VSiN By The Books | September 7, 2026 | Hour 1

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Will Hill (1:14)

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Dave Ross (1:36)

It is VSiN By The Books. I am Dave Ross right here at the Mid-Gaming Hall in Franklin, Kentucky. They are open for business right now on a holiday, Jensen. Very cool to have the excitement here in the Sportsbook. You, sir, of course, back home in Cleveland, Ohio.

How was the weekend? Is everybody like we were talking about with Joe Friso before we came on the ERR, our steam producer. It's Monday for us. We are happy to go to work. So everybody's watching, listening out there, Jensen, getting this great day started here in this Monday morning.

Jensen Lewis (2:03)

Thankful for what we get to do every single day, a holiday and lots of barbecue, lots of tailgating later on today. Got a massive day slate in Major League Baseball. But Dave, the operative phrase, we are flying high here in Northeast Ohio, the Cleveland Air Show here over the weekend on Lake Erie and at Burke Lakefront Airport, where Michelle's office is, Dave, we had access to the rooftop. And so we're about, I would say five or six blocks from where the actual airport was. So the Blue Angels, as many people know, are the grand finale to the air show. And Dave, this is how close we came in formation.

Yours truly catching that. I mean, how freaking cool is that? And I mean, it was, you know, I didn't have any earplugs in, but they came just a bit above the hard deck right here. And this is a Plains one through four in formation. It was loud as hell.

Merica, baby, it was so damn cool. So thankful that she's like, do you want to go down? And I'm like, I don't know if I want to pay the money, you know, to get in, we're going to be having traffic. Guardians were home. But we, she's like, why don't we go to the top of my office rooftop? And damn, it was great. Call Michelle. That that is a shout out. Mile high salute to our Navy men and women out there. So cool to see those guys. I have like 23 videos there. I felt like, you know, just a kid in a candy store. As you and I well know, big fans of Top Gun. And that's what it's all about. A Naval aviator, the top of the class. So that was the highlight to the weekend, winning week in football to get us kick-started for the first full weekend of college football. And we've made it, my friend. It is officially week one opening week in the National Football League.

Dave Ross (3:59)

Couple things, great choice by Michelle going to the rooftop too. Really good job camera work there, Jensen Lewis. You might have a future in some photography and some videos there. And three, when you see the Blue Angels like that growing up in Virginia Beach the way I did in Oceania, when I still talk to my parents every week, sometimes they get the flyovers. Seeing the Blue Angels, it is a beautiful part of Americana. And you're right, though, about the Navy. As a Marine, that's when we go, all right, we can appreciate that. That's not stuff we do. We're on the ground here. You guys up there in the air, those Blue Angels, that is a sight to behold. Well done there in Ohio. Great show here lined up. On this Monday, the great Will Hill from the great state of Connecticut joined the program. Alex Dunlop's gonna be on the program here and we're gonna talk some fantasy football. We've got some of those drafts out there before Wednesday with Alex. Marty Hurdy, our GM, we're just getting ready here, 48 hours away from kickoff on that Wednesday night. And Zachary Cohen gonna be on the program as well. Talk all things US Open and beyond here. They're in Flushing Meta. But let's get to it, as you mentioned, we're getting oh so close, 48 hours away from opening day in the NFL. That's where we begin our highlights and headlines.