SWAMI

2024 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 6-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #6                5 OCTOBER 2024

Congratulations go to DogRam for coming in first in Week # 6 only missing 6 games (WOW!), followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (5 losses), TAURUS and Twisted Sister #1 (both with 7 losses), El Jefe (8 losses), Zorro and Bearcat (both with 7 losses), Dr Pork and Del (both with 8 losses), and Irish2 (9 losses). (Odd Swami was not eligible.) This must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 3rd place and 23rd place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Idaho for coming in last in Week # 6 only missing 12 games, followed closely by LG Tomcat (11 losses), Yoda and none (both with 10 losses), BOHICA, Tenacious D, Realigning, FEAR the SISTERS, and dragon (all with 9 losses), and WunderBrew (8 losses). Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to DogRam for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 6 (up from 2nd), followed closely by TAURUS (up from 5th), Del (remained in 3rd), Bearcat (up from 6th), BOHICA (down from 1st), Twisted Sister #1 (up from 19th), WunderBrew (remained in 7th), Kinko (remained in 9th), Dr Pork (up from 16th), and rooster (down from 10th). Average and Odd Swami were ineligible! Out of the top ten go none (down from 4th to 16th) and LG Tomcat (down from 11th to 22nd)! 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 jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 6 (up from 27th), followed closely by Do The Opposite (up from 24th), Biggs Darklighter (down from 28th), Idaho (up from 12th), Irish2 (down from 26th), Tenacious D (down from 25th), LG Tomcat (up from 11th), FEAR the SISTERS (down from 23rd), Prime Buff Mama (down from 22nd) and Realigning (down from 20th)! 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!! - This was the week of upsets, no?!


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 # 6 :
Game #  1: 24-65 Southwest Baptist at Missouri S&T; Game # 14: 30-62 Utah State at Boise State;
Game #  2: 29-13 Clemson at Florida State;          Game # 15: 14-19 Tennessee at Arkansas;
Game #  3: 14-24 Duke at Georgia Tech;              Game # 16: 13-24 UCF at Florida;
Game #  4: 34-27 SMU at Louisville;                 Game # 17: 13-31 Auburn at Georgia;
Game #  5: 17-24 USC at Minnesota;                  Game # 18: 27-3  Ole Miss. at South Carolina;
Game #  6:  7-14 Rutgers at Nebraska;               Game # 19: 10-41 Missouri at Texas A&M;
Game #  7:  7-35 Iowa at Ohio State;                Game # 20: 41-38 Idaho State at Cal Poly SLO;
Game #  8: 11-27 UCLA at Penn State;                Game # 21: 17-23 Northern Arizona at Idaho;
Game #  9: 17-27 Michigan at Washington;            Game # 22: 17-41 North Dakota at North Dakota State;
Game # 10: 28-22 Texas Tech at Arizona;             Game # 23: 27-26 UC-Davis at Portland State;
Game # 11: 31-35 Kansas at Arizona State;           Game # 24: 20-30 Miami (OH) at Toledo;
Game # 12: 38-14 West Virginia at Oklahoma State;   Game # 25: 14-21 UW-Oshkosh at UW-Whitewater;
Game # 13: 34-7  Navy at Air Force;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Missouri A&T beat Southwest Baptist!!!!!!
Washington beat Michigan!!
Florida beat UCF!!
Texas A&M beat Missouri!!!!
Idaho State beat Cal Poly SLO!
Idaho beat Northern Arizona!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

DogRam and FEAR the SISTERS picked SMU to beat Louisville!
Irish2 and Prime Buff Mama picked Texas Tech to beat Arizona!
Irish2 picked West Virginia to beat Oklahoma State!!!
Irish2 and Random picked Arkansas to beat Tennessee!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Idaho and LG Tomcat picked Clemson to lose to Florida State??
Irish2, Random, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Georgia Tech to lose to Duke??
Bearcat, dragon, Irish2, and rooster picked Nebraska to lose to Rutgers?
FEAR the SISTERS, Idaho, Prime Buff Mama, Random, and xerxis picked Arizona State to lose to Kansas?
FEAR the SISTERS picked Navy to lose to Air Force????
Irish2 and Yoda picked Ole Miss. to lose to South Carolina???
Irish2, Kinko, Random, and Odd Swami picked North Dakota State to lose to North Dakota????
IRISH, Random, and WunderBrew picked UW-Whitewater to lose to UW-Oshkosh?

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 Southwest Baptist and they did!
Bowen and Whiteley picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Minnesota and they lost!
La Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat Rutgers and they did!
Homer, JHawkins, and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Penn State and they did!
Schaniel picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to beat Idaho State and they lost!
Shelton picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to beat Idaho State and they lost!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UC-Davis) to beat Portland State and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UW-Whitewater) to beat UW-Oshkosh and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

An hour early! ... Barely!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Navy may be sucking for air at the altitude but outscores the grounded Air ... You betcha!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Kinko picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
DogRam picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Kinko picked the most total games perfectly (3)!
DogRam had the most margin points with 1746 pts. with TAURUS in second with 1602 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 1086 pts. with Idaho in second with 1104 pts.!
Idaho moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 13, from 12th to 25th!
Twisted Sister #1 moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 13, from 19th to 6th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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