Anchor Drop, August 2, 2022: 25 Days to Kickoff

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

We are now 25 days away from Vanderbilt football’s season opener at Hawaii. 25 for the Commodores is defensive back Jeremy Lucien. The 6’2”, 200-pound fifth-year senior transferred in from UConn, where he was one of the few good players on a bad team last season.

Football had its third practice of the fall yesterday, and Chad Bishop wrote about the tight ends. Here’s tight end coach Justin Lustig after practice (h/t VandySports):

Men’s golf released its schedule for this season, which opens on September 7 in St. Simons Island, Georgia.

And, the men’s basketball team is heading to Europe on Saturday, where they’ll visit France, Monaco, and Italy. Hopefully they find some way to stream the games...

Sports on TV

All times Central.

• 3:10 PM: MLB: Rockies at Padres (ESPN+)
• 8:45 PM: MLB: Dodgers at Giants (TBS)

Scoreboard

MLB: Reds 3, Marlins 1 ... Mets 7, Nationals 3 ... Yankees 7, Mariners 2 ... Guardians 6, Diamondbacks 5 ... Twins 5, Tigers 3 ... Red Sox 3, Astros 2 ... Orioles 7, Rangers 2 ... Royals 2, White Sox 1 ... Padres 4, Rockies 1 ... Dodgers 8, Giants 2.