November 17, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip is still out front as the leader among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners.
Atnip has the best overall record at 124-41 followed by Jared Davis at 119-46, Grant James 118-47, John Pryor 113-52, Scott Brown 111-54, Darrell Gill 109-56, Scott Goodwin 108-57, and Chad Kirby 107-58.
For the week, John Pryor had the best record at 12-3 followed by Ricky Atnip 11-4, Grant James and Scott Goodwin each at 10-5, Jared Davis and Chad Kirby each at 9-6, and Darrell Gill and Scott Brown each at 8-7.
Three Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Ricky Atnip expanded his overall lead adding 6.5 points to his total with Purdue’s 31-24 win over Illinois. Jared Davis picked up 8 points as West Virginia defeated Oklahoma 23-20 and Scott Goodwin got 7 points with TCU’s 17-10 victory over Texas.
Overall, Ricky Atnip now leads in underdog points with 26.5 followed by Jared Davis with 23.5, Scott Goodwin 21.5, Darrell Gill 17.5, Scott Brown and John Pryor each with 17, and Grant James with 11.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, USC at UCLA, Utah at Oregon, Syracuse at Wake Forest, TCU at Baylor, Texas at Kansas, SMU at Tulane, Iowa at Minnesota, Duke at Pittsburgh, Western Kentucky at Auburn, N.C. State at Louisville, Ole Miss at Arkansas, Florida at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at South Carolina, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Green Bay Packers.
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, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Davis Auto Body, and Domino’s Pizza.