January 2, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A Repeat!
For the second year in a row, Ricky Atnip has claimed the WJLE Fearless Forecaster of the year title!
During the 15-week college football season including bowl games, Ricky compiled the overall best record picking winners in 253 games at 171-82. For the third year in a row, Atnip also accumulated the most underdog points during the season at 67 points this year.
Ricky will be presented the “WJLE Fearless Forecasters Joe Goodwin Memorial Awards” Thursday, January 11 on the season finale of the Fearless Forecasters Show on WJLE at 4:30 p.m.
Goodwin, a longtime member of the Fearless Forecasters, passed away in February 2019 and the awards are named in tribute to him.
The final standings of the forecasters for the season are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 171-82
Grant James: 169-84
John Pryor: 168-85
Scott Goodwin, Dewain Hendrixson, and Darrell Gill: 166-87 each
Jared Davis: 165-88
Chad Kirby: 161-92
Scott Brown: 160-93
Final underdog points standings are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 67 points
Jared Davis: 54.5 points
Darrell Gill: 39 points
Dewain Hendrixson: 37.5 points
Chad Kirby: 35 points
Scott Goodwin: 30 points
John Pryor: 28.5 points
Grant James: 11.5 points
Scott Brown: 9 points
Best Bowl Season Records
Darrell Gill: 29-14
Ricky Atnip: 26-17
John Pryor and Dewain Hendrixson: 25-18 each
Scott Goodwin, Jared Davis, and Scott Brown: 22-21 each
Grant James: 21-22
Chad Kirby: 19-24
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, First Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Domino’s Pizza.