SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 7-23                NEWSLETTER WEEK #7                14 OCTOBER 2023

Congratulations go to Biggs Darklighter for coming in first in Week # 7 only missing 7 games (WOW!), followed closely by Wanderer (9 losses), JT, Kinko, Andrew, Prime Time (all with 10 losses), and IRISH, LGTomcat, The Swaminator and Dr Pork (all with 11 losses). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible) This was a week of upsets and also must have been a close week for only 1 loss separate 3rd place and 24th place! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Yoda for coming in last in Week # 7 only missing 13 games, followed closely by Cosmic Turtle (13 losses), DogRam and none (both with 11 losses), moon (12 losses), and Fear the Sisters, ZIP, Tenacious D, PNW, and WunderBrew (all with 11 losses). (Random was ineligible) 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 # 7 (up from 2nd), followed closely by Prime Time (up from 3rd), Kinko (up from 6th), WunderBrew (down from 1st), Biggs Darklighter (up from 15th), mars (down from 5th), JT (up from 10th), The Swaminator (down from 8th), Andrew (remained in 11th), and Dr Pork (down from 9th). (Average and Odd Swami are ineligible) Out of the top ten go Cosmic Turtle (down from 12th 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 LGTomcat for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 7 (second consecutive week), followed closely by Bear (remained in 24th), Yoda (up from 20th), none (down from 23rd), Tenacious D (remained in 21st), moon (up from 19th), IRISH (down from 22nd), CJSGM (remained in 18th), PNW (remained in 17th), and ZIP (remained in 16th)! 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!! - I have been getting multiple entries (sometimes as many as six) from some people. Please check at the bottom of the page of the redisplayed entry whether your entry was submitted successfully! If so, you don't have to re-press the submit key unless you changed something on your entry and want that change since the last press! I will always take the last entry submitted as your official entry unless otherwise directed.


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - UW-River Falls on the last game was identified as UW-Riverside instead of UW-River Falls. If this was too confusing that it affected your pick, let me know and we'll see what we can do with that last game (maybe throw it out?)! The top 10 for the week would still be in the top 10 but jumbled just a bit if we threw out the game!


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 # 7 :
Game #  1: 20-48 USC at Notre Dame;              Game # 14: 38-21 Kansas St. at Texas Tech;
Game #  2: 24-36 UCLA at Oregon St.;             Game # 15: 27-34 Wyoming at Air Force;
Game #  3:  3-24 North Carolina St. at Duke;     Game # 16: 30-31 Boise St. at Colorado St.;
Game #  4:  3-41 Syracuse at Florida St.;        Game # 17: 41-34 San Diego St. at Hawai'i;
Game #  5: 31-41 Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina; Game # 18: 33-36 Oregon at Washington;
Game #  6: 21-38 Louisville at Pittsburgh;       Game # 19: 44-6  Arizona at Washington St.;
Game #  7: 13-30 Wake Forest at Virginia Tech;   Game # 20: 21-24 Arkansas at Alabama;
Game #  8: 27-24 Illinois at Maryland;           Game # 21: 38-21 Missouri at Kentucky;
Game #  9: 41-7  Ohio St. at Purdue;             Game # 22: 18-42 Auburn at LSU;
Game # 10: 15-6  Iowa at Wisconsin;              Game # 23: 41-39 Florida at South Carolina;
Game # 11: 30-10 Iowa St. at Cincinnati;         Game # 24: 13-20 Texas A&M at Tennessee;
Game # 12: 32-39 Kansas at Oklahoma St.;         Game # 25: 21-14 UW-Whitewater at UW-River Falls;
Game # 13: 11-44 BYU at TCU;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Notre Dame beat USC!!!!
Virginia Tech beat Wake Forest!!!
Washington beat Oregon!
Florida beat South Carolina!
UW-Whitewater beat UW-River Falls!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter and Random picked Illinois to beat Maryland!
CJSGM and Random picked Iowa to beat Wisconsin!
CJSGM, Fear the Sisters, IRISH, Yoda, and ZIP picked Iowa St. to beat Cincinnati!!!
DogRam, PNW, and Prime Time picked Kansas St. to beat Texas Tech!!
Biggs Darklighter, CJSGM, and Random picked Colorado St. to beat Boise St.!
CJSGM, none, PNW, and WunderBrew picked Missouri to beat Kentucky!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

DogRam, moon, and Random picked Oregon St. to lose to UCLA??
Cosmic Turtle and Random picked North Carolina to lose to Miami (Fla.)??
CJSGM and Tenacious D picked TCU to lose to BYU?????
CJSGM and Random picked Air Force to lose to Wyoming?
CJSGM picked San Diego St. to lose to Hawai'i?
Random and Yoda picked Tennessee to lose to Texas A&M?

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Bowen and Whiteley picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (USC.) to lose to Notre Dame and they did!
Campbell, JHawkins, AHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat USC and they did!
JHawkins, Homer, and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Oregon St. and they did!
Forseth and Smith picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Iowa and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas St.) to beat Texas Tech and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to lose to San Diego St. and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UW-Whitewater) to beat UW-River Falls and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Let's keep it rolling! ... You betcha!
More than halfway through the regular ... And there's more excitement to come!
River Falls ?? ... See special announcement above for this game!
Watch the Trojans bounce the Irish at home! ... Not quite this year!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Fear the Sisters picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
Wanderer, JT, Kinko, Andrew, IRISH, LGTomcat, The Swaminator, Dr. Pork, WunderBrew, moon, and Cosmic Turtle picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Wanderer, JT, and Fear the Sisters picked the most total games perfectly (3)!
Biggs Darklighter had the most margin points with 1239 pts. with JT in second with 1176 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 714 pts. with DogRam in second with 756 pts.!
WunderBrew moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 4, from 1st to 5th!
Biggs Darklighter moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 9, from 15th to 6th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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