October 24, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
All the other Fearless Forecasters are still chasing Chad Kirby who continues to lead the pack heading into the ninth week of the college football season.
WJLE’s weekly pigskin picks show airs today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.
Kirby leads with an overall record of 77-43 closely followed by Darrell Gill and Dewain Hendrixson each at 76-44. The James Gang (Grant and Jeff James) and the guests each own a record of 72-48. Jacob Parsley, Ricky Atnip, and John Pryor are 70-50. Jared Davis and Will Graham are each at 67-53 and Scott Brown is 66-54.
For the week, Stuart Brown, the guest, had the best record at 12-3. Darrell Gill, the James Gang, Jacob Parsley, Dewain Hendrixson, and Jared Davis each went 11-4. Ricky Atnip, Will Graham, and Chad Kirby were each at 10-5 while John Pryor and Scott Brown were 9-6.
Five of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill picked up 11 points as Oregon State defeated California 21-17. The James Gang added 6 points to their total as Georgia State knocked off Army 28-21. Jacob Parsley also gained 6 points with UCLA’s upset of Stanford 34-16. Dewain Hendrixson got 8.5 points as Eastern Michigan beat Western Michigan 34-27 and Jared Davis expanded his overall lead by 7 points as BYU defeated Boise State 28-25.
After eight weeks, Jared Davis remains the underdog points leader with 38 followed by Scott Brown 29.5, Jacob Parsley 20, Dewain Hendrixson 19.5, Darrell Gill 19, the guests 14.5, the James Gang 10.5, John Pryor 7.5, Will Graham 7 points, Ricky Atnip 4 points, and Chad Kirby 0.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Miami at Pittsburgh, Western Kentucky at Marshall, Indiana at Nebraska, South Florida at East Carolina, Utah State at Air Force, Arizona at Stanford, Penn State at Michigan State, Duke at North Carolina, FIU at MTSU. Texas at TCU, Texas Tech at Kansas, Notre Dame at Michigan, Auburn at LSU, South Carolina at Tennessee, and Tampa Bay at the Tennessee Titans..
Today’s special guest is DeKalb County UT/TSU Extension Director Johnny Barnes.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.