SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
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ISSUE # 3-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #3                13 SEPTEMBER 2025

Congratulations go to Chetek for coming in first in Week # 3 only missing 5 games, followed closely by Acme (6 losses), Just Before the Storm (7 losses), IRISH (6 losses), ACE (7 losses), and WunderBrew, LG Tomcats, Finn4thewin, Daddy's Little Girl, and Horns Girl (all with 8 losses). This must have been an close week for only 2 losses 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 # 3 only missing 14 games, followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (11 losses), BIG BROs RULE (9 losses), Nostraporcus and Away We Go (both with 10 losses), Cavalry and pub grub (both with 8 losses), Go Yotes and Tenacious D (both with 9 losses), and Old SWAMI (8 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 remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 3 (second consecutive week), followed closely by Chetek (up from 16th), Just Before the Storm (up from 10th), IRISH (up from 13th), WunderBrew (up from 11th), LG Tomcats (up from 12th), Tenacious D (down from 2nd), Go Yotes (down from 3rd), Kimo (down from 6th), and Kinko (down from 8th). (Odd SWAMI and Average were ineligible) Out of the top ten go Nostraporcus (down from 5th to 16th) and Away We Go (down from 9th to 17th)! There are many 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 # 3 (up from 23rd), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 24th), Cavalry (up from 17th), BIG BROs RULE (up from 15th), jasper (down from 21st), pearl (down from 20th), Daddy's Little Girl (down from 22nd), Away We Go (up from 9th), Nostraporcus (up from 5th) and Horns Girl (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!! - The Rivalry Stats are also posted from Week #1 and Week #2! If you are in one but don't see it in the stats or an error in the rivalry stats, please let me know!


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 # 3 :
Game #  1:  0-63 Sul Ross State at Stephen F. Austin;  Game # 14: 10-20 Florida at LSU;
Game #  2: 10-59 Washington State at North Texas;      Game # 15: 10-52 Louisiana at Missouri;
Game #  3: 27-34 Duke at Tulane;                       Game # 16: 35-41 Arkansas at Ole Miss.;
Game #  4: 14-27 Minnesota at California;              Game # 17: 31-7  Vanderbilt at South Carolina;
Game #  5: 21-24 Clemson at Georgia Tech;              Game # 18: 44-41 Georgia at Tennessee;
Game #  6: 12-49 USF at Miami (Fla.);                  Game # 19: 41-40 Texas A&M at Notre Dame;
Game #  7:  9-37 Ohio at Ohio State;                   Game # 20: 24-16 Iowa State at Arkansas State;
Game #  8: 15-34 Texas State at Arizona State;         Game # 21: 13-23 Liberty at Bowling Green;
Game #  9: 14-45 Oregon State at Texas Tech;           Game # 22: 38-0  East Carolina at Coastal Carolina;
Game # 10: 24-31 Pittsburgh at West Virginia;          Game # 23: 34-41 Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern;
Game # 11: 30-49 Air Force at Utah State;              Game # 24: 10-27 Missouri S&T at Missouri Western;
Game # 12: 31-6  Utah at Wyoming;                      Game # 25: 23-24 North Dakota at Montana;
Game # 13: 15-31 South Alabama at Auburn;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Tulane beat Duke!
Missouri Western beat Missouri S&T!!
Montana beat North Dakota!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Acme, Away We Go, Cavalry, Chetek, Daddy's Little Girl, and IRISH picked California to beat Minnesota!!
Acme, Daddy's Little Girl, Horns Girl, and pub grub picked Georgia Tech to beat Clemson!
Old SWAMI picked West Virginia to beat Pittsburgh!
ACE and Chetek picked Utah State to beat Air Force!!!
IRISH, Random, and Yoda picked Vanderbilt to beat South Carolina!!!
Tenacious D picked Texas A&M to beat Notre Dame!
Biggs Darklighter, Chetek, and Random picked Bowling Green to beat Liberty!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Away We Go, Kimo, Random, and Yoda picked Stephen F. Austin to lose to Sul Ross State?????????
Away We Go, Biggs Darklighter, Daddy's Little Girl, Old SWAMI, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked North Texas to lose to Washington State???????
IRISH and pub grub picked Miami (FLA) to lose to USF?????
Random and Yoda picked Texas Tech to lose to Oregon State????
Cavalry picked Missouri to lose to Louisiana??????
Biggs Darklighter and Random picked Ole Miss. to lose to Arkansas?
pub grub and Yoda picked Georgia to lose to Tennessee?
Yoda picked East Carolina to lose to Coastal Carolina?????
BIG BROs RULE, Finn4thewin, and Random picked Georgia Southern to lose to Jacksonville State?

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 Stephen F. Austin) and they did!
Campbell, JHawkins, AHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Texas A&M and they lost!
Long picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Missouri S&T) to beat Lincoln (Ca.) and they lost!
Winslow picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (North Dakota) to beat Montana and they lost!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha! I'm ready to make my move. Hopefully up. ... Maybe this is your time!
Game of the week: Notre Dame vs Aggies! ND wins! ... Could have been!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Sul Ross again. When does Whitewater show up? ... Soon!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Chetek, Acme, LG Tomcats, Finn4thewin, Daddy's Little Girl,jasper, Kinko, Old SWAMI, Biggs Darklighter, and Yoda picked the most regular games perfectly (1)!
Chetek, Acme, Just Before the Storm, ACE, LG Tomcats, Daddy's Little Girl, peral, Kinko, Tenacious D, Go Yotes, Away We Go, Nostraporcus, and Biggs Darklighter picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Chetek, Acme, LG Tomcats, Daddy's Little Girl, Kinko, and Biggs Darklighter picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
WunderBrew had the most margin points with 774 pts. with pearl in second with 768!
Yoda had the least margin points with 246 pts. with pub grub in second with 339 pts.!
Nostraporcus moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 11, from 5th to 16th!
Chetek moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 14, from 16th to 2nd!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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