Anchor Drop, September 6, 2019: Continuing the Scoreless Streak

Good morning.

The Vanderbilt soccer team is 4-0 on the season and has yet to concede a goal, a streak they look to continue tonight at 7:30 PM CT at the Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex. The Commodores open the Music City Invitational by hosting Colgate. They’ll then complete it against Marshall on Sunday at 2:30 PM CT.

VUCommodores.com has an interest piece up on new kick returner/wide receiver Justice Shelton-Mosley, the Harvard graduate transfer who’s enrolled at Owen.

Derek Mason says there is no quarterback controversy. i think part of the reason for this is that given the injuries on the offensive line and facing Georgia, just about any quarterback would have struggled under the circumstances. A better performance by Riley Neal on Saturday in West Lafayette will pretty much end whatever fan grumbling there is on the subject.

Purdue’s SB Nation blog Hammer and Rails questioned, well, me about Saturday’s game.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel ranks the SEC’s head coaches from best dressed to worst dressed. Number one? Derek Mason.

The Tennessean writes that Vanderbilt and Purdue are familiar with each other in spite of not playing since World War II.

Vanderbilt has a rowing team?

Scoreboard

NFL: Packers 10, Bears 3.

MLB: Reds 4, Phillies 3 ... White Sox 7, Indians 1 ... Tigers 6, Royals 4 ... Cardinals 10, Giants 0 ... A’s 10, Angels 6 ... Marlins 10, Pirates 7 ... Rangers 3, Orioles 1 ... Cubs 10, Brewers 5 ... Twins 2, Red Sox 1 ... Rays 6, Blue Jays 4 ... Braves 4, Nationals 2 ... Astros 11, Mariners 9.

FIBA World Cup: Australia 87, Lithuania 82 ... Greece 103, New Zealand 97 ... United States 98, Japan 45 ... France 90, Dominican Republic 56 ... Iran 71, Angola 62 ... Nigeria 83, Ivory Coast 66 ... Poland 79, Russia 74 ... Serbia 90, Puerto Rico 47.

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Chinese Taipei 1-2 Jordan ... Cambodia 1-1 Hong Kong ... Philippines 2-5 Syria ... Singapore 2-2 Yemen ... Seychelles 0-3 Rwanda ... Thailand 0-0 Vietnam ... Indonesia 2-3 Malaysia ... India 1-2 Oman ... Palestine 2-0 Uzbekistan ... Sri Lanka 0-2 Turkmenistan ... Tajikistan 1-0 Kyrgyzstan ... Chad 1-3 Sudan ... Somalia 1-0 Zimbabwe ... Bahrain 1-1 Iraq ... Qatar 6-0 Afghanistan ... Kuwait 7-0 Nepal.

Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Armenia 1-3 Italy ... Bosnia & Herzegovina 5-0 Liechtenstein ... Faroe Islands 0-4 Sweden ... Finland 1-0 Greece ... Gibraltar 0-6 Denmark ... Ireland 1-1 Switzerland ... Israel 1-1 North Macedonia ... Norway 2-0 Malta ... Romania 1-2 Spain.