Summer Won’t Leave October is still roasting college football fans

Rain, heat and panchos are a wardrobe challenge at places like Houston where rain and heat are on the menu for Saturday's game.

For fans, an October ticket still deserves a look at the hourly forecast and the seat’s exposure to sunlight. Water, access to shade and breaks from the heat remain part of the game-day plan. The calendar may have moved on. In parts of college football country, summer has not.

Heat and Humidity Shape College Football—On the Field and in the Stands

USC Trojan fans describe bleacher seats like hot plates.

The SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry’s Week 5 recap looks beyond the final scores to the conditions fans endured. October 5, 2026 — The SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry picked more winners than losers in Week 5 of the college football season—barely. Its weather-based selections finished 30–29, bringing the season’s cumulative record to 209–179. But […]

Scale of Sultry Predicts Two Road Upsets as College Football Heat Threatens Fan Safety

SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry for Week three.

The Scale of Sultry is an online tool developed by SwampButt Underwear, a Lake Jackson-based company that makes moisture-managing underwear for men who sweat heavily from the waist down. The Scale combines temperature, relative humidity, sunlight and estimated fabric-drying conditions to produce a score from 1 to 10. Lately, the ‘scale’ correctly predicted that Texas would defeat Ohio State and even more unlikely that Oklahoma State would upend the Oregon Ducks.

SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry Predicts Two Road Upsets

SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry for Week three.

The Scale of Sultry is an online tool developed by SwampButt Underwear, a Lake Jackson-based company that makes moisture-managing underwear for men who sweat heavily from the waist down. The Scale combines temperature, relative humidity, sunlight and estimated fabric-drying conditions to produce a score from 1 to 10. It recently predicted upset victories by Texas over Ohio State and Oklahoma State over Oregon.

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