SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 4-23                NEWSLETTER WEEK #4                23 SEPTEMBER 2023

Congratulations go to Wanderer for coming in first in Week # 4 only missing 1 game (WOW!), followed closely by DogRam and WunderBrew (both with 2 losses), and JT, Kinko, Dr Pork, Tenacious D, PNW, Cosmic Turtle, and Prime Time (all with 3 losses). (Odd Swami and Average were not eligible.) 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 none for coming in last in Week # 4 only missing 6 games, followed closely by Fear the Sisters and CJSGM (both with 6 losses), Andrew and Biggs Darklighter (both with 5 losses), IRISH (3 losses), ZIP, mars, and Bear (all with 4 losses), and The Swaminator (3 losses). 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 # 4 (up from 5th), followed closely by DogRam (up from 14th), Prime Time (down from 1st), Dr Pork (up from 10th), WunderBrew (up from 13th), Kinko (up from 15th), mars (down from 2nd), Cosmic Turtle (up from 16th), The Swaminator (remained in 11th), and Bear (down from 8th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible.) Out of the top ten go Andrew (down from 3rd to 14th), moon (down from 4th to 25th), CJSGM (down from 7th to 17th), and Biggs Darklighter (down from 9th 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 IRISH for jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 4 (up from 23rd), followed closely by none (up from 21st), Fear the Sisters (up from 19th), LGTomcat (up from 18th), Tenacious D (down from 22nd), CJSGM (up from 7th), JT (down from 20th), Biggs Darklighter (up from 9th), Andrew (up from 3th), and PNW (down from 17th)! 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!! - None!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - None


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 # 4 :
Game #  1: 10-53 Kent St. at Fresno St.;        Game # 14: 13-20 Texas Tech at West Virginia;
Game #  2: 17-14 Ohio St. at Notre Dame;        Game # 15: 21-20 Arizona at Stanford;
Game #  3:  7-14 UCLA at Utah;                  Game # 16: 35-38 Oregon St. at Washington St.;
Game #  4: 34-27 Missouri at Memphis;           Game # 17: 10-24 Ole Miss. at Alabama;
Game #  5: 31-24 Florida St. at Clemson;        Game # 18: 31-34 Arkansas at LSU;
Game #  6: 41-24 North Carolina at Pittsburgh;  Game # 19: 30-37 Miss. St. at South Carolina;
Game #  7: 31-9  Maryland at Michigan St.;      Game # 20: 14-45 UTSA at Tennessee;
Game #  8:  0-31 Iowa at Penn St.;              Game # 21: 10-27 Auburn at Texas A&M;
Game #  9: 38-6  Texas at Baylor;               Game # 22:  0-21 Eastern Michigan at Jacksonville St.;
Game # 10: 20-6  Oklahoma at Cincinnati;        Game # 23: 24-27 Western Kentucky at Troy;
Game # 11: 27-38 BYU at Kansas;                 Game # 24: 27-24 Eastern Washington at UC-Davis;
Game # 12: 31-44 Central Florida at Kansas St.; Game # 25: 40-0  Montana St. at Weber St.;
Game # 13: 17-34 SMU at TCU;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Ohio St. beat Notre Dame!
Washington St. beat Oregon St.!
Eastern Washington beat UC-Davis!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

none, Random, and WunderBrew picked West Virginia to beat Texas Tech!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

none picked Utah to lose to UCLA?
none and Random picked Missouri to lose to Memphis??
mars picked Florida St. to lose to Clemson?
Yoda and ZIP picked North Carolina to lose to Pittsburgh??
Cosmic Turtle and none picked Kansas to lose to BYU??
CJSGM, Fear the Sisters, and Random picked Kansas St. to lose to Central Florida??
Biggs Darklighter, Yoda, and ZIP picked Arizona to lose to Standord?
IRISH, none, and Random picked Alabama to lose to Ole Miss.??
Andrew, Random, and Yoda picked Jacksonville St. to lose to Eastern Michigan???
CJSGM, none, PNW, and Random picked Troy to lose to Western Kentucky?
CJSGM, Cosmic Turtle, Fear the Sisters, and LFTomcat picked Montana St. to lose to Weber St.??????

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 Kent St. and they did!
Campbell and AHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Ohio St. and they lost!
NHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to lose to Ohio St. and they did!
Homer and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Utah and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn St.) to beat Iowa and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas St.) to beat Central Florida (UCF) and they did!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Stanford) to lose to Arizona and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Eastern Washington) to lose to UC-Davis and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana St.) to beat Weber St. and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha! I'm back from a 40 day cruise and only gained 3lbs. ... Great - now get to work losing those lbs and making better picks!
Can the Irish do the trick? Yes! ... Not quite!
Ready for a Rockin Sockin Football! ... You betcha!
Wow another set of close games! flipping coins! ... This was the week!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Wanderer picked the most regular games perfectly (6)!
Fear the Sisters picked the most starred games perfectly (3)!
Wanderer picked the most total games perfectly (8)!
Wanderer had the most margin points with 1456 pts. with JT in second with 1380 pts.!
CJSGM and IRISH tied for the least margin points with 1064 pts.!
moon moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 21, from 4th to 25th!
WunderBrew and Kinko moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 7, from 13th to 6th and from 15th to 8th, respectively!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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