Anchor Drop, July 5, 2023: 52 Days to Kickoff

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

We are now 52 days away from Vanderbilt football’s season opener against Hawaii. 52 for the Commodores is, apparently, offensive lineman Kevo Wesley — who I previously talked about at 67. Looks like he switched numbers?

Yesterday was a holiday, but that didn’t stop Clark Lea from adding yet another commit in the 2024 class, this time from Houston Lamar wide receiver Tristen Brown:

Brown is listed at 5’9” and 170 pounds, which is on the small side; on the other hand, he put up some insane stats as a junior (35 catches, 988 yards, 14 TD.)

The more interesting part of this is that Vanderbilt now has four wide receivers committed for 2024 (five, if you count Brycen Coleman — listed as a WR on 247, though I’m pretty sure Vanderbilt intends to move him to tight end.) And as we’ll see when the wide receiver preview goes up later today, this is already a pretty deep position group.

Sports on TV

All times Central.

• 7:00 AM: Tour de France, Stage 5 (USA)
• 1:00 PM: MLB: Rockies at Astros (MLB Network)
• 6:00 PM: MLB: Rangers at Red Sox or Phillies at Rays (MLB Network)
• 9:00 PM: MLB: Pirates at Dodgers or Mets at Diamondbacks (MLB Network)

Scoreboard

MLB: Yankees 8, Orioles 4 ... Marlins 15, Cardinals 2 ... Rangers 6, Red Sox 2 ... Twins 9, Royals 3 ... Cubs 7, Brewers 6 ... Astros 4, Rockies 1 ... Mets 8, Diamondbacks 5 ... Phillies 3, Rays 1 ... Mariners 6, Giants 0 ... A’s 1, Tigers 0 ... Padres 8, Angels 5 ... Reds 8, Nationals 4 ... Guardians 6, Braves 5 ... Blue Jays 4, White Sox 3 ... Pirates 8, Dodgers 7.

CONCACAF Gold Cup: Canada 4-2 Cuba ... Guadeloupe 2-3 Guatemala ... Panama 2-2 El Salvador ... Costa Rica 6-4 Martinique.