VSiN PrimeTime | August 18, 2026 | Hour 3

**SPEAKER_1** (0:05)
Live from the Circus Sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Tim Murray** (0:13)
Matt, you're a fan of Bull Durham, right?

**Matt Youmans** (0:16)
Yeah, of course.

**Tim Murray** (0:17)
When Nuke Lelouch is shaking off Crash Davis, and eventually he's like, I want to announce my presence with authority. He goes, fastball. And when you speak of me, you speak well. And the guy hits it off the bull. That's what Murakami just did in Chicago, Matt. He hit the damn scoreboard out in center field.

**Matt Youmans** (0:32)
That takes a shot. You know, talking to Murakami for the White Sox, hit it off the scoreboard. And we are tied at Wrigley 2-2 with two outs in the top of the third. You know what, Matt?

**Tim Murray** (0:43)
Pat ourselves on the back. Game of the night again. Good job. White Sox and Cubs. We get PCA leading off with a... How about second straight night?
The Cubs get two runs on two homers in the first inning. And they have squandered the lead for a second time. Now, they're not losing right now. It's 2-2. The Cubs had a golden opportunity in the top... Or excuse me, the bottom of the second. Matt, they had the bases loaded, top of the order at the plate, and unable to get a run across, as I believe it was Alex Bregman. Actually, I believe it was Seiya Suzuki, excuse me, who grounded out to end the inning. So 2-2 is the score.
Matt, do you have the live board up right now? What are we looking at for a price on Cubs' White Sox?

**Matt Youmans** (1:27)
Cubs, obviously, still the favorites, minus $1.90. Total Wrigley, $11.50, under minus $1.25.

**Tim Murray** (1:34)
Yankee update, Yankees lead 3-1. As you said, this is the Trent Grisham game here tonight for the New York Yankees.

**Matt Youmans** (1:43)
Trent Grisham with a home run and a two run single. Carlos Rodin with a decent start tonight. Yankees up 3-1. Orioles did have a major threat there in the seventh, but they came up empty.
So Yankees now minus 12-40. Well, I have a total of four and a half.

**Tim Murray** (1:59)
Adley Rutchman has gone yard, hit a two run single. Red Sox up six-four on the Diamondbacks, as the Diamondbacks can't really, well, we still got time here, but they're still fighting and chasing the Padres and the Phillies for those two wild card spots. Phillies up five-three as we speak, bottom of the seventh inning over the Marlins and the San Diego Padres. I mentioned this, Matt, Fernando Tatis, what a night. Solo homer in the first, robbed a grand slam in the bottom of the second, and then a two-run homer in the top of the fifth. Three to one right now, Padres lead the New York Mets. Really good stuff from Eddie Walls as he gave us some insight on week zero.
Agreed with my thought on Colorado State over three and a half, and also gave out a best bet over four and a half, minus 140 at bet MGM. That's 12 games. Matt, you wrote up the Pac-12 for our VSiN College Football Betting Guide. What did you have on Bronco Mendenhall's Aggies?

**Matt Youmans** (2:58)
My recommendation, Utah State Aggies over four and a half wins. And the VSiN Guide Circus Sports Line of four and a half was over minus 160 on the 12 game line. This looks like a five or six win team, most likely, but I'm not crazy about Utah State. The schedule is difficult. I believe the Aggies' key here is going to be back to back home games against Colorado State and Fresno in the second half of the season. You like Colorado State quite a bit.
I like that team, too, and I also like Fresno State. To me, it might be the favorite to win the conference ahead of Boise, but Utah State's got back to back home games against Colorado State and Fresno. It's interesting that Bronco Mendenhall, too, who's a coach I really like, and the way he's scheduled here, a lot of times, I assume he put up, I assume he scheduled these. Now, these games might have been set up before he got to Utah State.

**Tim Murray** (3:52)
Tier 2 for him there, so maybe not.

**Matt Youmans** (3:53)
Maybe before he got to Utah State. You see how Kurt Signegne is scheduling in Indiana with Cupcakes and the non-conference?

**Tim Murray** (4:01)
He's looking for a 2-for-1 with no other name.

**Matt Youmans** (4:04)
Utah State is playing Utah and Washington on the road in the non-conference.

**Tim Murray** (4:09)
Got to get that money, man.