Anchor Drop, May 6, 2023: Let’s Talk About Deion Sanders

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All right, this is a Vanderbilt sports blog first and foremost, but since Vanderbilt competes in the NCAA sometimes we have to pay attention to the broader college sports landscape, and sometimes I see something that... let’s just say makes me want to go off on a long rant about something, and today that something is Deion Sanders.

Deion Sanders took over as the new head coach at Colorado a few months ago, where the last coach, one Karl Dorrell (hey, look! A Vanderbilt connection, even if it’s one we’d prefer not to remember!), got fired in the midst of a 1-11 season. Surprisingly, Deion took over a team that had won one game all season and…