VSiN By The Books | September 9, 2026 | Hour 3

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

This is VSiN By The Books, on VSiN, the eSports betting network.

Dave Ross (0:13)

Top of the hour, it is VSiN By The Books on this Wednesday morning, opening night for the NFL. We cannot wait. Dave Ross right here at the Men Gaming Hall, Franklin, Kentucky. It's going to be popping behind me at Circus Sports here in Kentucky. Our closer Jensen Lewis back home in Cleveland, Ohio. I know you're getting ready for tonight, tomorrow night as well in Melbourne. We'll be having a little sleep deprivation, but for a very good reason here for the NFL. Going to debut the Moneyline Marathon coming up in a little bit. You can play along with us at home. We're going to tell you our bankroll sizes here and the plays that we have for those Moneylines here in week number one. The Great West Reynolds joins the program as well with our VSiN Best Bets. I do have a Jensen Lewis-inspired crossboard parlay that I've added to the show as well. That's all coming up, Jensen. But we know what goes up must come down. Let's get to it, this week's edition of Stock Up and Stock Down.

SPEAKER_1 (1:01)

Buy low, sell high, as long as you have a reason why. Whose reputation is soaring and who's on the verge of collapse? It's Stock Up, Stock Down.

Dave Ross (1:12)

Sometimes you're betting those first halves you want to win the coin toss. You've won it this week, Jensen. You have elected to receive your first Stock Up. Is whom?

Jensen Lewis (1:21)

Circa Millions. I cannot wait. We obviously were one of the trailblazers here to do a joint entry for the show and the content back for year two on the joint entry. My first year going solo as well and very excited to be able to debut our first of many top tens that we will reveal in real time. It's one of the great exercises on the network. We appreciate those that have tailed many of our selections and made a large profit during football season. We hope to give you that opportunity again this year for what it's worth. Congratulations, Derek Stevens, Mike Palm, Jeff Benson, the entire crew there at circus sports, the circuit survivor, as of what, 24 hours ago, already over the 20 million guarantee already over for the guarantee. And I'm sure it's gone up since then. Maybe the boys in Vegas can tell us in the break.

We are at 4,700 plus entries right now for circa million. So we're almost there for the guarantee on that. So 30 million was the guarantee.

I think we're going to get there probably by kickoff, I think on Sunday. So circa million stock up.

Dave Ross (2:37)

Yeah, I cannot wait. And again, as we've said here, it is simply the greatest football contests in the world. And I'll put those up against anybody's out there.

It's in that same vein, Jensen. It's just the NFL and our buddy Tyler Fulgham does a great job at ESPN these days. Tyler said to me years ago that the NFL is America's drug. And it really is. It's the best way to phrase it. We need it. We got to have it and we're going to watch it and we're going to bet it. And the NFL is back in our lives tonight. A kid about to sleep deprivation. I don't care because I'm going to watch anyway regardless. This is what the NFL means to this country. What it means to us as sports fans out there and certainly as betters. So we can't wait to kick this thing off tonight here and as a network as well. I mean, that's what VSiN is. I mean, we love this. We love football. We love betting it. We're going to try to make it profitable for you as well. So the NFL is back in our lives and we could not be happier. I hope one day it doesn't go by the way of boxing or horse racing, because we're once kings in this country. The NFL is king and I hope it stays there for a long, long time. Yeah, they got issues and we'll talk about those issues too. Cause we'll, we'll argue about the ones we love, but the NFL is king in this country and I hope it remains so for quite some time.

Jensen Lewis (3:50)

All right. Before we get the games kicked off, Dave, there is an American tradition unlike any other, and that's tailgating. In the art form that is tailgating has really evolved since the dawn of time. I don't know what the cavemen did, but I'm sure it was similar to getting everyone around the fire, getting everyone together and having times of joy.