September 26, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Dewain Hendrixson has moved out front among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters with the best record picking winners for the first four weeks of the college football season.
Dewain has compiled a record of 39-21 followed by Ricky Atnip, Alex Woodward, and Scott Goodwin each at 38-22. Darrell Gill is 37-23. Scott Brown and John Pryor are each at 36-24, Chad Kirby is 35-25, and Grant James is 33-27.
For the week, Dewain Hendrixson and Ricky Atnip were each at 11-4 followed by Darrell Gill at 10-5, Scott Brown, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each at 9-6, Grant James, Alex Woodward, and Chad Kirby each at 8-7.
Four of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week including Ricky Atnip who picked up 7 points with BYU’s defeat of Kansas State. Chad Kirby got on the board with 9.5 points as Illinois upended Nebraska. John Pryor had 9.5 points as Stanford beat Syracuse and Dewain Hendrixson added 8 points with South Alabama’s win over Appalachian State.
Overall, Darrell Gill leads in underdog points with 23.5 followed by Dewain Hendrixson 23, Ricky Atnip 15, Chad Kirby and John Pryor each with 9.5, Grant James and Alex Woodward each with 4.5, and Scott Brown with 4 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Illinois at Penn State, Oklahoma State at Kansas State, Oklahoma at Auburn, Wisconsin at USC, Louisville at Notre Dame, Arkansas at Texas A&M, Washington at Rutgers, Ohio State at Michigan State, Georgia at Alabama, Arizona at Utah, North Carolina at Duke, Cincinnati at Texas Tech, Kentucky at Ole Miss, Colorado at UCF, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Miami Dolphins.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.
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