SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 11-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #11                8 NOVEMBER 2025

Congratulations go to Acme for coming in first in Week # 11 only missing 6 games (WOW!), followed closely by Horns Girl (6 losses), Finn4thewin, Just Before the Storm, Old SWAMI, and BIG BROs RULE (all with 7 losses), jasper and pearl (both with 8 losses), pub grub (7 losses), and Nostraporcus (8 losses) (Average was not eligible). This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 1st 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 # 11 only missing 10 games, followed closely by IRISH (9 losses), Tenacious D and Biggs Darklighter (both with 8 losses), WunderBrew and Daddy's Little Girl (both with 9 losses), and ACE, Go Yotes, Chetek, and Kimo (all with 8 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 Finn4thewin for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 11 (sixth consecutive week), followed closely by pearl (remained in 2nd), jasper (remained in 3rd), Acme (up from 10th), Kimo (down from 4th), Cavalry (down from 5th), Just Before the Storm (up from 9th), Chetek (down from 7th), Horns Girl (up from 15th), and LG Tomcats (remained in 12th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible.) Out of the top ten go WunderBrew (down from 8th to 13th)! There are a few 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 # 11 (eighth consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 25th), Tenacious D (remained in 24th), Biggs Darklighter (remained in 23rd), BIG BROs RULE (up from 21st), Daddy's Little Girl (up from 18th), Old SWAMI (down from 22nd), ACE (up from 17th), Nostraporcus (down from 20th), and Away We Go (down from 19th)! 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!! - Remember to get your SWAMI entries in by midnight Wednesday, 26 November, of Thanksgiving week!


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 # 11 :
Game #  1: 73-7  Central Washington at Sul Ross State; Game # 14: 42-10 UNLV at Colorado State;
Game #  2: 45-13 SMU at Boston College;                Game # 15: 14-51 Nevada at Utah State;
Game #  3: 29-26 California at Louisville;             Game # 16:  9-20 LSU at Alabama;
Game #  4: 10-38 Syracuse at Miami (FLA);              Game # 17: 38-17 Texas A&M at Missouri;
Game #  5: 16-9  Wake Forest at Virginia;              Game # 18: 38-45 Auburn at Vanderbilt;
Game #  6: 18-16 Oregon at Iowa;                       Game # 19: 10-49 Navy at Notre Dame;
Game #  7: 27-24 Indiana at Penn State;                Game # 20: 28-14 UC-Davis at Idaho;
Game #  8: 28-21 Nebraska at UCLA;                     Game # 21: 39-42 Texas State at Louisiana;
Game #  9: 10-13 Washington at Wisconsin;              Game # 22: 35-23 James Madison at Marshall;
Game # 10: 20-24 Kansas at Arizona;                    Game # 23: 15-10 North Dakota State at North Dakota;
Game # 11:  7-29 BYU at Texas Tech;                    Game # 24: 39-17 Cornell at Penn;
Game # 12: 20-17 Iowa State at TCU;                    Game # 25: 34-37 Duke at U Conn.;
Game # 13: 22-29 Colorado at West Virginia;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Nebraska beat UCLA!
UC-Davis beat Idaho!!
Louisiana beat Texas State!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and Yoda picked Iowa State to beat TCU!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Kinko and Random picked Central Washington to lose to Sul Ross State?????????
Daddy's Little Girl and Nostraporcus picked Oregon to lose to Iowa?
IRISH picked Texas Tech to lose to BYU???
Daddy's Little Girl and Random picked West Virginia to lose to Colorado?
Yoda picked UNLV to lose to Colorado State?????
Tenacious D picked Utah State to lose to Nevada?????
Random, WunderBrew, and Yoda picked James Madison to lose to Marshall??
Random and Yoda picked North Dakota State to lose to North Dakota?

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Sul Ross State) to lose to Central Washington and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn St.) to lose to Indiana and they did!
S La Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat UCLA and they did!
D La Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat UCLA and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to beat Nebraska and they lost!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to beat Nebraska and they lost!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Nebraska and they did!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to beat Nebraska and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Washington and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Washington and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to beat West Virginia and they lost!
Campbell, JHawkins, AHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Navy and they did!
Kellogg picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Idaho) to lose to UC-Davis and they did!
Rarden picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Penn and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Cornell) to lose to Penn and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

ALMA MATER FOR ALL! ... OK?!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
I favor having everyone's Alma Mater each week. ... OK - we'll wait for any other votes!
My vote is to have every one's Alma Mater appear at least 5 times a season ... OK - we'll wait for any other votes!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Tenacious D picked the most regular games perfectly (4)!
Finn4thewin, jasper, and Yoda picked the mose starred games perfectly (1)!
Tenacious D the most total games perfectly (4)!
jasper had the most margin points with 2904 pts. with Finn4thewin in second with 2871 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 1584 pts. with IRISH in second with 1705 pts.!
Daddy's Little Girl moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 3, from 18th to 21st!
Acme and Horns Girl moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 6, from 10th to 4th and from 15th to 9th, respectively!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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