November 27, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip still leads the pack among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after thirteen weeks of the college football season.
Ricky has a record of 133-62 followed by Scott Goodwin at 129-66, Darrell Gill 128-67, Dewain Hendrixson 127-68, John Pryor and Alex Woodward each at 125-70, Grant James and Scott Brown each at 123-72, and Chad Kirby at 115-80.
For the week, Alex Woodward had the best record at 12-3 followed by Darrell Gill, Grant James, Scott Goodwin, and John Pryor each at 10-5, Ricky Atnip and Scott Brown each at 9-6, Dewain Hendrixson 8-7, and Chad Kirby 7-8.
Three of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James added 3 points with West Virginia’s win over Central Florida. Ricky Atnip picked up 10.5 points as Florida upset Ole Miss and Dewain Hendrixson got 13.5 points with Oklahoma’s victory over Alabama.
Overall, Dewain Hendrixson has taken the lead in underdog points with 44 followed by Grant James with 37, Darrell Gill 36, Ricky Atnip 30.5, Chad Kirby 28.5, Scott Goodwin 22, John Pryor 20, Alex Woodward 18.5 and Scott Brown 11.
Today (Wednesday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Liberty at Sam Houston, Kansas State at Iowa State, Marshall at James Madison, Nebraska at Iowa, Pittsburgh at Boston College, Miami at Syracuse, Notre Dame at USC, Texas at Texas A&M, Louisville at Kentucky, South Carolina at Clemson, Oklahoma at LSU, Arkansas at Missouri, Auburn at Alabama, Tennessee at Vanderbilt and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Washington Commanders.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Wednesday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.
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