October 28, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Grant James has taken the lead on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 9th week.
James has an overall record of 77-43.
Grant James had the best single week record last week at 12-3 followed by Jared Davis 11-4, Eli Gill, Ricky Atnip, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each at 10-5, Scott Brown 9-6, and Chad Kirby 8-7.
Overall, Chad Kirby, who had held the lead for several weeks, is now in second place after eight weeks at 76-44 followed by Jared Davis 75-45, Ricky Atnip 73-47, Scott Brown and Eli Gill each at 71-49, Scott Goodwin 70-50, and John Pryor 68-52.
None of the forecasters hit his underdog pick last week.
Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after eight 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:
Michigan at Michigan State, Texas at Baylor, Penn State at Ohio State, North Carolina at Notre Dame, Purdue at Nebraska, SMU at Houston, UCLA at Utah, Virginia at BYU, Fresno State at San Diego State, Iowa at Wisconsin, Ole Miss at Auburn, Kentucky at Mississippi State, Georgia vs Florida, Missouri at Vanderbilt, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Indianapolis Colts.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.