September 14, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Scott Goodwin and Dewain Hendrixson have taken the lead among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners after the first two weeks of the season.
Overall Goodwin and Hendrixson are tied at 24-6 followed by Grant James of the James Gang, Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby. Jared Davis, and John Pryor each at 23-7. Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang is next at 22-8, and Scott Brown at 21-9.
For the week, Chad Kirby, Scott Goodwin, and Dewain Hendrixson tied for the best record at 12-3 followed by Darrell Gill, Grant James, Ricky Atnip, Scott Brown, and Jared Davis each with 11-4 and John Pryor 10-5
Four Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Jared Davis added to his lead with 7 points as Texas upset Alabama 34-24. Ricky Atnip got on the board with 7.5 points as Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 27-21. Chad Kirby picked up 6.5 points as Washington State knocked off Wisconsin 31-22, and Dewain Hendrixson got 4.5 points with Miami’s win over Texas A&M 48-33
Overall, Jared Davis leads in underdog points with 27.5 followed by Ricky Atnip with 7.5, Chad Kirby 6.5, Dewain Hendrixson 4.5, and John Pryor with 2.5
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Kansas State at Missouri, LSU at Mississippi State, Minnesota at North Carolina, South Carolina at Georgia, South Alabama at Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh at West Virginia, BYU at Arkansas, TCU at Houston, Fresno State at Arizona State, Syracuse at Purdue, Washington at Michigan State, North Texas at La Tech, Vanderbilt at UNLV, Tennessee at Florida, and in the NFL the L.A. Chargers at the Tennessee Titans..
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.
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