October 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Grant James of the James Gang is now leading the pack of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners after five weeks into the season.
Grant has a record of 58-17 followed by Dewain Hendrixson at 56-19, Ricky Atnip, Jared Davis, and Scott Goodwin each at 55-20, Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang and John Pryor each at 53-22, Chad Kirby 52-23, and Scott Brown at 51-24.
For the week, Grant James had the best week at 13-2 followed by Ricky Atnip at 12-3, Darrell Gill, Jared Davis, Scott Goodwin, Chad Kirby, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 11-4 and Scott Brown 10-5
Only one Fearless Forecaster hit his underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill got on the board with 11.5 points as Baylor defeated UCF 36-35.
Overall, Jared Davis leads in underdog points with 35 followed by Dewain Hendrixson with 12.5, Darrell Gill 11.5, Ricky Atnip with 7.5, Chad Kirby and John Pryor each with 6.5, and Scott Goodwin with 6 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Oklahoma at Texas, Notre Dame at Louisville, TCU at Iowa State, Oregon State at California, Washington State at UCLA, Boston College at Army, Syracuse at North Carolina, Purdue at Iowa, LSU at Missouri, UCF at Kansas, Alabama at Texas A&M, Arkansas at Ole Miss, Kentucky at Georgia, Vanderbilt at Florida, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Indianapolis Colts.
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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