Message-ID: <283734.1075857348914.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:09:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #59 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\Info X-Origin: Dean-C X-FileName: cdean.nsf I was not sure if have seen the latest one here Clint. ---------------------- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 06/28/2000 09:08 AM --------------------------- Tracy Ralston on 06/27/2000 06:22:45 PM To: wdr3@swbell.net cc: Subject: FW: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #59 -----Original Message----- From: TruOrange@aol.com [mailto:TruOrange@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:14 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #59 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #59, Monday, June 26, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Longhorns Get Pledge from Killeen Ellison Linebacker Yamil LaBron, 6-2, 240, 4.7, a middle linebacker from Killeen Ellison, announced his commitment to Texas Monday, giving the Longhorns nine early commitments. The Horns had pulled a big surprise earlier Monday, getting Mike Garcia, a big offensive lineman from Galena Park, to switch from A&M to Texas. LaBron and Garcia were the seventh and eighth high school players to commit to Texas this month. In addition, Alfio Randall, a star OT at Blinn JC, says he will come to Texas in January after he graduates from Blinn. The other high school players who have committed to Texas are OLs Jonathan Scott of Dallas Carter, Abe Robinson of Houston Jersey Village, Roman Reeves of Livingston and Will Allen of Houston Cypress Falls and DBs Braden Johnson of Euless Trinity and Brian Carter of The Woodlands. "I went to the Texas camp two weeks ago and they offered me a scholarship," LaBron said Monday night. "I verbally committed to them when I met with the coaches with my dad. I'm waiting for my mom to come home from Puerto Rico so she can talk to them, too. To tell you the truth, I'm going there anyway. I'm going to be a Longhorn." * * * * I talked to Chris Hill, Roy Williams' mother, tonight and she said the shoulder injury Roy suffered on the opening kickoff of the Texas-California All-Star game Saturday night, involves stretched ligaments and she said the doctors say it will heal on it own. California won the game, 29-27, on a 53-yard FG on the final play. "He's in a lot of pain," she said. "It's very sore. We took him to a specialist and the examination showed stretched ligaments in the shoulder. The specialist said it should heal on its own in a few weeks." She also said the doctor said he should be fully recovered by the time the freshmen report at Texas in mid-August. Williams, a great wide receiver prospect from Odessa Permian,is one of the top Longhorn recruits. He is 6-3, weighs 208 pounds and he ran a 10.03 100 meters last track season. He also high jumped 7-0 and he set a state record in the broad jump at the state meet with a 25-6 leap. Sloan Thomas of Klein, another of the outstanding WR recruits Texas signed in February, caught five passes in the second half and was one of the key players who led the Texas team's comeback from a 26-7 deficit. He caught one touchdown pass and set up two others with outstanding catches in heavy traffic. On the two great catches in traffic, he was behind the secondary, but had to come back because the balls were underthrown. He ran a 10.38 100 meters his junior year and, like Williams, has a great combination of size and speed. He is 6-2 and weighs almost 200 pounds. DE Kalen Thornton of Dallas St. Mark's, another UT signee, split time at end and tackle and was outstanding at both. He had two sacks and consistently put pressure on the California quarterbacks. C Jason Glynn and DT Sonny Davis, the other two UT signees who played in the game, also looked good when they got to play. Glynn opened some good holes on the late scoring drive that put Texas ahead, 27-26, with just 17 seconds left. Davis appeared to be carrying a little excess weight, but he was able to push the Cal blockers back into the backfield at times. This was the second straight year California has won the game in the final seconds. B. J. Johnson, the nation's No. 1 WR recruit and another Texas signee, sprained an ankle a week before the game and was not able to play. He said the ankle sprain is mild and won't hamper his ability to be in good shape for the start of workouts at UT in less than seven weeks. * * * * RECRUITING NOTES: DT Tommie Harris, LeBron's teammate at Killeen Ellison, says Texas and Florida State are his top two teams right now, followed by A&M, Miami and UCLA. Harris probably is the nation's top DT recruit, and he is a good friend of Greg Barnum, the center who quit the Tennessee team several weeks ago and is considering transferring to Texas to continue his football career. * * * * 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. Save by subscribing to both for $130 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail or $99 if you take the faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also update my 900 number ? 1-900-288-8839 ? frequently with recruiting news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com