October 19, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Jared Davis has taken over the top spot among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners seven weeks into the season.
Jared has a record of 79-26 followed by Dewain Hendrixson at 77-28, Grant James of the James Gang, Scott Goodwin, and Ricky Atnip each at 75-30, John Pryor 74-31, Scott Brown 73-32, and Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang and Chad Kirby each at 71-34.
For the week, Jared Davis and Scott Brown each had the best record at 13-2, followed by John Pryor 12-3, Scott Goodwin and Dewain Hendrixson each at 11-4, Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, and Chad Kirby each at 10-5, and Grant James 8-7.
Three Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill added 6.5 points to his total with NIU’s win over Ohio 23-13. Ricky Atnip picked up 9.5 points as Iowa beat Wisconsin 15-6, and Dewain Hendrixson got 11.5 points when Stanford upended Colorado 46-43.
Overall, Jared Davis still leads in underdog points with 35 followed by Dewain Hendrixson with 30, Ricky Atnip 26.5, Darrell Gill 18, Scott Goodwin 12.5, 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:
Penn State at Ohio State, Utah at USC, Oklahoma State at West Virginia, Clemson at Miami, Duke at Florida State, TCU at Kansas State, Minnesota at Iowa, Boston College at Georgia Tech, Memphis at UAB, Texas Tech at BYU, Pittsburgh at Wake Forest, Ole Miss at Auburn, Mississippi State at Arkansas, South Carolina at Missouri, and Tennessee at Alabama.
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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