January 12, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
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 252 games at 177-75. Atnip also accumulated the most underdog points during the season at 54 points.
Ricky will be presented the “WJLE Fearless Forecasters Joe Goodwin Memorial Awards” Thursday, January 12 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: 177-75
Jared Davis: 170-82
Grant James: 168-84
Scott Goodwin: 164-88
Scott Brown: 163-89
John Pryor: 162-90
Darrell Gill: 161-91
Chad Kirby: 159-93
Final underdog points standings are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 54 points
Jared Davis: 39.5 points
Chad Kirby: 38.5 points
Scott Brown: 37.5 points
John Pryor: 35.5 points
Grant James: 33 points
Scott Goodwin: 29 points
Darrell Gill: 17.5 points
Best Bowl Season Records
Scott Goodwin: 29-14
Darrell Gill: 27-16
Ricky Atnip: 27-16
Chad Kirby: 27-16
Scott Brown: 26-17
John Pryor: 25-18
Grant James: 24-19
Jared Davis: 24-19
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, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Domino’s Pizza.