VSiN By The Books | August 28, 2026 | Hour 2

**Dave Ross** (0:01)
This is VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Chris Childers** (0:09)
This is VSiN By The Books, on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Dave Ross** (0:25)
We continue VSiN By The Books on this Friday morning, with Chris Childers joining the program here to talk some college football and the great Lutfi Nicaro as well, with going overseas, UFC, Shanghai. So if you want some fighting, depending on where you are in this great country, you gotta get up early on a Friday night into Saturday morning. Just stay up all night and watch sports and get ready for week zero. Because Jensen, we are excited for college football, officially beginning tomorrow in FBS, and that's where we begin our highlights and headlines.

**Jensen Lewis** (0:56)
Help your bottom line with today's highlights and headlines.

**Dave Ross** (1:04)
I know it was NFL, but it always takes me back to Bill Parcells when he was mic'd up. That's why you lift all that damn weight. We can't wait for the start of football season. It's upon us in college football with UNC and TCU over there in Dublin. We're seeing that number right now, about 946.5 for the big marquee match up there. There are other significant games, NC State and Virginia here, Jensen. But with the college season getting ready to start, you do have some plays you've already put in there for VS and Pro subscribers.
Not just with the plays that you've already made. What else are you really looking for for Keys early in a season here at week zero?

**Jensen Lewis** (1:40)
Yeah, again, just being mindful of the bank roll. And again, we were nearly 25, 30 units of profit overall between college football, the NFL upwards now of 50 adding in the NFL draft and what we've done throughout the preseason. So again, if you don't feel like you want to get out of the gates quickly here, that's fine. I mentioned it yesterday. I'll repeat it again. If you just want to paper trade, write down the picks that you would make, write down your units. Yeah. So one thing I want to reinforce to people, and I do it with every single pick at vsin.com for our pro subscribers, I allocate a unit for each play. So you know exactly where it's going. A hundred bucks is a unit for me. And so you can follow along every single pick, 100 percent transparency. We're one of the few shows in the entire country, Dave, that put out what we play at least from every single sport. We don't hide. And whether it's a win, it's a loss, it's out there for you to tail.
And again, your bankroll is your bankroll. We are very excited to roll out some NFL things that we'll be doing as early as next week to help you monetize week in and week out. So excited to be back.
Don't have to pull a hammy running out of the gates to bet all these games. So just pace it and really key in on your process and be able to track every single thing you do so you can continually audit and be able to fine tune how you go about your handicapping.

**Dave Ross** (3:14)
It's great advice, especially the paper trading that you do not have to go far. If you're not confident in where you stand in a game, you don't have to fire on these things just because it's now College Football and Week Zero were back. You can write those things down and monitor that like you would studying for a test and then see when you're ready to take that test. I think it's great advice. By the way, preseason, let's wrap this thing up, baby. We're going to do it this weekend. Wrap it up.
We did have a couple of dead overs yesterday with the Bills and the Steelers combined for 55 points and the Bills one point win. Browns, and you are all over this game, I believe, with the total yesterday. That game soars over that total 37-13 is the final. They're under between the Niners and the Raiders, 18-12 San Francisco getting that win. And the Rams in the Battle of LA, 20-18 over the Chargers. Jensen, just from perusing these games last night, it does feel like this is kind of what the preseason is now these days. It's more about positional battles, depth chart, that sort of thing.
We kind of know, and the coaches know, barring injury, who's going to be on these 53-man rosters.

**Jensen Lewis** (4:11)
I would agree. And now it's really figuring out, okay, are we carrying three or four quarterbacks, you know, in your skill position room? So what are those depth options that you feel you need to make those final decisions on and get yourself down to 53?