October 14, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Chad Kirby is still in the lead on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 7th week.
Kirby owns an overall record of 59-31.
Grant James and Ricky Atnip each had the best single week record last week at 12-3 followed by Scott Brown, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and Scott Goodwin each at 11-4. John Pryor was 10-5 and Eli Gill 9-6.
Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after six weeks at 57-33 followed by Ricky Atnip 56-34, Jared Davis 55-35, Scott Brown 53-37, Scott Goodwin 52-38, Eli Gill 50-40, and John Pryor 49-41.
Only one forecaster hit his underdog pick last week. Scott Goodwin got on the board with 3.5 points as UTSA upset Western Kentucky 52-46.
Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after six weeks at 29.5 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 17.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points.
Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:
Oklahoma State at Texas, N.C. State at Boston College, BYU at Baylor, Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, Michigan State at Indiana, Arizona State at Utah, Stanford at Washington State, Alabama at Mississippi State, Kentucky at Georgia, Texas A&M at Missouri, Auburn at Arkansas, Florida at LSU, Vanderbilt at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Tennessee, and in the NFL Buffalo at the Tennessee Titans.
The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.
Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.