SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 4-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #4                20 SEPTEMBER 2025

Congratulations go to IRISH for coming in first in Week # 4 only missing 2 games (WOW!), followed closely by Biggs Darklighter, and Away We Go (all with 2 losses), and Just Before the Storm, jasper, Cavalry, pearl, Go Yotes, Kimo, and Kinko (all with 3 losses). This must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 4th 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 pub grub for coming in last in Week # 4 only missing 8 games, followed closely by Yoda (8 losses), BIG BROs RULE and Horns Girl (both 5 losses), Finn4thewin (6 losses), Tenacious D (4 losses), Nostraporcus, and ACE (both with 5 losses), and WunderBrew and Old SWAMI (both with 4 losses). 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 jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 4 (up from 5th), followed closely by Acme (down from 1st), Just Before the Storm (remained in 3rd), Chetek (down from 2nd), Go Yotes (up from 10th), Kimo (up from 11th), Kinko (up from 12th), Away We Go (up from 17th), WunderBrew (down from 6th), and LG Tomcats (down from 8th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible) Out of the top ten go Tenacious D (down from 9th to 15th)! 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 remaining in the lead for the last place spot in Week # 4 (second consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (up from 24th), Biggs Darklighter (down from 26th), BIG BROs RULE (up from 21st), ACE (down from 23rd), Horns Girl (up from 15th), Finn4thewin (up from 13th), Nostraporcus (up from 16th), Cavalry (down from 22nd), and Daddy's Little Girl (down from 18th)! 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!


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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 # 4 :
Game #  1:  3-66 Sul Ross State at Western Oregon; Game # 14: 10-41 West Virginia at Kansas;
Game #  2: 45-38 North Texas at Army;              Game # 15: 24-35 SMU at TCU;
Game #  3: 34-13 BYU at East Carolina;             Game # 16: 49-37 Boise State at Air Force;
Game #  4: 31-32 Arkansas at Memphis;              Game # 17: 17-16 UTSA at Colorado State;
Game #  5: 34-21 Syracuse at Clemson;              Game # 18: 23-21 Fresno State at Hawai'i;
Game #  6: 33-45 North Carolina State at Duke;     Game # 19: 59-24 Washington at Washington State;
Game #  7: 17-40 Bowling Green at Louisville;      Game # 20: 20-29 South Carolina at Missouri;
Game #  8:  7-26 Florida at Miami (FLA);           Game # 21: 17-24 Auburn at Oklahoma;
Game #  9: 10-63 Illinois at Indiana;              Game # 22: 10-45 Tulane at Ole Miss.;
Game # 10: 30-27 Michigan at Nebraska;             Game # 23:  0-55 Sam Houston at Texas;
Game # 11:  7-41 Oregon State at Oregon;           Game # 24: 31-13 James Madison at Liberty;
Game # 12: 31-45 Michigan State at USC;            Game # 25: 41-38 UNLV at Miami (OH);
Game # 13: 27-24 Arizona State at Baylor;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

North Texas beat Army!
Michigan beat Nebraska!
Arizona State beat Baylor!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

IRISH and Random picked Syracuse to beat Clemson!!
Yoda picked UTSA to beat Colorado State!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Horns Girl and Tenacious D picked Western Oregon to lose to Sul Ross State?????????
Daddy's Little Girl, IRISH, and Random picked Memphis to lose to Arkansas?
Finn4thewin, Nostraporcus, pub grub, and Random picked Duke to lose to North Carolina State??
BIG BROs RULE, Horns Girl, pub grub, Random, and Tenacious D picked Indiana to lose to Illinois??????
pub grub and Yoda picked TCU to lose to SMU??
Random and Yoda picked Boise State to lose to Air Force??
pub grub and Random picked Oklahoma to lose to Auburn?
Yoda picked James Madison to lose to Liberty???
ACE and Finn4thewin picked UNLV to lose to Miami (OH)?

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 Western Oregon and they did!
D La Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat Michigan and they lost!
S La Brie picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Nebraska) to beat Michigan and they lost!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Michigan State and they did!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Michigan State and they did!
Markarian picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat Hawai'i and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Fresno State) to beat Hawai'i and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hahwai'i) to lose to Fresno State and they did!
Bradford picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Texas) to beat Sam Houston and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Aloha. Haven't seen Idaho lately. Did they drop football? ... No, but they do drop THE football occasionally!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Home teams win this week! ... Almost!
Moving on up (hopefully). ... Hopefully!
Sul Ross finally scores but not enough! ... 63 points not enough!
The perfect picks delivered from the gods.... ... You're dreaming!
Trying to do better. Can't do much worse. ... You betcha!
Whose alma mater is Hahwai'i? Sounds fun! ... Keeping you on your toes!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Biggs Darklighter, Away We Go, Acme, and Horns Girl picked the most regular games perfectly (4)!
Random picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Biggs Darklighter, Away We Go, Acme, and Horns Girl picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
Just Before the Storm had the most margin points with 1016 pts. with jasper in second with 1000 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 336 pts. with pub grub in second with 556 pts.!
Tenacious D and Horns Girl moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 6, from 9th to 15th, and from 15th to 21st, respectively!
pearl and jasper moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 6, from 19th to 13th, and from 20th to 14th, respectively!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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