November 13, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The James Gang (Grant and Jeff) has pulled into a tie with Dewain Hendrixson for first place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners heading into the 12th week of the college football season.
The James Gang and Hendrixson each have the best overall records at 105-60 followed by Darrell Gill and the guests each at 102-63. Chad Kirby is next at 100-65. John Pryor 97-68, Jacob Parsley and Ricky Atnip each at 96-69. Scott Brown 93-72, and Will Graham and Jared Davis each at 92-73.
For the week, the James Gang had the best record at 10-5. Scott Brown, Jared Davis, and the guest Justin Poteete each were 9-6, Jacob Parsley and Dewain Hendrixson were each at 8-7. Darrell Gill, Will Graham, Ricky Atnip and John Pryor were each at 7-8 and Chad Kirby was 6-9.
Five of the forecasters picked up points with their underdog selections last week. Scott Brown added 7.5 points to his total with California’s upset of Washington State 33-20. Ricky Atnip got 6 points with Appalachian State’s 20-15 win over South Carolina. John Pryor hauled in 14 points as Illinois knocked off Michigan State 37-34. Will Graham picked LSU for 6 points to topple Alabama and the Tigers came through winning 46-41 and Jared Davis expanded his overall lead by 3.5 points as Colorado beat Stanford 16-13.
Jared Davis remains the overall underdog points leader with 41.5 points followed by Scott Brown 37. Jacob Parsley and Dewain Hendrixson each have 24 points. John Pryor 21.5 points. The James Gang has 21 points, Ricky Atnip 20.5 points, Darrell Gill 19, the Guests 14.5, Will Graham 13 and Chad Kirby with 1 point.
Thursday the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Oklahoma at Baylor, Louisiana Tech at Marshall, Tulane at Temple, Navy at Notre Dame, Minnesota at Iowa, Texas at Iowa State, Louisville at N.C. State, USC at California, North Carolina at Pittsburgh, Arizona State at Oregon State, Wyoming at Utah State, TCU at Texas Tech, Florida at Missouri, Georgia at Auburn, and Kentucky at Vanderbilt.
Thursday’s special guest is TWRA Officer Tony Cross.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.