VSiN By The Books | August 3, 2026 | Hour 3

**Dave Ross** (0:01)
This is VSiN, the Sports Betting Network.
Top of the hour VSiN By The Books, Dave Ross right here at the Mint Gaming Hall in Franklin, Kentucky, our closer Jensen Lewis back home in Cleveland, Ohio. Peter Appel is going to join the program here in advance of the trade deadline here in Major League Baseball at 6 p.m. Eastern. So we'll cover at any trades that happen. We have had one this morning and there could be a lot as Jensen, I believe you think we're going to have throughout the day to day. Of course, the big one has already dropped here with Tarrick Skubal, moving on to the LA Dodgers. By the way, I want to give a correction out there. It was two years ago this time that Malik Willis was still a member of the Tennessee Titans. Jensen, that's why I have to put my glasses on and make sure I get those years right. Then flip for a seventh round pick to Green Bay.
Now, here we are just a couple of short years later and he's now got a three-year deal here to quarterback the Miami Dolphins. Great conversation to that end with Marty Herney in the last segment. Please like, subscribe to the VSiN By The Books podcast. You can listen on your time. Jensen, very quickly, before we talk about the College Football Betting Guide, that's interesting. I'm with Marty on the excitement level for the Dolphins. You know that's one of my plays over four and a half. He's not as excited as I am about the Falcons. He's got concerns there with the quarterback room. I didn't really have those concerns. Then you hear that from Marty and I go, oh no, he's worried about two and he's worried about Michael Pettix and not just necessarily the injuries Jensen, but sometimes that can be concerning this time of the year.

**Jensen Lewis** (1:42)
Oh, it's a hundred percent concerning my friend.
In deep trouble, the Atlanta Falcons are already and we have not even played a game yet. So let's see if anyone needed to be a head coach to figure out a quarterback merry go round. That's what you can hang your hat on, Dave. Kevin Stefanski, a veteran of that, his last handful of years in Cleveland. So at least you got a guy who knows week in and week out. He doesn't know who his quarterback is going to be, but he could still put a competent team out there for sure.

**Dave Ross** (2:09)
Well, maybe you can go get a Will Levis because Will Levis says he's still better than 32 quarterbacks that are starting in this league today. So we'll find out if the Falcons have to make more quarterback moves out there or not. Hey, it's a big day here at the network. We know that the College Football Betting Guide is out right now. So again, if you're not a VSiN Pro Subscriber, Jensen, you can sign up today. 999 is all it's going to take. But there's a much better offer out there, 50% off the annual subscription price. If you want to get everything that we do for a full year, that's the better for the full kit and caboodle. But I can understand it. You're a college football fan out there and you want to get the sharp action and the sharp minds we have here at the network, then get that College Football Betting Guide and you can start that subscription for as little as $9.99 for your very first month. Jensen, you've looked over it a little bit. I haven't gone into it in full detail. But again, some of the points that I think are pretty omnipresent when you look at it, just from a cursory glance, is that a lot of our people really do like Notre Dame. I get it. I mentioned here earlier in the program, there are minus $8 to make the college football playoff. In context, the next betting choice is Ohio State and that's almost half. You have to go down to about, what, minus 320 for the Buckeyes to make the college football play at 350, 320, depending on the market you're looking at. But $8 for Notre Dame, you don't want to say that they're a can't miss, but barring two unlikely losses, Jensen, they do feel like a pretty high probability rate that they're going to make the college football playoff.

**Jensen Lewis** (3:38)
They are number one, according to Matt Umans, in his top 50 teams here in our College Football Betting Guide, and a very intriguing top 10
Dave, if I can just illustrate that, if you're not a VSim pro subscriber yet, please do so as little as 9.99 to get our great College Football Betting Guide out today. Here are the top 10 teams. I'll get your fresh organic take on it. This according to Matt Umans. Number one, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Number two, Oregon. Number three, Ohio State. Number four, Georgia. Number five, Texas. Number six, Indiana. Number seven, Miami. Number eight, LSU. Number nine, Mississippi. And number ten, Oklahoma.