October 1, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Two of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters remain tied for having the best record picking college football winners during over the last two weeks.
Grant James and Ricky Atnip each have compiled a record of 21-5.
Darrell Gill had the best single week record at 13-1 last week followed by James, Atnip, Scott Brown, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, Scott Goodwin, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 12-2. John Pryor and Will Graham were each 11-3 last week.
Following James and Atnip for the overall best records after two weeks are Darrell Gill, Chad Kirby, Scott Goodwin, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 20-6. Scott Brown, John Pryor, and Will Graham each at 19-7, and Jared Davis is 18-8.
Two forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Scott Brown picked up 16.5 points as Mississippi State upset LSU 44 to 34 while Scott Goodwin got 10 points with UTEP’s win over U.L. Monroe 31-6.
After two weeks Brown is the underdog points leader with 19 points followed by Scott Goodwin with 15.5, Darrell Gill 14, Grant James 7, and Dewain Hendrixson with 6 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Memphis at SMU, Western Kentucky at MTSU, Oklahoma at Iowa State, Navy at Air Force, East Carolina at Georgia State, Baylor at West Virginia, Texas Tech at Kansas State, Southern Miss at North Texas, South Carolina at Florida, Texas A&M at Alabama, Ole Miss at Kentucky, Auburn at Georgia, LSU at Vanderbilt, and Missouri at Tennessee. In the NFL, the Tennessee Titans game at home against Pittsburgh has been canceled due to COVID-19.
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, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Graham Services, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Dominos Pizza.