October 12, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Grant James of the James Gang remains in the lead among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners six weeks into the season.
Grant has a record of 67-23 followed by Dewain Hendrixson and Jared Davis each at 66-24, Ricky Atnip 65-25, Scott Goodwin 64-26, John Pryor 62-28, Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang and Chad Kirby each at 61-29, and Scott Brown 60-30.
For the week, Jared Davis had the best record at 11-4, followed by Dewain Hendrixson and Ricky Atnip each at 10-5, Grant James, Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each at 9-6 and Darrell Gill 8-7.
Four Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James got on the board with 3 points as Nebraska defeated Illinois 20-7. Ricky Atnip gained 9.5 points with UCONN’s win over Rice 38-31. Scott Goodwin added 6.5 points as Oklahoma beat Texas 34-30, and Dewain Hendrixson picked up 6 points with Iowa State’s win over TCU 27-14.
Overall, Jared Davis leads in underdog points with 35 followed by Dewain Hendrixson with 18.5, Ricky Atnip 17, Scott Goodwin 12.5, Darrell Gill 11.5, Chad Kirby and John Pryor each with 6.5, and Grant James with 3 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
USC at Notre Dame, Oregon at Washington, Kansas at Oklahoma State, N.C. State at Duke, Kansas State at Texas Tech, Miami at North Carolina, UCLA at Oregon State, Tulane at Memphis, Arkansas at Alabama, Florida at South Carolina, Auburn at LSU, Missouri at Kentucky, Georgia at Vanderbilt, Texas A&M at Tennessee and in the NFL the Baltimore Ravens 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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