VSiN By The Books | September 11, 2026 | Hour 1

Dave Ross (0:02)

This is VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

And a good Friday morning to you and yours. It is VSiN By The Books, Dave Ross, here at the Midgaming Hall, Franklin, Kentucky. There's our closer, Jensen Lewis, back home in Cleveland, Ohio. Wow, what a show we've got for you. We got two games already in the books, in the NFL, lots of baseball talk to get to. But Jensen, obviously today, it's one of those days in our country's history that we're going to wake up a little bit more thankful than ever. We are thankful each and every day that we get to do exactly what we do.

Jensen Lewis (0:52)

Yeah, it is the 25th anniversary of 9-11.

It doesn't matter who you were, where you were, when this morning 25 years ago transpired, changing not only every one of us in our country forever, but the world at large. And as it pertains to sports, I was watching a little bit yesterday of some of the sports tributes and interviews. Of course, President George W. Bush, with arguably the greatest first pitch of all time, a week or so later, once the actual sports calendar got back underway in Yankee Stadium, I do think it is appropriate that tonight we do have the Yankees and the Mets right there in New York City, in the Bronx to play a meaningful baseball game, but perhaps with so much more meaning and emotion as it was 25 years ago on this day. So we obviously never forget, and we are thankful for all those first responders, so all those people that went into harm's way, giving the ultimate sacrifice. I wear this shirt proudly. I know you got one as well. This is for our military and usually on Memorial Day, but this is a Memorial Day unlike any other. So again, our thoughts and prayers with all of the families that still mourn those that were lost on that fateful day, but we do give thanks for those that continue to fight and preserve our freedoms and allow you and I and the rest of us to be able to do what we do every single day. So again, mile high salute to everyone out there. And again, we never forget.

Dave Ross (2:30)

No, we will never forget. And still gets me emotional to this day thinking about what happened 25 years ago on this day. And again, remember Monday Night Football, the night before watching the Broncos and the Giants of all things and then being woken up to that horrible news on Tuesday morning, being in Washington DC at that time with what went on a little bit later at the Pentagon as well. It's just one of those surreal moments in our history. And I'm so thankful that we get to do this. Sports was a big part of that healing process. Hopefully we can do a little bit of that today as well, but we will never forget that is for sure. What a show we have lined up today. Thomas Gable right there at the Borgata in Atlantic City is going to join us later on this hour as he does each and every Friday. Lou Finicara is going to join us from Arizona. Really good fight card, not too far from where he is in Glendale, Arizona for Noche UFC. And Stormy Bonantoni, how cool was this to get Stormy on the program today? Of course she's all over the map here, getting ready for her college duties.

And beyond, so we're going to catch up with Stormy later on in this very show. But we had a game, the first ever professional football game in Melbourne, Australia. It has come and gone. Let's get to it. In today's edition are our highlights and headlines.

SPEAKER_2 (3:37)

Help your bottom line with today's highlights and headlines.

Dave Ross (3:46)

Well, let the debates begin, who did it the right way?

SPEAKER_2 (3:49)

Was it the Niners getting there early?

Dave Ross (3:50)

Was it the Rams popping in and popping right out? Well, not a lot of resistance in that second half from the Rams yesterday and Sean McVay and his group. Niners roll in this one, 27 to 7

Boy, what a profitable day it was for everybody, hopefully, that tailed our show here throughout, not just yesterday, but the week and all summer long leading up to this game. Jensen, great reads all the way around. Those unders cash easily for us. We get the first half home. You get the money line as well. 27 to 7 I wish they could all be that easy, Jensen.

Jensen Lewis (4:21)

Oh, gosh, you and me both. And again, to be fair, we should be 2 and after what the Patriots did to allow the Seahawks to get through the. But hey, we can't be we can't be beggars and choosers here at the same time. Listen, I can only go off of what I experienced as an athlete day because this was such a unique outlier handicap, right? We didn't know as there are no kings in this country, Dave. We are the kings of the international handicap when it comes to the NFL. We really hemmed and hawed yesterday, even after the show.