October 3, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Three of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters are now in a tie for first place giving them bragging rights for having the best record picking winners heading into the sixth week of the college football season.
Last week’s leader Chad Kirby now shares the top spot with Dewain Hendrixson and Darrell Gill each with an overall record of 47-28. John Pryor is next at 46-29 followed by Jared Davis, the James Gang (Grant and Jeff James) and the guests each at 45-30. Ricky Atnip and Jacob Parsley are each at 43-32, Scott Brown is 41-34, and Will Graham is at 40-35.
For the week, Darrell Gill had the best record at 13-2. Scott Brown, John Pryor, and Jared Davis each went 12-3. The James Gang and Dewain Hendrixson each were 11-4. Jacob Parsley, Ricky Atnip, Will Graham, and the guest Donny Green each went 10-5 and Chad Kirby was 9-6.
Two of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Scott Brown added to his lead with 4.5 points as Arizona State upset California 24-17 and Jacob Parsley picked up 6.5 points with Arkansas State’s win over Troy 50-43.
After five weeks, Scott Brown has 25.5 underdog points followed by Jared Davis with 17.5, the guests 14.5, Jacob Parsley 14, Darrell Gill 8, Dewain Hendrixson 7, and the James Gang 4.5 points.
Thursday the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
UCF at Cincinnati, Iowa at Michigan, Air Force at Navy, TCU at Iowa State, Marshall at MTSU, Arizona at Colorado, Texas at West Virginia, Baylor at Kansas State, Auburn at Florida, Boston College at Louisville, Pittsburgh at Duke, Western Michigan at Toledo, Vanderbilt at Ole Miss, Georgia at Tennessee, and Buffalo at the Tennessee Titans.
Thursday’s special guest is County Mayor Tim Stribling
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.