SWAMI

2023 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 9-23                NEWSLETTER WEEK #9                28 OCTOBER 2023

Congratulations go to WunderBrew for coming in first in Week # 9 only missing 4 games (WOW!), followed closely by moon and Fear the Sisters (both with 4 losses), and mars, Yoda, LGTomcat, PNW, CJSGM, Tenacious D, and ZIP (all with 5 losses). (Average and Odd SWAMI are not eligible) This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 4th 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 IRISH for coming in last in Week # 9 only missing 10 games, followed closely by Dr Pork (7 losses), Prime Time (8 losses), none, DogRam, Wanderer, Kinko, and The Swaminator (all with 7 losses), and Biggs Darklighter and Andrew (both with 6 losses). Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to WunderBrew for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 9 (up from 10th) (Average is ineligible), followed closely by mars (up from 4th), Biggs Darklighter (down from 1st), Wanderer (down from 2nd), JT (remained in 7th), Fear the Sisters (up from 14th), Kinko (remained in 9th), Dr Pork (down from 5th), Andrew (up from 12th), and The Swaminator (down from 11th). Out of the top ten go Prime Time (down from 8th to 13th)! 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 # 9 (up from 23rd), followed closely by none (up from 21st), LGTomcat (down from 24th), Yoda (down from 22nd), moon (remained in 20th), Tenacious D (remained in 19th), DogRam (up from 13th), ZIP (remained in 17th), CJSGM (down from 18th), and Cosmic Turtle (down from 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 (Hint, hint, CANTPICMYNOSE)! 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!


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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 # 9 :
Game #  1: 24-31 UNLV at Fresno St.;             Game # 14:  0-41 Houston at Kansas St.;
Game #  2:  7-58 Pittsburgh at Notre Dame;       Game # 15: 13-45 Cincinnati at Oklahoma St.;
Game #  3: 16-28 Colorado at UCLA;               Game # 16:  6-35 BYU at Texas;
Game #  4: 45-42 Memphis at North Texas;         Game # 17:  7-32 Wyoming at Boise St.;
Game #  5: 27-41 East Carolina at UTSA;          Game # 18: 35-6  Oregon at Utah;
Game #  6: 41-28 West Virginia at UCF;           Game # 19: 13-27 Miss. St. at Auburn;
Game #  7: 42-46 North Carolina at Georgia Tech; Game # 20: 43-20 Georgia at Florida;
Game #  8:  0-23 Duke at Louisville;             Game # 21: 17-30 South Carolina at Texas A&M;
Game #  9: 17-24 Clemson at North Carolina St.;  Game # 22:  6-34 Marshall at Coastal Carolina;
Game # 10: 41-16 Florida St. at Wake Forest;     Game # 23: 14-3 Princton at Cornell;
Game # 11: 12-27 Michigan St. at Minnesota;      Game # 24: 10-24 Sul Ross St. at East Texas Baptist;
Game # 12: 24-10 Ohio St. at Wisconsin;          Game # 25: 20-57 William Jewell at Missouri S&T;
Game # 13: 33-38 Oklahoma at Kansas;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Boise St. beat Wyoming!!!!
Coastal Carolina beat Marshall!!
Princeton beat Cornell!!
East Texas Baptist beat Sul Ross St.!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter, CJSGM, IRISH, and Tenacious D picked West Virginia to beat Central Florida!!
Biggs Darklighter picked Georgia Tech to beat North Carolina!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Prime Time and Random picked UCLA to lose to Colorado??
Biggs Darklighter, IRISH, and Random picked UTSA to lose to East Carolina??
IRISH, The Swaminator, and Yoda picked Louisville to lose to Duke???
Biggs Darklighter picked Ohio St. to lose to Wisconsin??
Dr. Pork and ZIP picked Oregon to lose to Utah????
IRISH and Random picked Georgia to lose to Florida???
IRISH and Random picked Missouri S&T to lose to William Jewell?????

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat UNLV and they did!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat UNLV and they did!
Campbell, JHawkins, AHawkins, and NHawkings picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Pittsurgh and they did!
Homer, Moline, and JHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to beat Colorado and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Ohio St. and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Ohio St. and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas St.) to beat Houston and they did!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to beat Princeton and they lost!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Princeton and they did!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Sul Ross St.) to lose to East Texas Baptist and they did!
Long picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Missouri S&T) to beat William Jewell 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!
Still Fighting! ... Great, keep it up!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Yoda and ZIP picked the most regular games perfectly (4)!
Nobody picked any starred games perfectly (0)!
Yoda and ZIP picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
WunderBrew had the most margin points with 2034 pts. with mars in second with 1647 pts.!
Biggs Darklighter had the least margin points with 657 pts. with Cosmic Turtle in second with 810 pts.!
Dr. Pork, Prime Time, and DogRam moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 5, from 5th to 10th, from 8th to 13th, and from 13th to 18th, respectively!
WunderBrew moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 8, from 10th to 2nd (or 1st with Average ineligible)!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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