Programming note: We’re flipping shows this morning. Ready, Set, Bet with Matt Brown and Mike Somich will kick off Week 0 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET. Tim Murray and Matt Youmans will do VSiN Weekend Morning Line from 1-4 p.m. ET from Hawaii, where it still will be morning. Thanks again to our sponsor, Na Hoku, Hawaii’s finest jewelers since 1924.
Fall is in the air and the leaves are about to turn as we open the college football season today.
Who am I kidding? It’s still 100-plus degrees in Las Vegas and Tim and Matt are in Hawaii.
But we do have college football today.
Matt, as he will every Saturday morning, offers his Best Bets. He has two, including today’s Stanford-Hawaii game:
Hawaii appears to have the more talented team and should win if Alejado avoids turnovers, which he typically does. He’s still an inexperienced quarterback and this game will be his biggest stage. Maybe Luck and Reich will reveal some surprises and Stanford will be better than expected, but I need to see that to believe it. I bet Hawaii +1.5 a few weeks ago and will stick with the Warriors.
Best Bet: Hawaii -2.5
Check for Josh Appelbaum‘s Sharp Report later this morning.
Everything we did on Week 0 is posted here.
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Advice on Travers Day contest
1/ST BET and VSiN are running a contest today, the Travers Day Tailgate.
Pick six Travers Day races and six college football sides/totals with $2,000 in 1/ST BET vouchers on the line.
Horses/CFB duel threat Mike Somich sent me his picks (if he were eligible to enter):
Race 7 (Lake Placid): 1 Play With Fire
Race 9 (Personal Ensign): 7 Thorpedo Anna
Race 10 (H. Allen Jerkens): 3 Barnes
Race 11 (Ballerina): 5 Claret Beret
Race 12 (Forego): 4 Book’em Danno
Race 13 (Travers): 1 Magnitude
Iowa State vs. Kansas: Iowa State +4; Over 49.5
Idaho State vs. UNLV: UNLV -26; Under 64.5
Stanford vs. Hawaii: Hawaii -2; Under 51
Entry cutoff time is 11:30 a.m. ET.
Get the best advice from 12 VSiN and 1/ST Bet experts in the Travers Wager Guide, available here. Highly recommended.
Mike, Dave Tuley and “Mr. Ed” Sehon have Best Bets columns on the Saratoga card on our horse racing page.
Mike and Aaron Halterman handicap the Travers Day races on the VSiN At The Track podcast. >>Listen. >>Watch.
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Contest Corner
It was a late night at Circa’s Legacy Club as Contest Weekend revelry continued. Up next: Mike Palm‘s football preview panel today (2-4 p.m. PT). If you can’t make it, we’ll broadcast the event on X @VSiNLive.
>We’re up to 22 entries in the Circa Grandissimo, which costs $100,000 to get in the high-stakes survivor contest. David Baker, who has four WSOP bracelets and one SuperContest title, has put his name in the ring.
>Fliming for Season 3 of Circa Survivor: The Quest for $TBD Million has begun. Watch the current version on the VSiN YouTube page.
>Need a proxy? Winners Circle Proxy is the official proxy for VSiN.
>Don’t forget to sign up for the Edge Boost Average Joe Contest. It’s free.
Quick Hits
MLB: Greg Peterson has Best Bets for today’s MLB menu. Steve Makinen will post his daily contributions later this morning.
NFL: Week 3 of the preseason continues. Check our NFL page for picks from Dave Tuley and Adam Burke, plus Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report with betting systems and trends.
U.S. Open: Zach Cohen previews the men’s and women’s brackets. Zach joined Gill Alexander and Drew Dinsick on the Beating The Book podcast. Also available on YouTube.
EPL: Nigel Seeley has three picks for the weekend Premier League menu.
