Message-ID: <19615064.1075857334850.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:18:00 -0800 (PST) From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: Fw: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com X-To: clint.dean@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Clint_Dean_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Dean-C X-FileName: cdean.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 12/13/2000 10:17 AM --------------------------- "Michael Gagliardi" on 12/13/2000 09:48:53 AM To: cc: Subject: Fw: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #3 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:15 PM Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #3 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #3, Tuesday, December 12, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Brown Gets Big Raise; Assistant FB Coaches Also Will Benefit Texas ootball coach Mack Brown has been given a $450,000 raise to boost his annual salary to $1,450,000 and maintain his status among the top 10 highest-paid college football coaches in the country, Longhorn Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds announced Tuesday. Brown's raise is an increase from the 10-year, $1 million per year contract that he signed following the 1998 season. He will have eight years remaining on the $1.45 million per year contract. "Mack has done a terrific job for The University of Texas, our Athletics Department and the football program," Dodds said. "We are extremely proud of everything he, his staff and the student-athletes have accomplished and are excited about our future." "It is very important that the head football coach at Texas remains in the upper echelon of coaching compensation, which is an ever-changing dynamic," Dodds said. "This raise is in response to the current demand in the coaching marketplace and a well-deserved reward for Mack's hard work and dedication. We are thrilled with the direction he has taken our football program and look forward to a long-lasting relationship." Brown has led the Horns to three straight nine-win seasons for the first time since 1981-83 and is guiding UT to a third-straight bowl game for just the second time since 1985. The No. 12 Longhorns will face the No. 8 Oregon Ducks at the Culligan Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 29. Brown's Texas program is one of only seven schools nationally that is riding a string of three straight nine-win campaigns. Including a pair of 10-win seasons at North Carolina prior to his arrival at Texas, Brown joins Bobby Bowden (Florida State), Steve Spurrier (Florida) and Bill Snyder (Kansas State) as the only NCAA Division I-A coaches who have led their teams to five-straight nine-plus win seasons. "I appreciate the continued commitment to our football program from The University of Texas," Brown said. "I'm proud to be the head coach of the Longhorns." Brown's assistant coaches also are in line for raises. Football raises about $40 million of the entire $50 million budget for all the men's and women's athletic programs. It is the only program that shows a profit. Baseball and men's and women's basketball are the only other major revenue sports, and none of them produce as much revenue as they spend. * * * * FOOTBALL NOTES: Longhorn ticket sales are lagging for the Holiday Bowl are lagging and Oregon fans are snapping up some of the 11,500 tickets that were allotted to Texas fans. If Longhorn fans don't step up quickly, Oregon fans are going to occupy the vast majority of the seats in San Diego on Dec. 29. . . The Longhorns begin practicing for the bowl game Thursday. All the practices will be closed to the public. . . Former Longhorn and pro football great Harley Sewell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this week. . . . Redshirt freshman WR Artie Ellis, who missed most of this season with a sore shin, will get a look at TE in spring practice. With the emergence of freshman receivers Roy Williams, B. J. Johnson and Sloan Thomas, the 215-pound Ellis might have a better chance of seeing meaningful playing time by beefing up a little and playing tight end. . . Another spring move that is being contemplated is seeing if sophomore LG Derrick Dockery could move over to LT to replace departing senior Leonard Davis. Texas has three good guards in Dockery, Antwan Kirk-Hughes and Tillman Holloway. Mike Williams is the only returning tackle who has seen a lot of action. In addition to getting the best five linemen on the field at the same time, that move might give the offensive line more fire because Holloway is a very aggressive lineman. The offensive line has frequently been cited as lacking fire and leadership. * * * * FOOTBALL RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns are having their annual football banq uet this weekend. Most of the players making official visits will be players who already are committed to Texas, but there are at least two exceptions. OL William Winston of Houston Madison and S Rufus Harris of La Porte are both scheduled to visit. Super LB Derrick Johnson of Waco now says he is going to take all of his visits in January. Texas leads for Winston and Johnson and it it a UT-A&M battle for Harris. * * * * My next fax will be whenever events warrant. * * * * The True Orange Fax Service includes at least 99 faxes a year and costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes 26 newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice monthly during most of the other months. It costs $45. 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