November 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Two weeks ago Ricky Atnip overtook Chad Kirby as the sole leader among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners and he remains in first place this week.
Atnip has compiled an overall record of 73-36 after eight weeks of the season.
Overall Chad Kirby and Darrell Gill are tied for second place each at 72-37 followed by Grant James at 71-38, Dewain Hendrixson 69-40, John Pryor 68-41, Scott Brown and Scott Goodwin each at 67-42, and Jared Davis and Will Graham each at 64-45.
Darrell Gill had the best single week record last week at 11-3 followed by Grant James and John Pryor each at 10-4, Ricky Atnip, Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, and Scott Goodwin each at 9-5, Dewain Hendrixson and Will Graham each at 8-6, and Jared Davis at 6-8.
Four forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James added 14.5 points to his total as Liberty upset Virginia Tech 38-35. Scott Brown got 3 points with Indiana’s 38-21 win over Michigan. Jared Davis picked up 3 points as Florida beat Georgia 44-28 and John Pryor got on the board with 5 points as Notre Dame knocked off Clemson 47-40.
After eight weeks Chad Kirby remains the underdog points leader with 41.5 points followed by Darrell Gill with 41, Grant James 29, Scott Goodwin 25.5, Scott Brown 22, Dewain Hendrixson 12.5, Ricky Atnip 11.5, Jared Davis 9.5, Will Graham 8, and John Pryor 5.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Miami at Virginia Tech, Oregon at Washington State, Wisconsin at Michigan, Florida State at N.C. State, SMU at Tulsa, Colorado at Stanford, TCU at West Virginia, Indiana at Michigan State, Penn State at Nebraska, Army at Tulane, Auburn at Mississippi State, South Carolina at Ole Miss, Vanderbilt at Kentucky 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 LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.
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