September 20, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Chad Kirby again earns bragging rights as leader of the pack among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters for picking winners after the third week of the college football season.
Kirby still has the best overall record at 30-14 for the first three weeks of the season but Grant James topped all forecasters for best record of the week at 10-4 followed by Scott Brown at 9-5. Six of the forecasters, Will Graham, Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, John Pryor, Dewain Hendrixson, and the guest Isaac Gray tied for third place last week each with records of 8-6 and Darrell Gill finished 7-7 for the week.
After the first three weeks of the season, Chad Kirby remains in first place at 30-14 followed by Scott Brown at 29-15, Ricky Atnip and the guests (Larry Green, Darvin Gill, & Isaac Gray) are at 28-16, Grant James, Will Graham, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson are each at 26-18, and Darrell Gill is at 25-19.
Three of the forecasters, Will Graham, Grant James, and Ricky Atnip hit their underdog picks last week. Will Graham grabbed the lead with 21 points picking BYU to upset Wisconsin. Graham now has a total of 34 points. Scott Brown is in second place with 14 points followed by John Pryor with 11.5 points. Grant James got on the board with 10 points after picking LSU to upset Auburn. Ricky Atnip got 6 points with Duke’s win over Baylor. Chad Kirby still has 5 points and Dewain Hendrixson 4 points. Darrell Gill and the guests still have no underdog points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Tulsa at Temple, Minnesota at Maryland, Wisconsin at Iowa, Washington State at USC, Pittsburgh at North Carolina, Notre Dame at Wake Forest, Stanford at Oregon, TCU at Texas, Louisville at Virginia, Arizona at Oregon State, N.C. State at Marshall, Mississippi State at Kentucky, South Carolina at Vanderbilt, Florida at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville.
Today’s special guest is Attorney Luke Willoughby, who also provides color commentary with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor on WJLE’s LIVE play by play coverage of DCHS football on Friday nights.
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.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and DeKalb County Ace Hardware.