnesota;               Game # 24: 41-33 Tulane at Louisiana;
Game # 12: played on 9/20 Illinois at Nebraska;   Game # 25: 35-17 Mary Hardin-Baylor at UW-Whitewater;
Game # 13:  5-24 Northwestern at Washington;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Missouri S&T beat Quincy!
Colorado beat Baylor!
Utah beat Oklahoma State!
West Virginia beat Kansas!
Tennessee beat Oklahoma!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

FEAR the SISTERS, Random, TAURUS, and Yoda picked Rutgers to beat Virginia Tech!
FEAR the SISTERS, Irish2, LG Tomcat, Random, and Zorro picked Michigan to beat USC!
FEAR the SISTERS, Random, and Yoda picked Arkansas to beat Auburn!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter, xerxis, and Zorro picked North Texas to lose to Wyoming????
Irish2 picked Louisville to lose to Georgia Tech??
Bearcat, Tenacious D, WunderBrew, Yoda, and Zorro picked Iowa to lose to Minnesota??
IRISH, Random, WunderBrew, Yoda, and Zorro picked Florida to lose to Misissippi State??
Bearcat, Biggs Darklighter, Do The Opposite, and Yoda picked Tulane to lose to Louisiana??

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 beat Quincy and they lost!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Michigan and they lost!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Michigan and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas State) to beat BYU and they lost!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to beat Baylor and they did!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat New Mexico and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat New Mexico and they did!
Homer and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to LSU and they did!
Campbell, AHawkins, NHawkins, and JHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Miami (OH) and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UW-Whitewater) to beat to Mary Hardin-Baylor and they lost!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
SKO BUFFS!!! ... You betcha!
UCLA learns the Big Boy conference is very tough! ... Oklahoma got their indoctrination too!
GO BIG RED!!! ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Del and WunderBrew picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
dragon picked the most starred games perfectly (2)!
dragon and WunderBrew picked the most total games perfectly (3)!
rooster had the most margin points with 1212 pts. with Tenacious D in second with 1176 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 668 pts. with Biggs Darklighter in second with 784 pts.!
Idaho moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 21, from 5th to 26th!
FEAR the SISTERS moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 17, from 20th to 3rd!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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