Anchor Drop, June 29, 2021: 67 Days to Kickoff

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Today marks 67 days until Vanderbilt football’s season opener against East Tennessee State. 67 for the Commodores is sophomore Trent Weaver. A 6’3”, 290-pound offensive lineman from St. Louis, Weaver didn’t play in 2020 after walking on the team.

Last night saw the ultimate “and then what happened?” moment when Mississippi State’s Kamren James took Jack Leiter deep in the top of the first to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in Game 1 of the College World Series final.

Yep. In the bottom of the first, Enrique Bradfield led off with a walk and moved up to second on a Carter Young groundout. And then, the wheels came…