November 8, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Dewain Hendrixson still leads his fellow WJLE Fearless Forecasters for picking winners after ten weeks of the college football season.
Hendrixson has an overall record of 97-52.
Darrell Gill is in second place at 95-54, two games back followed by Will Graham at 90-59, seven games out. Scott Brown and Grant James of the James Gang are each 8 games out of first place at 89-60. Ricky Atnip and Chad Kirby are 10 games back at 87-62. John Pryor is 12 games out of first place at 84-65 and the Guests are 14 games back at 83-66.
Meanwhile Darrell Gill and Ricky Atnip each had the best record for the week at 13-2 followed by Grant James of the James Gang at 12-3. Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson each went 11-4, the guest County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss went 10-5, and Will Graham was 8-7.
Two forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Ricky Atnip picked Illinois to upset Minnesota and got 9.5 points. The guest, County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss picked Missouri to beat Florida and got 6 points.
Overall Will Graham at 41 has the most underdog points followed by Grant James of the James Gang with 38 points. Scott Brown has 35 points while Ricky Atnip has 24.5, the guests 20, Darrell Gill 14, John Pryor 11.5, Dewain Hendrixson 11, and Chad Kirby 5.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Ohio State at Michigan State, Wisconsin at Penn State, Washington State at Colorado, Oregon at Utah, Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, Miami at Georgia Tech, Texas at Texas Tech, California at USC, Temple at Houston, Fresno State at Boise State, Auburn at Georgia, South Carolina at Florida, Vanderbilt at Missouri, Kentucky at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans versus New England.
Today’s special guest is DCHS Lady Tiger Basketball Coach Danny Fish.
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.