Anchor Drop, September 2, 2021: 2 Days to Kickoff

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

We are now 2 days away from Vanderbilt football’s season opener against East Tennessee State. 2 for the Commodores is wide receiver Amir Abdur-Rahman. The 6’4”, 215-pound redshirt junior from Atlanta caught 27 passes for 406 yards last season with one touchdown. He was named Preseason All-SEC by Pro Football Focus... and second on the Vanderbilt depth chart.

Vanderbilt soccer is back in action tonight, hosting Southern Illinois at 7 PM CT at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex. The Salukis are 0-2-1 and hopefully will allow Vanderbilt to stop a two-match losing streak. Tonight’s match will be on the SEC Network+.

Here’s an article about Vanderbilt’s special teams unit.

Sports on TV

All times Central.

• 7:50 AM: FIBA AfroBasket: South Sudan v. Tunisia (ESPN+)
• 9:50 AM: FIBA AfroBasket: Uganda v. Cape Verde (ESPN+)
• 11:00 AM: Tennis: U.S. Open, Second Round (ESPN)
• 12:00 PM: PGA Tour: Tour Championship, First Round (Golf Channel)
• 12:10 PM: MLB: A’s at Tigers (MLB Network)
• 2:45 PM: MLB: Brewers at Giants (YouTube)
• 6:10 PM: MLB: Marlins at Mets (ESPN+)
• 6:10 PM: MLB: Red Sox at Rays (MLB Network/MLB.tv free game)

(Note: tonight’s college football schedule will be a separate post.)

Scoreboard

MLB: Cardinals 5, Reds 3 (Game 1) ... Rockies 9, Rangers 5 ... Diamondbacks 8, Padres 3 ... Mariners 1, Astros 0 ... Reds 12, Cardinals 2 (Game 2) ... Blue Jays 5, Orioles 4 ... Yankees 4, Angels 1 ... Red Sox 3, Rays 2 ... Tigers 8, A’s 6 ... Cubs 3, Twins 0 ... Cleveland 5, Royals 3 ... White Sox 6, Pirates 3 ... Brewers 5, Giants 2 ... Dodgers 4, Braves 3.

World Cup Qualifiers: Central Africa 1-1 Cape Verde ... Guinea-Bissau 1-1 Guinea ... Senegal 2-0 Togo ... Egypt 1-0 Angola ... Libya 2-1 Gabon ... Mali 1-0 Rwanda ... Kazakhstan 2-2 Ukraine ... Denmark 2-0 Scotland ... Faroe Islands 0-4 Israel ... France 1-1 Bosnia ... Latvia 3-1 Gibraltar ... Luxembourg 2-1 Azerbaijan ... Malta 3-0 Cyprus ... Moldova 0-2 Austria ... Norway 1-1 Netherlands ... Portugal 2-1 Ireland ... Russia 0-0 Croatia ... Slovenia 1-1 Slovakia ... Turkey 2-2 Montenegro.