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Follow The Money | February 18, 2026 | Hour 1

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this hour of Follow the Money, Stormy Buonantony and Dustin Swedelson recap Tuesday's college basketball card, give an update on the Olympics, and they talk about Win Some, Lose Some. Plus, Jeff Sealey joins the show to break down the Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Get instant access to expert picks, public betting splits data, and pro betting tools when you join VSiN pro. Grab your first month for only $9.99 or take 17% off an annual subscription when you use promo code: POD26. Click Here to get started.

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0:00.0

You always follow the money.

0:02.5

That's what I always say. You always follow the money. This is Follow the Money with Mitch Moss and Polly Howard on V-SEN. One more day. You're stuck with me. Mitch and Polly's still on vacation, but they return tomorrow. Stormy Bonnet Tony, Dustin Swadelson, in for the guys today. What's up, buddy? It's a reunion.

0:21.4

I know.

0:21.9

Do you remember the first show I ever hosted here is with you? Follow the money in the morning slot because someone we won't name them was not able to make it in at 3.30 in the morning. There was no one awake to call to figure out who would be the replacement. And you were like, what do we do? And I was like, I guess I'll throw a jacket on and sit at the desk with you.

0:38.4

And that started this whole thing.

0:40.1

I was also still relatively new at the time too. And already filling in for a three hour show at that time of day was like not something I had done. And you saved my tail. Like I tell everybody, that is a memory that will stick with me for life. Well, I think people don't really process it when you tell them. It was a show that started at 4 a.m. local time. It was an East Coast morning show. Obviously, Mitch and Paul now, you see the color back in their face. There's no more bags under their eyes. They seem a lot happier as people I've noticed. Yeah, they're back in the afternoon. So I'm kind of like,

1:12.4

I'm not quite that shift on cashing out late at night, but it is weird to be here when the sun's still out. I'll tell you that. And I do appreciate you, by the way, doing the late night and then still making the turnaround to be with us here in the afternoon. Appreciate you. We're going to have a lot of fun. We have a jam-packed three hours ahead. The pizzeria is open, so make sure you send in some of your

1:29.8

plus money pizza money bets. Have a little bit of fun there. Our MLB previews will continue. We've got live hockey going on right now in the Olympics with Team USA in Sweden. Tide scoreless through the first period, by the way. Yeah, I'm looking at this puck line.

2:00.8

I won't bet it because these colors don't run stormy. But Sweden plus one and a half minus 120, I think it was plus a dollar 20 last night. It feels like we're going to have a one goal game, right? Doesn't it feel like that? That was one of the sides that I, at the end of the show, and I do want to say this, I feel a little bit vindicated for the way that Follow the Money ended yesterday.

2:02.1

We finish our in pocket plays.

2:04.1

JVT is given me grief for how much I wanted to talk about hockey throughout the course of the show. And I was like, well, hey, all of the quarterfinal lines are officially out. Let's just like cruise through them really fast last couple minutes. Three for three on the like liens we had for the first couple games and Sweden plus one and a half was another angle here against team USA.

2:21.2

So we'll see if they can get there.

2:23.0

Obviously like we said, scoreless game so far.

2:25.2

Here is what trips me up about Sweden though.

2:27.1

And this has been a problem for them throughout the course of everything Olympic hockey that we've seen so far.

2:32.7

It seemed like maybe they had figured

2:34.5

things out the final game of the preliminary round and in the qualification. And yet their coach

2:39.2

is doing weird stuff with his lineup again here, just one period in. We saw six-time Norris

2:44.6

trophy finalist Victor Hedman not play a single shift in the first period. Make it make sense.

2:50.1

Well, I should note, I did get the mandate. JVT

2:53.5

reached out to me once he found out I was filling in. He said, I need to remind you too much

2:57.4

hockey sometimes. We have to reel it back in. No such thing. It's the Olympics. Well, what did I

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