2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Congratulations go to Fear the Sisters for coming in first in Week # 5 only missing 1 game (WOW!), followed closely by Prime Time and Andrew (both with 1 loss), mars and moon (both with 2 losses), The Swaminator (1 loss),WunderBrew, ZIP, and JT (all with 2 losses), and Kinko (3 losses). (Average was not eligible.) This must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 4th place and 22nd place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!

Congratulations go to Tenacious D for coming in last in Week # 5 only missing 5 games, followed closely by PNW (6 losses), Cosmic Turtle, DogRam, Bear (all with 4 losses), CJSGM (3 losses), none and IRISH (both with 4 losses), Biggs Darklighter (3 losses), and Yoda (4 losses). Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!

Congratulations go to Prime Time for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 5 (up from 4th), followed closely by Wanderer (down from 1st), WunderBrew (up from 6th), mars (up from 9th), The Swaminator (up from 11th), Andrew (up from 14th), Dr Pork (down from 5th), Kinko (down from 8th), JT (up from 16th), and DogRam (down from 2nd). Out of the top ten go Cosmic Turtle (down from 10th to 16th), and Bear (down from 12th to 15th), respectively! There are many more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!

Congratulations go to LGTomcat for jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 5 (up from 19th), followed closely by moon (down from 25th), none (up from 22nd), IRISH (down from 24th), Tenacious D (up from 18th), Yoda (down from 21st), ZIP (down from 23rd), PNW (up from 13th), CJSGM (remained from 17th) and Cosmic Turtle (up from 10th)! 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!! - There was an error in the reporting of the stats last week. It was reported that WunderBrew and Kinko moved the most places up the ladder (7) when actually DogRam moved up 12 places (from 14th to 2nd). Last I remember, 12 is bigger than 7!

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 # 5 :
Game #  1: 21-14 Notre Dame at Duke;          Game # 14: 21-24 Arizona St. at California;
Game #  2:  9-27 Nevada at Fresno St.;        Game # 15: 34-22 Texas A&M at Arkansas;
Game #  3: 32-35 Boise St. at Memphis;        Game # 16: 27-20 Georgia at Auburn;
Game #  4: 24-27 Virginia at Boston College;  Game # 17: 20-41 South Carolina at Tennessee;
Game #  5: 31-14 Clemson at Syracuse;         Game # 18: 14-33 Florida at Kentucky;
Game #  6: 16-26 Michigan St. at Iowa;        Game # 19: 40-17 Alabama at Miss. St.;
Game #  7: 45-7  Michigan at Nebraska;        Game # 20: 49-55 LSU at Ole Miss.;
Game #  8: 19-44 Illinois at Purdue;          Game # 21: 38-21 Missouri at Vanderbilt;
Game #  9: 20-50 Iowa St. at Oklahoma;        Game # 22: 31-13 UC-Davis at Cal Poly SLO;
Game # 10: 14-40 Kansas at Texas;             Game # 23: 23-31 South Alabama at James Madison;
Game # 11: 28-49 Houston at Texas Tech;       Game # 24: 34-37 Texas Lutheran at Sul Ross St.;
Game # 12: 10-49 San Diego St. at Air Force;  Game # 25: 37-21 UW-Whitewater at UW-Oshkosh;
Game # 13: 31-24 Washington at Arizona;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Purdue beat Illinois!!!!
Kentucky beat Florida!!!
Ole Miss. beat LSU!
UC-Davis beat Cal Poly SLO!!!
Sul Ross St. beat Texas Lutheran!
UW-Whitewater beat UW-Oshkosh!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Nobody picked any upsets that were not picked by a bunch of people (i.e. Key Games)!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

WunderBrew picked Notre Dame to lose to Duke?
DogRam, PNW, Yoda, and ZIP picked Memphis to lose to Boise St.?
Random and Tenacious D picked Clemson to lose to Syracuse??
Bear, IRISH, and Tenacious D picked Iowa to lose to Michigan St.??
Prime Time and Random picked Oklahoma to lose to Iowa St.????
Tenacious D picked Air Force to lose to San Diego St.?????
CJSGM picked Texas A&M to lose to Arkansas??
IRISH and Random picked Missouri to lose to Vanderbilt??

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha! Over jet lag but my picks don't show it. ... They didn't show it when you had jet lag either!
Big week in the SEC ... You betcha!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Oshkosh washes WHITEWATER! ... Not quite this year!
Whew! Just in time! ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Fear the Sisters and CJSGM picked the most regular games perfectly (4)!
IRISH picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Fear the Sisters and CJSGM picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
WunderBrew had the most margin points with 1570 pts. with ZIP in second with 1540 pts.!
CJSGM had the least margin points with 955 pts. with Cosmic Turtle in second with 1005 pts.!
DogRam moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 14, from 2nd to 16th!
Andrew and Fear the Sisters moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 7, from 14th to 7th and from 20th to 13th, respectively!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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