October 10, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Ricky Atnip has taken the lead among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters with the best record picking winners for the first six weeks of the college football season.
Ricky has compiled a record of 57-33 followed by Dewain Hendrixson at 56-34, Scott Brown and Scott Goodwin each at 54-36, Darrell Gill 53-37, Alex Woodward 52-38, Grant James 51-39, John Pryor 50-40, and Chad Kirby 49-41.
For the week, Ricky Atnip had the best record at 9-6 followed by Grant James, Scott Brown, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 7-8, Chad Kirby and Scott Goodwin each at 6-9, and Darrell Gill, Alex Woodward, and John Pryor each at 5-10.
Three of the forecasters hit their underdog picks last week including Scott Brown who picked up 7 points with SMU’s win over Louisville. Scott Goodwin got on the board with 6.5 points as Syracuse knocked off UNLV and Dewain Hendrixson added to his total as West Virginia upended Oklahoma State.
Overall, Dewain Hendrixson has pulled ahead in underdog points with 26.5 followed by Darrell Gill with 23.5, Chad Kirby 19.5, Ricky Atnip 15, Scott Brown 11, John Pryor with 9.5, Grant James 7.5, Scott Goodwin 6.5, and Alex Woodward with 4.5.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Utah at Arizona State, Georgia Tech at North Carolina, Wisconsin at Rutgers, Washington at Iowa, California at Pittsburgh, Penn State at USC, Texas at Oklahoma, Ole Miss at LSU, Ohio State at Oregon, Arizona at BYU, Kansas State at Colorado, Iowa State at West Virginia, Vanderbilt at Kentucky, Florida at Tennessee and in the NFL the Indianapolis Colts at the Tennessee Titans.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.
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