October 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Chad Kirby is still in the lead on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 8th week.
Kirby owns an overall record of 68-37.
Eli Gill had the best single week record last week at 11-4 followed by Scott Brown, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each at 9-6 while Grant James and Scott Goodwin were each at 8-7 and Ricky Atnip was 7-8.
Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after seven weeks at 65-40 followed by Jared Davis 64-41, Ricky Atnip 63-42, Scott Brown 62-43, Eli Gill 61-44, Scott Goodwin 60-45, and John Pryor 58-47.
Only one forecaster hit his underdog pick last week. Jared Davis added to his lead with 5.5 points as Oklahoma State upset Texas 32-24.
Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after seven weeks at 35 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 17.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
USC at Notre Dame, Clemson at Pittsburgh, Wake Forest at Army, Oklahoma State at Iowa State, N.C. State at Miami, San Diego State at Air Force, BYU at Washington State, Oregon at UCLA, Maryland at Minnesota, Utah at Oregon State, Wisconsin at Purdue, LSU at Ole Miss, Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Alabama, and in the NFL Kansas City at the Tennessee Titans.
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Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.