October 11, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Two of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters are tied for the overall best record picking winners after six weeks of the college football season.
Will Graham, who grabbed the top spot last week, remains in first place but shares the honor this week with Dewain Hendrixson. Each have an overall record of 54-35.
Darrell Gill and Scott Brown are each at 53-36, one game out of first place. Grant James of the James Gang and John Pryor each have a record of 51-38, three games back. Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, and the guests are each at 49-40, five games out of first place. Our guests this season have been Larry Green, Darvin Gill, Isaac Gray, Luke Willoughby, Ronnie Goodwin, and Tony Cross.
Meanwhile Darrell Gill and Dewain Hendrixson tied at 8-7 for the best record of the week followed by Grant James of the James Gang and John Pryor each at 7-8, Will Graham and Scott Brown each at 6-9, Ricky Atnip 5-10, Tony Cross 4-11, and Chad Kirby 3-12.
Three forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James picked up 14 points with his upset selection of San Diego State over Boise State. Scott Brown received 6 points with MTSU’s win over Marshall and Tony Cross got the guests on the board with 7 points as Texas upset Oklahoma.
In addition to having the best overall record, Will Graham has the most underdog points with 34 followed by Grant James of the James Gang at 24, Scott Brown 20, Ricky Atnip 15, Darrell Gill 14, John Pryor 11.5, Dewain Hendrixson 11, the guests 7 points, and Chad Kirby 5.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Washington at Oregon, Iowa at Indiana, Duke at Georgia Tech, Wisconsin at Michigan, UCF at Memphis, MTSU at FIU, Colorado at USC, Ohio at Northern Illinois, Oklahoma State at Kansas State, Texas A&M at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Arkansas, Georgia at LSU, Florida at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Auburn and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans versus Baltimore.
Today’s special guest is Dan Delacruz of Smithville Computer.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and DeKalb County Ace Hardware.