A Numbers Game | September 10, 2026 | Hour 2

Gill Alexander (0:01)

The numbers told the story, they always do. Swando's idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with Gill Alexander on VSiN. Our number two of a numbers game at VSiN, eSports betting network, vsin.com, GamePlus, iHeartRadio, YouTube TV, SiriusXM Channel 189 I'm radio's Gill Alexander. That's television's Kelley Bydlon. Soak him in, ladies. Hey. Soak him in.

Still to come on the show, Bill Krakenburger.

From a remote location, unscripted with the crack man, Bill Krakenburger will find out what's on his mind. Elahou Feustel joining us to talk teasers. Yeah, I'm serious, man. Get the notebook ready. Get your notes app ready on your computer. Because this is going to be something.

Kelley Bydlon (0:42)

You might need a spreadsheet.

Gill Alexander (0:43)

I don't know how he's going to fit it in in 10 minutes.

10 to 12 minutes. We'll see. We get tweets, beat of the book. I always appreciate everybody hanging out with us every morning. Best listeners in the game, no question. Kayflow, why does the USTA have a one seed play, a three seed in the semis, and a two versus a four? Shouldn't it be one versus four, two versus three? The rare exception where the NCAA has something slash anything correct.

Well, okay. So the NCAA tournament is what you're referring to, and it is seeded, you are correct, one through 16 in bracket form.

The issue with tennis is the rankings don't change that quickly and that dramatically. So if you played it by actual ranking every slam, every tournament, you would get the same people playing the same people over and over and over again. So they have to randomize the draw and they don't re-seed, unlike the NFL playoffs, which re-seeds after every round, they don't re-seed in tennis. So it sticks to the bracket, but it starts from a point of randomization because tennis is just the nature of it. You have to do that. Otherwise, you're just going to get the same matchups too often. I hope that makes sense. Xander Horwitz, Kelley talking about the travel again. George is getting upset.

Kelley Bydlon (1:58)

Get real upset. No more travel. Let's play the game, Gill.

Gill Alexander (2:02)

God. Jim Campbell, I'm trying to decide what I'm more sick of hearing about. The Pat schedule last year or the travel to Australia for tonight's game? Both are factual, but I'll be excited to move on from both. Me too, Jim.

Kelley Bydlon (2:13)

Okay, Jim, I'm going to be the buzzkill then on the other side here because I just found another fun Drake May stat.

Gill Alexander (2:18)

Oh, Drake May, who has now called his performance last night, is a vote unacceptable.

Kelley Bydlon (2:22)

This is from the Hard Rock Sportsbook account, so I'm just going to throw that out there because if anybody follows that account, oh boy, do they get a little... I mean, they don't have any competition in Florida, so they tweet whatever the hell they want sometimes. 0-12 is Drake May versus teams with a winning record? Straight up?

Schedules matter.

Gill Alexander (2:43)

New Jersey, New York, GV. I know we're in football-centric mindset, but I got to say this to Kelley. Bodo Glimt is a real team, and they've got a real tendency for high-scoring games the past five years in European competitions.

Kelley Bydlon (2:54)

Well, I did pull this up. As you guys know, I'm always interested and fascinated by our...

I mean, Champions League, especially since we've expanded, right? What are we out to? Like 64 teams? Some ridiculous. Byron versus Bodo Glimt, the fourth four champions in the Norwegian something league.

Gill Alexander (3:15)

Colin Murphy, Scott Seidenberg had a great breakdown on unders with teams who started in quarterbacks did not take a snap in the preseason. Essentially, those teams are coming in nearly three points under their team totals for the game, two points for their first half team totals. That is a good number. Good stat.

Three Jacques H. 3131 Leave it to Gill to nerd out on the music in the Sydney sweetie commercial. I didn't even hear the music.

Kelley Bydlon (3:36)

And you know, I didn't hear until the very end when I was like, wait a second, I've never heard this music in another commercial before.

Michael Riordan (3:41)

Don't make it look good.

Kelley Bydlon (3:42)

Yeah.

Gill Alexander (3:43)

D-Mill 3219 Be landing Gill and, what do you say? Oh, Gilly Ice, he says. Be landing soon from New York. Which Vegas book can I find? US Open Tennis Lines minus the spread. MGM for sure. Bet MGM, Easy Peasy. And I think Caesars has them as well. Scola.