January 16, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Dewain Hendrixson has claimed another title as the WJLE Fearless Forecaster of the year.
During the 16 week college football season including bowl games, Dewain compiled the overall best record picking winners in 263 games at 180-83. Meanwhile, Scott Brown and Jared Davis, a newcomer to the show, tied for accumulating the most underdog points during the season at 54.5 points each.
All three will be presented the “WJLE Fearless Forecasters Joe Goodwin Memorial Award” Thursday on the season finale of the Fearless Forecasters Show on WJLE at 4:30 p.m..
Goodwin, a long time member of the Fearless Forecasters, passed away last February and the awards are named in tribute to him.
Special guests appearing on the show this year were Chad Ramsey, Isaac Gray, Mike Davidson, Tom Duggin, Donny Green, Tim Stribling, Brad Halfacre, Stuart Brown, Johnny Barnes, Dan Delacruz, Justin Poteete, Tony Cross, Larry Green, Danny Fish, Steven Jennings, and Ray Robinson.
The final standings of the forecasters for the season are as follows:
Dewain Hendrixson: 180-83
The James Gang (Grant and Jeff): 177-86
Darrell Gill: 172-91
Jacob Parsley: 169-94
Guests (combined): 168-95
Jared Davis: 165-98
Scott Brown: 163-100
Ricky Atnip: 162-101
Chad Kirby, John Pryor, and Will Graham: 160-103
Final underdog standings are as follows:
Scott Brown and Jared Davis: 54.5 points
Jacob Parsley: 38 points
Dewain Hendrixson: 35 points
Ricky Atnip: 27.5 points
Darrell Gill: 26 points
Guests: 25.5 points
John Pryor: 21.5 points
James Gang: 21 points
Will Graham: 13 points
Chad Kirby: 1 point
Best Bowl Season Records
Scott Brown: 32-9
Jared Davis: 31-10
Dewain Hendrixson: 30-11
Darrell Gill: 28-13
James Gang: 28-13
Jacob Parsley: 28-13
Will Graham: 26-15
John Pryor: 25-16
Guests: 24-17
Ricky Atnip: 22-19
Chad Kirby: 22-19
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.