September 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Two of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters tied for having the best record picking winners during last week’s debut show for the college football season.
Grant James and Ricky Atnip each compiled a record of 9-3 last week. Chad Kirby, Scott Goodwin, Dewain Hendrixson, John Pryor, and Will Graham each went 8-4. Darrell Gill and Scott Brown were each at 7-5 while Jared Davis was 6-6
Five forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill got 14 points with Liberty’s upset of Western Kentucky 30-24. Grant James got on the board with 7 points as Navy defeated Tulane 27-24. Dewain Hendrixon got 6 points with Boston College’s 26-6 win over Duke. Scott Goodwin picked up 5.5 points as Louisiana Tech upended Southern Miss 31-30 and Scott Brown got 2.5 points with Miami’s 47-34 win over Louisville.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Iowa State at TCU, Tulane at Southern Miss, Duke at Virginia, N.C. State at Virginia Tech, Louisville at Pittsburgh, West Virginia at Oklahoma State, UAB at South Alabama, South Florida at FAU, Florida State at Miami, Mississippi State at LSU, Florida at Ole Miss, Kentucky at Auburn, Vanderbilt at Texas A&M, Tennessee at South Carolina, and the Tennessee Titans at Minnesota
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
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