October 7, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Chad Kirby remains the leader on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 6th week.
Kirby owns an overall record of 48-27.
Eli Gill and Ricky Atnip each had the best single week record last week at 10-5 followed by Scott Brown and Chad Kirby each at 9-6. Grant James, John Pryor, Jared Davis, and Scott Goodwin each went 8-7.
Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after five weeks at 45-30 followed by Ricky Atnip and Jared Davis each at 44-31, Scott Brown 42-33, Eli Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 41-34, and John Pryor 39-36.
Only one forecaster hit his underdog pick last week. Chad Kirby added 7 points to his total as Texas Tech upset West Virginia 23-20.
Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after five weeks at 29.5 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 17.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, and John Pryor with 5.5 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Oklahoma at Texas, Penn State at Iowa, Michigan at Nebraska, Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, Utah at USC, Virginia at Louisville, FAU at UAB, Wyoming at Air Force, Georgia at Auburn, Arkansas at Ole Miss, Alabama at Texas A&M, LSU at Kentucky, Vanderbilt at Florida, South Carolina at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Jacksonsville Jaguars.
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, and Dominos Pizza.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.