September 30, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Chad Kirby remains the leader on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners through the first four weeks of the college football season.
Kirby owns an overall record of 39-21.
Grant James had the best single week record last week at 11-4 followed by Scott Brown and Chad Kirby each at 10-5, Ricky Atnip, Jared Davis, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each at 9-6 and Eli Gill 8-7
Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after four weeks at 37-23 followed by Jared Davis 36-24, Ricky Atnip 34-26, Scott Brown and Scott Goodwin each at 33-27 and Eli Gill and John Pryor each at 31-29.
Five forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James got 4 points as Wake Forest upset Virginia 37-17. Ricky Atnip picked up 6.5 points with Notre Dame’s win over Wisconsin 41-13. Jared Davis added 10 points with N.C. State’s victory over Clemson 27-21. Chad Kirby got 10.5 points as Oregon State upended USC 45-27 and John Pryor got on the board with 5.5 points as Arkansas defeated Texas A&M 20-10.
Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after four weeks at 29.5 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 10.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, and John Pryor with 5.5 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Michigan at Wisconsin, Cincinnati at Notre Dame, Iowa at Maryland, Virginia at Miami, Texas at TCU, Baylor at Oklahoma State, Arizona State at UCLA, Auburn at LSU, Arkansas at Georgia, Florida at Kentucky, Ole Miss at Alabama, Mississippi State at Texas A&M. Connecticut at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Missouri, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the New York Jets.
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Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.