SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 5-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #5                27 SEPTEMBER 2025

Congratulations go to Tenacious D for coming in first in Week # 5 only missing 6 games (WOW!), followed closely by Cavalry (7 losses), pearl, Nostraporcus, jasper, and Biggs Darklighter (all with 8 losses), and Finn4thewin, Chetek, ACE, and Daddy's Little Girl (all with 9 losses). This must have been an upset week for 3 losses separate 3rd 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 Yoda for coming in last in Week # 5 only missing 12 games, followed closely by pub grub and Just Before the Storm (both with 12 losses), IRISH, Acme, and BIG BROs RULE (all with 11 losses), and Away We Go, Horns Girl, Kimo, and WunderBrew (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 Tenacious D for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 5 (up from 15th), followed closely by Cavalry (up from 18th), Chetek (up from 5th), pearl (up from 13th), jasper (up from 14th), Go Yotes (down from 6th), Kinko (remained in 8th), Kimo (down from 7th), Nostraporcus (up from 19th), and WunderBrew (down from 11th). (Odd Swami and Average were ineligible.) Out of the top ten go IRISH (down from 1st to 15th), Acme (down from 2nd to 14th), Just Before the Storm (down from 3rd to 20th), Away We Go (down from 10th to 16th), and LG Tomcats (down from 12th to 13th), (respectively! 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 # 5 (second consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 25th), BIG BROs RULE (up from 23rd), Biggs Darklighter (down from 24th), Horns Girl (up from 21st), ACE (down from 22nd), Just Before the Storm (up from 3rd), Old SWAMI (up from 4th), Finn4thewin (down from 20th) and Daddy's Little Girl (remained in 17th)! 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 # 5 :
Game #  1: 52-3  Texas A&M-Kingsville at Sul Ross State; Game # 14: 44-35 Hawai'i at Air Force;
Game #  2: 22-36 South Alabama at North Texas;           Game # 15: 20-3  Washington State at Colorado State;
Game #  3: 28-24 California at Boston College;           Game # 16: 56-13 Notre Dame at Arkansas;
Game #  4: 23-21 Virginia Tech at North Carolina State;  Game # 17: 24-21 Alabama at Georgia;
Game #  5: 34-27 Louisville at Pittsburgh;               Game # 18: 19-24 LSU at Ole Miss.;
Game #  6: 38-3  Duke at Syracuse;                       Game # 19: 10-16 Auburn at Texas A&M;
Game #  7: 32-34 USC at Illinois;                        Game # 20: 48-14 Utah at West Virginia;
Game #  8: 20-15 Indiana at Iowa;                        Game # 21: 10-35 Georgia Southern at James Madison;
Game #  9: 28-31 Rutgers at Minnesota;                   Game # 22: 20-17 U Conn. at Buffalo;
Game # 10: 30-24 Oregon at Penn State;                   Game # 23: 51-54 Marshall at Louisiana;
Game # 11: 24-6  Ohio State at Washington;               Game # 24: 30-41 Idaho at Montana;
Game # 12: 24-21 BYU at Colorado;                        Game # 25: 20-35 Bowling Green at Ohio;
Game # 13: 37-34 Cincinnati at Kansas;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Duke beat Syracuse!!!!!!
Oregon beat Penn State!
Washington State beat Colorado State!!
Ole Miss. beat LSU!
Louisiana beat Marshall!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Away We Go, Random, and Yoda picked California to beat Boston College!
Yoda picked Virginia Tech to beat North Carolina State!
Biggs Darklighter, Random, and Tenacious D picked Illinois to beat USC!
ACE and Random picked Alabama to beat Georgia!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Horns Girl, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Texas A&M-Kingsville to lose to Sul Ross State???????
Acme, BIG BROs RULE, pub grub, Random, and Yoda picked Louisville to lose to Pittsburgh?
Chetek and pub grub picked Indiana to lose to Iowa?
Daddy's Little Girl, IRISH, and pub grub picked Minnesota to lose to Rutgers?
Random and Yoda picked Ohio State to lose to Washington???
Daddy's Little Girl and Random picked BYU to lose to Colorado?
Random and Yoda picked James Madison to lose to Georgia Southern???
BIG BROs RULE, IRISH, Old SWAMI, and Random picked U Conn. to lose to Buffalo?
Biggs Darklighter, Just Before the Storm, and Random picked Montana to lose to Idaho??

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 Texas A&M-Kingsville and they did!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Illinois and they lost!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Illinois and they lost!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn State) to beat Oregon and they lost!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to beat BYU and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to lose to Air Force and they won anyway, shame on you for not picking them!
Campbell, AHawkins, JHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat Arkansas and they did!
Kellogg picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Idaho) to beat Montana and they lost!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
Sul Ross scores the first touchdown of the season! ... Not this week!
Tomcat Power! GROWL!!! ... What a week!
Too many even matchups this week! ... That's what we like, right?!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Finn4thewin picked the most regular games perfectly (4)!
Old SWAMI picked the most starred games perfectly (2)!
Finn4thewin picked the most total games perfectly (4)!
Cavalry had the most margin points with 1730 pts. with Finn4thewin in second with 1685 pts.!
Yoda had the least margin points with 1010 pts. with pub grub in second with 1170 pts.!
Just Before the Storm moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 17, from 3rd to 20th!
Tenacious D moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 14, from 15th to 1st!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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