December 5, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip still leads the pack among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after week 14 of the college football season.
Ricky has a record of 145-65 followed by Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 140-70. John Pryor and Dewain Hendrixson are each at 136-74, Alex Woodward 135-75, Grant James 134-76, Scott Brown 133-77 and Chad Kirby 124-86.
For the week, Darrell Gill and Ricky Atnip tied for the best record at 12-3. Grant James, Scott Goodwin and John Pryor each at 11-4, Scott Brown and Alex Woodward each at 10-5, and Chad Kirby and Dewain Hendrixson each at 9-6
Four of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Scott Brown picked up 14.5 points with the Memphis win over Tulane. Alex Woodward added 11 points to his total with the Syracuse victory over Miami. Scott Goodwin got 2.5 points as South Carolina beat Clemson and Dewain Hendrixson had 9.5 points with Utah’s win over UCF.
Overall, Dewain Hendrixson maintains his lead in underdog points with 53.5 followed by Grant James with 37, Darrell Gill 36, Ricky Atnip 30.5, Alex Woodward 29.5, Chad Kirby 28.5, Scott Brown 25.5, Scott Goodwin 24.5, and John Pryor 20.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Penn State vs Oregon, Texas vs Georgia, SMU vs Clemson, Iowa State vs Arizona State, Ohio vs Miami Ohio, Amy vs Navy (December 14), UNLV vs Boise State, Tulane vs Army, Western Kentucky vs Jacksonville State, Marshall vs Louisiana, Idaho vs Lehigh, Illinois State vs UC Davis, UT Martin vs Montana State, Villanona vs Incarnate Word, and in the NFL the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Tennessee Titans.
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.