Anchor Drop, November 21, 2023: The quarterback battle... continues

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

It’s the final week of the regular season, or: the best possible time to still be having a quarterback competition. Clark Lea implied last night on the Commodore Hour that Vanderbilt may not be done with its quarterback competition (that notably didn’t really seem to be going on in fall camp, by the way):

Clark Lea is right that we haven’t been generating enough points; it’s also true that it’s only been a week since he said that Ken Seals gives us a chance to punt, so it seems that somewhere between last week and this somebody reminded the coaching staff that the objective is to score more points than the other team.

Women’s basketball improved to 5-0 on the season by blowing out Alabama State 88-42 yesterday. This game was never competitive, with Vanderbilt leading 22-5 midway through the first quarter and just building the lead from there. Sacha Washington led the team with 24 points, and the Commodores forced 25 turnovers. The women’s team (like the men’s team, oddly enough) travels to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend for games against Northern Iowa and Iowa State.

Bad Gambling Advice

Yesterday: 1-1 ATS, 2-0 totals; Season to date: 35-23-1 ATS, 31-25-2 totals

• Alabama A&M at Auburn (7:00 PM CT, SEC Network+): Auburn -30.5, Over 151.5
• Tennessee vs. Purdue (7:00 PM CT, ESPN): Tennessee +3, Under 134.5

Sports on TV

All times Central. College basketball schedule here.

• 6:00 PM: College football: Bowling Green at Western Michigan (ESPNU)
• 6:30 PM: College football: Eastern Michigan at Buffalo (ESPN2)
• 6:30 PM: NBA: Cavaliers at 76ers (TNT)
• 9:00 PM: NBA: Jazz at Lakers (TNT)

Scoreboard

SEC Men’s Basketball: Tennessee 73, Syracuse 56 ... Kentucky 96, Saint Joseph’s 88.

SEC Women’s Basketball: Georgia 73, Columbia 56 ... Ole Miss 60, Michigan 49 ... Florida 52, Purdue 49 ... South Carolina 78, South Dakota State 38 ... UCF 60, Auburn 53 ... Missouri 96, Southern Indiana 62 ... LSU 106, Texas Southern 47 ... Texas A&M 80, Houston Christian 35 ... Arkansas 81, Central Arkansas 67.

NFL: Eagles 21, Chiefs 17.

NBA: Hornets 121, Celtics 118 ... Nuggets 107, Pistons 103 ... Bucks 142, Wizards 129 ... Heat 118, Bulls 100 ... Timberwolves 117, Knicks 100 ... Pelicans 129, Kings 93 ... Clippers 124, Spurs 99 ... Warriors 121, Rockets 116.

NHL: Lightning 5, Bruins 4 ... Panthers 5, Oilers 3 ... Predators 4, Avalanche 3 ... Stars 6, Rangers 3 ... Kings 4, Coyotes 1 ... Canucks 2, Sharks 1 ... Flames 4, Kraken 3.

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Djibouti 0-1 Guinea-Bissau ... Gambia 0-2 Ivory Coast ... Liberia 0-1 Equatorial Guinea ... Chad 0-3 Madagascar ... Mali 1-1 Central Africa ... Seychelles 0-6 Kenya.