SWAMI

2025 SWAMI RACE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

ISSUE # 7-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #7                11 OCTOBER 2025

Congratulations go to ACE for coming in first in Week # 7 only missing 4 games (WOW!), followed closely by Go Yotes, pub grub, jasper, and pearl (all with 5 losses), and BIG BROs RULE, WunderBrew, Just Before the Storm, Horns Girl, and Acme (all with 6 losses). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible) This must have been a close week for only 2 losses separate 2nd place and 22nd place! 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 coming in last in Week # 7 only missing 10 games, followed closely by Biggs Darklighter (10 losses), Yoda (9 losses), Kinko (8 losses), Cavalry (7 losses), Away We Go (8 losses), Finn4thewin (7 losses), Nostraporcus and IRISH (both with 6 losses), and Daddy's Little Girl (5 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 Cavalry for remaining in the cumulative lead in Week # 7 (second consecutive week), followed closely by pearl (up from 4th), jasper (up from 5th), Chetek (up from 6th), Go Yotes (up from 13th), WunderBrew (up from 10th), Kimo (remained in 9th), Kinko (down from 2nd), Just Before the Storm (remained in 11th), and Finn4thewin (down from 7th). (Average and Odd Swami are ineligible) Out of the top ten go IRISH (down from 12th to 13th)! 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 # 7 (fourth consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 24th), Tenacious D (up from 16th), Old SWAMI (down from 23rd), Daddy's Little Girl (down from 22nd), Nostraporcus (up from 19th), Away We Go (up from 15th), BIG BROs RULE (down from 21st), Horns Girl (down from 18th), and Acme (down from 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!


Are we having fun yet?

ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - None!


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!! - This must have been a week for upsets for there were an abundance of single digit margin points!


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 # 7 :
Game #  1: 69-23 Midwestern State at Sul Ross State; Game # 14: 17-42 Kansas at Texas Tech;
Game #  2: 41-10 Clemson at Boston College;          Game # 15: 10-42 Arizona State at Utah;
Game #  3: 34-31 Pittsburgh at Florida State;        Game # 16: 26-44 Utah State at Hawai'i;
Game #  4: 20-35 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech;      Game # 17: 44-10 San Diego State at Nevada;
Game #  5: 34-16 Ohio State at Illinois;             Game # 18: 20-10 Georgia at Auburn;
Game #  6: 38-13 UCLA at Michigan State;             Game # 19: 10-20 South Carolina at LSU;
Game #  7: 30-20 Indiana at Oregon;                  Game # 20: 27-24 Alabama at Missouri;
Game #  8: 13-31 Michigan at USC;                    Game # 21: 21-24 Washington State at Ole Miss.;
Game #  9: 37-0  Iowa at Wisconsin;                  Game # 22: 31-34 Arkansas at Tennessee;
Game # 10: 11-20 UCF at Cincinnati;                  Game # 23:  6-23 Oklahoma at Texas;
Game # 11: 17-24 Iowa State at Colorado;             Game # 24: 17-34 Florida at Texas A&M;
Game # 12: 28-41 TCU at Kansas State;                Game # 25:  7-36 North Carolina State at Notre Dame;
Game # 13: 39-17 Houston at Oklahoma State;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

USC beat Michigan!!!
Kansas State beat TCU!!
Utah beat Arizona State!!!!!
Hawai'i beat Utah State!!
Texas beat Oklahoma!!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

pub grub picked Pittsburgh to beat Florida State!
Biggs Darklighter, Go Yotes, pub grub, Random, and Yoda picked UCLA to beat Michigan State!!!!
Daddy's Little Girl picked Colorado to beat Iowa State!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Biggs Darklighter, Kinko, Random, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Midwestern State to lose to Sul Ross State?????
Away We Go and Biggs Darklighter picked Iowa to lose to Wisconsin?????
Daddy's Little Girl, Random, and Yoda picked Cincinnati to lose to UCF?
Biggs Darklighter, Random, and Yoda picked San Diego State to lose to Nevada?????
BIG BROs RULE and Random picked Georgia to lose to Auburn?
Kinko, pub grub, Random, and Yoda picked Alabama to lose to Missouri?
Yoda picked Tennessee to lose to Arkansas?

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 Midwestern State and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Michigan State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Homer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Michigan State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Moline picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (UCLA) to lose to Michigan State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Michigan State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Michigan State and they won - shame on you for not picking them!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to beat Iowa and they lost!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Iowa and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Colorado) to beat Iowa State and they did!
Switzer picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Kansas State) to beat TCU and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to beat Utah State and they did!
Knox picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (San Diego State) to beat Nevada and they did!
Bradley picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Texas) to beat Oklahoma and they did!
Campbell picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat North Carolina State and they did!
JHawkins picked her Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat North Carolina State and they did!
AHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat North Carolina State and they did!
NHawkins picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat North Carolina State and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

First perfect entry! ... Not quite!
Go Colorado!!! Go San Diego State!!! Go Ohio State!!! ... Two out of three ain't bad!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
I'm still pissed at whoever ruined the PAC12 ... Wait 'til the next go around of the conference alignments!
Red River shootout featuring the Manning kid debut in a close one! ... Somewhat close!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

WunderBrew and Kimo picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Go Yotes, BIG BROs RULE, Old SWAMI, Daddy's Little Girl, Finn4thewin, Away We Go, Cavalry, Kinko, and Yoda picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
WunderBrew, Kimo, Finn4thewin, and Away We Go picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
Go Yotes had the most margin points with 1666 pts. with BIG BROs RULE in second with 1589 pts.!
Tenacious D had the least margin points with 483 pts. with Biggs Darklighter in second with 637 pts.!
Kinko moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 8, from 2nd to 10th!
Go Yotes moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 7, from 13th to 6th!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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