December 19, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The 2019-20 College Football Bowl season begins this weekend and WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters will meet today (Thursday) to pick winners in each of the 40 showdowns from December 20 to January 13 including the eventual national champion.
The program airs at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com
Dewain Hendrixson maintains his lead going into the bowl season with an overall record of 150-72.
The overall standings of the Forecasters are as follows:
Dewain Hendrixson: 150-72
James Gang (Grant and Jeff): 149-73 (1 game back)
Darrell Gill: 144-78 (6 games back)
Guests (combined): 144-78 (6 games back)
Jacob Parsley: 141-81 (9 games back)
Ricky Atnip: 140-82 (10 games back)
Chad Kirby: 138-84 (12 games back)
John Pryor: 135-87 (15 games back)
Jared Davis: 134-88 (16 games back)
Will Graham: 134-88 (16 games back)
Scott Brown: 131-91 (19 games back)
Meanwhile Ricky Atnip and Jacob Parsley each had the best record for the week (two weeks ago) at 11-1 followed by Darrell Gill, the James Gang, Scott Brown, John Pryor, Dewain Hendrixson, Jared Davis, and the guest Steven Jennings each at 10-2. Will Graham and Chad Kirby were each at 9-3.
Two of the forecasters picked up points with their underdog selections two weeks ago. Scott Brown added to his overall lead with 6 points as Oregon defeated Utah 37-15 and Jared Davis picked up 6 points with the same selection, Oregon over Utah.
Brown remains in the lead with 51 underdog points followed by Jared Davis with 47.5 points, Dewain Hendrixson 28, Jacob Parsley 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.
Today’s invited special guest is Ray Robinson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a former Tennessee Volunteer Football player who was on the team that defeated Miami in the 1986 Sugar Bowl.
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.