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2024 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 7-24                NEWSLETTER WEEK #7                12 OCTOBER 2024

Congratulations go to Dr Pork for coming in first in Week # 7 only missing 4 games (WOW!), followed closely by Realigning (3 losses), and LG Tomcat, FEAR the SISTERS, xerxis, Del, TAURUS, rooster, dragon and none (all with 5 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 Prime Buff Mama for coming in last in Week # 7 only missing 13 games, followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (12 losses), Irish2 (8 losses), Tenacious D (7 losses), Bearcat (6 losses), IRISH (7 losses), and Zorro, Do The Opposite, Yoda, and Idaho (all with 6 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 DogRam for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 7 (second consecutive week), followed closely by TAURUS (remained in 2nd), Dr Pork (up from 11th), Del (down from 3rd), Twisted Sister #1 (remained in 6th), Realigning (up from 19th), rooster (up from 12th), xerxis (up from 15th), BOHICA (down from 5th), and Bearcat (down from 4th). (Average and Odd Swami are ineligible) Out of the top ten go WunderBrew (down from 7th to 13th) and Kinko (down from 9th to 14th)! There are many more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to Biggs Darklighter for jumping into the lead for the last place spot in Week # 7 (up from 26th), followed closely by Yoda (down from 28th), Do The Opposite (down from 27th), Prime Buff Mama (up from 0th), Irish2 (remained in 24th), Tenacious D (remained in 23rd), Idaho (down from 25th), IRISH (up from 18th), Zorro (up from 14th), and FEAR the SISTERS (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!! - None!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - This must have been a week for upsets for there were an abundance of single digit margin points!


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: 17-48 Missouri S&T at Truman State;     Game # 14: 28-16 Iowa State at West Virginia;
Game #  2: 27-29 UTSA at Rice;                     Game # 15: 24-31 San Jose State at Colorado State;
Game #  3: 41-34 Georgia Tech at North Carolina;   Game # 16: 25-17 Washington State at Fresno State;
Game #  4: 24-17 Syracuse at North Carolina State; Game # 17: 28-7  Boise State at Hawai'i;
Game #  5: 24-20 Louisville at Virginia;           Game # 18: 37-52 Air Force at New Mexico;
Game #  6: 49-14 Clemson at Wake Forest;           Game # 19: 27-24 San Diego State at Wyoming;
Game #  7: 16-40 Washington at Iowa;               Game # 20: 26-29 Ole Miss. at LSU;
Game #  8: 31-32 Ohio State at Oregon;             Game # 21: 34-3  Texas at Oklahoma;
Game #  9: 42-7  Wisconsin at Rutgers;             Game # 22: 17-23 Florida at Tennessee;
Game # 10: 21-17 Minnesota at UCLA;                Game # 23: 21-40 Sul Ross State at Midwestern State;
Game # 11: 33-30 Penn State at USC;                Game # 24:  7-38 Idaho at Montana State;
Game # 12: 19-41 Arizona at BYU;                   Game # 25: 10-56 Cal Poly SLO at UC-Davis;
Game # 13: 31-28 Kansas State at Colorado;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Truman State beat Missouri S&T!!!!
Iowa beat Washington!!!!
Oregon beat Ohio State!
Wisconsin beat Rutgers!!!!!
Colorado State beat San Jose State!
San Diego State beat Wyoming!
LSU beat Ole Miss.!
Midwestern State beat Sul Ross State!!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter, Prime Buff Mama, Random, and Yoda picked Rice to beat UTSA!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Irish2, Prime Buff Mama, and Random picked Georgia Tech to lose to North Carolina?
Biggs Darklighter, FEAR the SISTERS, Prime Buff Mama, and Random picked Syracuse to lose to North Carolina State?
IRISH picked Louisville to lose to Virginia?
Biggs Darklighter and FEAR the SISTERS picked Minnesota to lose to UCLA?
Bearcat, Do The Opposite, Irish2, Random, and Zorro picked Penn State to lose to USC?
Biggs Darklighter, Irish2, LG Tomcat, and Random picked BYU to lose to Arizona???
Biggs Darklighter and Prime Buff Mama picked Kansas State to lose to Colorado?
DogRam and Prime Buff Mama picked Washington State to lose to Fresno State?
Biggs Darklighter, FEAR the SISTERS, and Prime Buff Mama picked San Diego State to lose to Wyoming?
Irish2 and Random picked Texas to lose to Oklahoma???
Biggs Darklighter, Do The Opposite, and Prime Buff Mama picked Montana State to lose to Idaho???
Prime Buff Mama and Random picked UC-Davis to lose to Cal Poly SLO??????

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 lose to Truman State and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Rutgers and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Rutgers and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
JHawkins, Homer, and Moline picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Minnesota and they did!
Bowen and Whiteley picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Penn State and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn State) to beat USC and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas State) to beat Colorado and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to lose to Kansas State and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to lose to Boise State and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Sul Ross State) to lose to Midwestern State and they did!
Kellogg picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Idaho) to lose to Montana State and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana State) to beat Idaho and they did!
Schaniel picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to lose to UC-Davis and they did!
Shelton picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cal Poly SLO) to lose to UC-Davis and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UC-Davis) to beat Cal Poly SLO 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!
If I wasn't doing so well I would pick LSU. BK is going to screw me again ... You should have picked LSU!
Picked 14 road teams! Damn I'm going senile! ... Only 12 road teams won this week though!
Remembered this week! ... You betcha!
Sul Ross Lobos lose again/ ... You betcha!
The football game at USF in Tampa has been swapped for water volleyball ... You betcha!
Welcome to the big 10 ... But Oregon was the outlier!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Realigning and Tenacious D picked the most regular games perfectly (5)!
Dr Pork and LG Tomcat picked the most starred games perfectly (2)!
Tenacious D picked the most total games perfectly (6)!
xerxis had the most margin points with 2037 pts. with Realigning in second with 2026 pts.!
Biggs Darklighter had the least margin points with 1043 pts. with Prime Buff Mama in second with 1106 pts.!
Bearcat moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 8, from 4th to 12th!
Realigning moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 11, from 19th to 8th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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