January 13, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Jared Davis has claimed his first title as the WJLE Fearless Forecaster of the year.
During the 15-week college football season including bowl games, Jared compiled the overall best record picking winners in 247 games at 154-93. Meanwhile, Ricky Atnip accumulated the most underdog points during the season at 52.5 points.
Both will be presented the “WJLE Fearless Forecasters Joe Goodwin Memorial Awards” today (Thursday, January 13) on the season finale of the Fearless Forecasters Show on WJLE at 4:30 p.m.
Goodwin, a longtime member of the Fearless Forecasters, passed away in February 2019 and the awards are named in tribute to him.
The final standings of the forecasters for the season are as follows:
Jared Davis: 154-93
Eli Gill: 150-97
Chad Kirby: 149-98
Grant James: 148-99
Ricky Atnip: 148-99
Scott Goodwin: 145-102
Scott Brown: 143-104
John Pryor: 139-108:
Final underdog standings are as follows:
Ricky Atnip: 52.5 points
Jared Davis: 49 points
Chad Kirby: 49 points
Scott Brown: 42.5 points
Scott Goodwin: 37.5
Grant James: 26.5 points
Eli Gill: 22 points
John Pryor: 19 points
Best Bowl Season Records
Eli Gill: 24-13
Jared Davis: 22-15
Ricky Atnip: 21-16
Scott Goodwin: 21-16
Grant James: 21-16
John Pryor: 19-18
Scott Brown:18-19
Chad Kirby: 17-20
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, First Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Domino’s Pizza.