October 4, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters have a new leader.
Will Graham has taken over first place for picking winners after the fifth week of the college football season.
Graham now has the best overall record at 48-26 five weeks into the season after posting the best record of the week among all forecasters at 13-2 followed by Grant James of the James Gang and Dewain Hendrixson who each went 11-4 for the week. Last week’s guest Ronnie Goodwin had a record of 10-5. Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each went 9-6 and Scott Brown finished 8-7 for the week.
Following Will Graham in first place at 48-26 are Scott Brown, last week’s leader at 47-27, Chad Kirby and Dewain Hendrixson, each at 46-28, Darrell Gill 45-29, the guests (Larry Green, Darvin Gill, Isaac Gray, Luke Willoughby, and Ronnie Goodwin), 45-29, while Grant James of the James Gang, Ricky Atnip, and John Pryor are tied at 44-30.
Only one Forecaster, Dewain Hendrixson hit his underdog pick last week. Hendrixson got 7 points with Florida’s win over Mississippi State 13-6.
In addition to having the best overall record, Will Graham is also the underdog points leader with 34 followed by Ricky Atnip with 15, Darrell Gill and Scott Brown each with 14, John Pryor 11.5, Dewain Hendrixson 11, the James Gang 10, and Chad Kirby 5, The guests have no points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
MTSU at Marshall, Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, Texas at Oklahoma, Iowa at Minnesota, Boston College at N.C. State, California at Arizona, Kansas State at Baylor, Arizona State at Colorado, UAB at Louisiana Tech, Utah State at BYU, Missouri at South Carolina, LSU at Florida, Kentucky at Texas A&M, Auburn at Mississippi State, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at Buffalo.
Today’s special guest is TWRA Officer Tony Cross.
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.