October 24, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip is alone in first place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after eight weeks of the college football season.
Ricky has compiled a record of 79-41 followed by Darrell Gill at 77-43, Dewain Hendrixson 76-44, Scott Goodwin 75-45, John Pryor 74-46, Scott Brown and Alex Woodward each at 73-47, Grant James 72-48, and Chad Kirby 71-49.
For the week, Darrell Gill, Ricky Atnip, Alex Woodward, and John Pryor were each at 13-2, Grant James and Chad Kirby each at 12-3, Scott Goodwin 11-4, Dewain Hendrixson 10-5, and Scott Brown 9-6.
Three forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James added 3 points to his total as Tennessee knocked off Alabama. Ricky Atnip picked up 5 points with Georgia’s win over Texas and Dewain Hendrixson got 1.5 points as Florida beat Kentucky.
Overall, Dewain Hendrixson has 28 underdog points followed by Darrell Gill with 23.5, Ricky Atnip 20, Chad Kirby 19.5, Alex Woodward 18.5, Scott Brown 11, Grant James 10.5, John Pryor 9.5, and Scott Goodwin 6.5.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Michigan State at Michigan, Penn State at Wisconsin, Illinois at Oregon, Washington at Indiana, Notre Dame at Navy, Syracuse at Pittsburgh, Boise State at UNLV, BYU at UCF, Auburn at Kentucky, Missouri at Alabama, Arkansas at Mississippi State, Oklahoma at Ole Miss, LSU at Texas A&M, Texas at Vanderbilt and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Detroit Lions.
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.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Wilson Bank & Trust, and Domino’s Pizza.