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2024 SWAMI RACE
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ISSUE # 8-25                NEWSLETTER WEEK #8                18 OCTOBER 2025

Congratulations go to Finn4thewin for coming in first in Week # 8 only missing 3 games (WOW!), followed closely by Acme (4 losses), Kimo and Tenacious D (both with 5 losses), BIG BROs RULE (7 losses), WunderBrew (6 losses), Biggs Darklighter (7 losses), and Chetek, pearl, and Daddy's Little Girl (all with 6 losses). This was a week of upsets and also must have been an close week for only 2 losses separate 3rd 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 pub grub for coming in last in Week # 8 only missing 11 games, followed closely by Go Yotes (8 losses), Old SWAMI (9 losses), Away We Go (8 losses), and Yoda, Nostraporcus, ACE, Just Before the Storm, Horns Girl, and LG Tomcats (all with 7 losses). (Random and Average were ineligible) Will these participants continue in their picky ways? Stay tuned for continuation of this exciting story in our next edition!


Congratulations go to Finn4thewin for jumping into the cumulative lead in Week # 8 (up from 12th), followed closely by Kimo (up from 9th), pearl (down from 2nd), jasper (down from 3rd), Cavalry (down from 1st), Acme (up from 16th), Chetek (down from 5th), WunderBrew (down from 7th), Kinko (remained in 10th), and Just Before the Storm (down from 11th). (Average and Odd Swami were ineligible) Out of the top ten this week go Go Yotes, from 6th 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 # 8 (fifth consecutive week), followed closely by pub grub (remained in 24th), Tenacious D (remained in 23rd), Old SWAMI (remained in 22nd), Away We Go (up from 19th), Nostraporcus (remained in 20th), Daddy's Little Girl (down from 21st), Horns Girl (up from 17th), BIG BROs RULE (down from 18th), and ACE (up from 15th)! 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!! - None!


NOTICE: - There was one game that will be played on Sunday (19 October) (Missouri S&T-McKendree) so it won't be included in this week's stats. 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 # 8 :
Game #  1: 42-45 Sul Ross State at Western New Mexico; Game # 14: 31-56 UNLV at Boise State;
Game #  2: 17-55 UTSA at North Texas;                  Game # 15: 31-19 Hawai'i at Colorado State;
Game #  3: 17-24 Army at Tulane;                       Game # 16: 20-37 Tennessee at Alabama;
Game #  4: 38-23 U. Conn. at Boston College;           Game # 17: 45-42 Texas A&M at Arkansas;
Game #  5: 35-24 SMU at Clemson;                       Game # 18: 35-43 Ole Miss. at Georgia;
Game #  6: 27-18 Georgia Tech at Duke;                 Game # 19: 26-7  Oklahoma at South Carolina;
Game #  7: 20-22 Washington State at Virginia;         Game # 20: 24-31 LSU at Vanderbilt;
Game #  8: 13-38 Michigan State at Indiana;            Game # 21: 24-34 USC at Notre Dame;
Game #  9: 24-25 Penn State at Iowa;                   Game # 22: 20-30 Bucknell at Cornell;
Game # 10:  7-24 Washington at Michigan;               Game # 23: 37-40 Texas State at Marshall;
Game # 11: 34-0  Ohio State at Wisconsin;              Game # 24:played 10/19 Missouri S&T at McKendree;
Game # 12: 22-26 Texas Tech at Arizona State;          Game # 25: 21-48 Northern Illinois at Ohio;
Game # 13: 36-42 Baylor at TCU;

KEY GAMES PICKED OR MISSED:

Georgia Tech beat Duke!
Vanderbilt beat LSU!
Cornell beat Bucknell!!
Marshall beat Texas State!

PROSPEROUS PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Acme, BIG BROs RULE, Daddy's Little Girl, Finn4thewin, and IRISH picked U Conn. to beat Boston College!!
Daddy's Little Girl, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked SMU to beat Clemson!
Biggs Darklighter, Kimo, and Tenacious D picked Arizona State to beat Texas Tech!
Chetek, Nostraporcus, Old SWAMI, and Tenacious D picked Hawai'i to beat Colorado State!!

PITIFUL PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Random and Tenacious D picked Western New Mexico to lose to Sul Ross State?
Biggs Darklighter picked North Texas to lose to UTSA???????
Biggs Darklighter and Random picked Tulane to lose to Army?
Random and Yoda picked Virginia to lose to Washington State?
Biggs Darklighter and Old SWAMI picked Iowa to lose to Penn State?
Daddy's Little Girl, pub grub, Tenacious D, and Yoda picked Michigan to lose to Washington??
Go Yotes and pub grub picked TCU to lose to Baylor?
pub grub picked Boise State to lose to UNLV????
Daddy's Little Girl, Go Yotes, IRISH, Random, and Tenacious D picked Georgia to lose to Ole Miss.?
ACE picked Oklahoma to lose to South Carolina???
Horns Girl, Nostraporcus, Old SWAMI, and Yoda picked Notre Dame to lose to USC??
Random and Yoda picked Ohio to lose to Northern Illinois????

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 New Mexico and they did!
Krakowiak picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Penn State) to lose to Iowa and they did!
Forseth picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Ohio State and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Wisconsin) to lose to Ohio State and they did!
Smith picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (Hawai'i) to beat Colorado State and they did!
Bowen picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to lose to Notre Dame and they did!
Whiteley picked his Alma Mater/Favorite (USC) to beat Notre Dame and they lost!
Campbell, AHawkins, JHawkins, and NHawkins picked their Alma Mater/Favorite (Notre Dame) to beat USC and they did!
Everybody else picked correctly for their Alma Mater to win or lose!

COMMENTS AND INSIGHTS (FACT OR FICTION):

go home teams! ... All but seven home teams won!
Here 'tis! ... You betcha!
I would like to see Missouri S&T Play Sul Ross! ... That would be a good game!
LET'S GO OLE MISS!!! ... Not quite this week!
The Irish are difficult to beat at home! ... You betcha!
This one is a winner! Count on it! ... At least you won the rivalry this week!

WHO'S WHO IN SWAMI:

Finn4thewin, Chetek, IRISH, Cavalry, and LG Tomcats picked the most regular games perfectly (2)!
Kimo and jasper picked the most starred games perfectly (1)!
Finn4thewin, Chetek, jasper, IRISH, Cavalry, and LG Tomcats picked the most total games perfectly (2)!
Kimo had the most margin points with 2496 pts. with BIG BROs RULE in second with 2392 pts.!
pub grub had the least margin points with 1264 pts. with Yoda in second with 1464 pts.! (Random was ineligible)
Go Yotes moved the most places DOWN the ladder this week - 9, from 6th to 15th!
Finn4thewin moved the most places UP the ladder this week - 11, from 12th to 1st!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD PICKINS'

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