SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 2-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #2                6 SEPTEMBER 2025

And the second week is complete!


Congratulations go to Acme for coming in first in Week # 2 only missing 6 games, followed closely by Go Yotes (7 losses), LG Tomcats, Tenacious D, Kimo, Kinko, Just Before the Storm, Nostraporcus, and WunderBrew (all with 8 losses), and IRISH (7 losses). (Average and Odd SWAMI were not eligible.) This must have been an easy week since only 2 losses separated 2nd and 22nd positions! Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Daddy's Little Girl for coming in last in Week # 2 only missing 10 games, followed closely by jasper and pearl (both with 11 losses), pub grub (9 losses), Finn4thewin (10 losses), and Yoda, Cavalry, Chetek, ACE, and BIG BROs RULE (all with 9 losses). Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Acme for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 2 (up from 13th), followed closely by Tenacious D (down from 1st), Go Yotes (up from 14th), Nostraporcus (remained in 5th), Kimo (up from 9th), Kinko (up from 10th), Away We Go (down from 2nd), Just Before the Storm (up from 18th), WunderBrew (up from 15th), and LG Tomcats (up from 21st). Out of the top ten go pearl (down from 4th to 20th), Old SWAMI (down from 7th to 14th), Daddy's Little Girl (down from 8th to 22nd),, Finn4thewin (down from 11th to 18th), and jasper (down from 12th to 21st)! There are many more weeks to go so how will this list get juggled? Stay tuned for more intriguing stories!


Congratulations go to pub grub for remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 2 (remained in 24th), followed closely by Yoda (remained in 23rd), Daddy's Little Girl (up from 8th), jasper (up from 12th), pearl (up from 4th), Horns Girl (down from 25th), Finn4thewin (up from 11th), Cavalry (down from 19th), Chetek (down from 17th) and BIG BROs RULE (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! 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!! - The rivalry standings will be posted.next week! If you have a rivalry that hasn't been submitted yet, let me know through the Comments sections of the entry form! If there are any changes that need to be made, let me know also!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - Please double check that ALL the fields have been filled and there are no 0's (or non-numerical) point spread (the parser doesn't like those things). The parser should identify the problem with a note to the right of the field ("No pick yet.", "No spread", "entry is required", etc.). Also, DOUBLE CHECK that you entered your picks correctly as I take what is on your last entry and won't second guess you (I know that you didn't want a team by 140 points but do I really know that?) and DOUBLE CHECK that at the bottom of the response page, it is identified that your entry was "Picks submitted successfully!" rather than "Fill in missing information & try again!". Resubmit again until you get the correct response. Let me know if you can't get a successful response. I will only use the last entry submitted for the stats so you don't need to submit the same picks multiple times unless you're not sure the previous submittals were received properly!


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 # 2 :
Game #  1: 35-9  Houston at Rice;                   Game # 14: 24-21 Army at Kansas State;
Game #  2: 43-36 Texas State at UTSA;               Game # 15: 17-21 Northern Colorado at Colorado State;
Game #  3: 45-19 Illinois at Duke;                  Game # 16: 20-30 Sam Houston at Hawai'i;
Game #  4: 31-35 Virginia at North Carolina State;  Game # 17: 36-27 Fresno State at Oregon State;
Game #  5: 48-45 Baylor at SMU;                     Game # 18: 18-16 USF at Florida;
Game #  6: 20-27 U Conn. at Syracuse;               Game # 19: 20-24 Arizona State at Mississippi State;
Game #  7: 44-20 Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech;       Game # 20: 13-24 Michigan at Oklahoma;
Game #  8: 40-42 Boston College at Michigan State;  Game # 21: 20-3  North Carolina at Charlotte;
Game #  9: 17-45 Miami (OH) at Rutgers;             Game # 22: 24-34 Liberty at Jacksonville State;
Game # 10: 20-59 Georgia Southern at USC;           Game # 23: 30-24 South Dakota State at Montana State;
Game # 11: 10-70 UC-Davis at Washington;            Game # 24: 33-31 Tulane at South Alabama;
Game # 12: 20-34 Bowling Green at Cincinnati;       Game # 25: 21-45 Western Kentucky at Toledo;
Game # 13: 13-16 Iowa at Iowa State;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Fresno State beat Oregon State!
South Dakota State beat Montana State!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Acme, Daddy's Little Girl, and Random picked Texas State to beat UTSA!
Away We Go and IRISH picked Vanderbilt to beat Virginia Tech!!!
IRISH, pub grub, and Random picked USF to beat Florida!
Acme, Daddy's Little Girl, Random, and Yoda picked Jacksonville State to beat Liberty!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Finn4thewin picked Houston to lose to Rice????
Away We Go and pub grub picked Illinois to lose to Duke????
Daddy's Little Girl and Random picked North Carolina State to lose to Virginia?
Chetek picked Iowa State to lose to Iowa?
jasper and pearl picked Colorado State to lose to Northern Colorado?
Daddy's Little Girl, Random, and Yoda picked Hawai'i to lose to Sam Houston?
jasper and pearl picked Tulane to lose to South Alabama?
BIG BROs RULE, Daddy's Little Girl, and Random picked Toledo to lose to Western Kentucky???

ALMA MATER NOTES:

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

Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Georgia Southern and they did!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Georgia Southern and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UC-Davis) to lose to Washington and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas St.) to beat Army and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to beat Sam Houston and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to lose to Oregon State and they won anyway - shame on you for not picking them!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno St.) to beat Oregon State and they did!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Montana State) to lose to South Dakota State and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha. Waiting for Idaho and whitewater. ... You may have to wait for a few more weeks, but they'll be here eventually!
Game of the week Fresno State vs Oregon State! ... You betcha!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Let's do it again! ... You betcha!
LOts of games with low margins this time, flip a coin! ... Hope your coin is a good one!
The winning juggernaut is winding up.... ... Can't wait to see that!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Away We Go picked the most regular games perfectly (3)!
LG Tomcats, Tenacious D, Kimo, Kinko, Just Before the Storm, Nostraporcus, Away We Go, BIG BROs RULE, Yoda, Finn4thewin, and pearl picked the most starred games perfectly (1)! (Odd Swami was ineligible)
Away We Go picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
LG Tomcats had the most margin points with 558 pts. with Tenacious D in second with 556 pts.!
pub grub had the least margin points with 372 pts. with Daddy's Little Girl in second with 414 pts.!
pearl moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 17, from 4th to 20th!
Acme moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 12, from 13th to 1st!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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