Message-ID: <1412043.1075857354025.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 01:08:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com To: chay@reliantenergy.com, clint.dean@enron.com Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #95 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com X-To: chay@reliantenergy.com, clint.dean@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Clint_Dean_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Info X-Origin: Dean-C X-FileName: cdean.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 10/11/2000 08:07 AM --------------------------- mggagliardi@duke-energy.com on 10/11/2000 07:48:29 AM To: DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #95 ---------------------- Forwarded by Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC on 10/11/2000 07:58 AM --------------------------- TruOrange@aol.com on 10/10/2000 09:47:05 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #95 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #95, Tuesday, October 10, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Brown Says Applewhite, Freshmen WRs Will Start at Colorado The quarterback shuffle is over and the blue-chip freshmen wide receivers are ready for prime time, coach Mack Brown said Tuesday in announcing Major Applewhite as the starting quarterback against Colorado and Roy Williams and B. J. Johnson as the starting wide receivers. Brown said sophomore Chris Simms probably will play, too, but he said Applewhite will be the starter. He also said Hodges Mitchell will continue to start at tailback, but said he and sophomore Kenny Hayter will alternate. "When you play as poorly across the board as we did Saturday, you need to make some changes to try to improve what you are doing," he said. Brown said the team also showed a lot of spark in its first workout since the devastating loss to Oklahoma Saturday. "They have a lot of pride," he said, " and they are not pleased with the way they played in Dallas." The Longhorns might have four starting wide receivers because they worked a lot on the shotgun formation with four wideouts Tuesday. That has been the team's most productive formation because the Horns haven't been able to run the ball consistently and that formation gives the quarterbacks more time to pass. Brown also said DT Shaun Rogers, who has missed the last two games with a sprained ankle, will be able to play. He still isn't participating in contact drills, but Brown said he should be available to play at least part of the game. With Williams and Johnson moving into the starting lineup, the Horns now have three true freshmen starting because Kalen Thornton has been starting at defensive end for the last two games. Brown said he wanted to address the offensive changes Tuesday, and said he will announce any defensive changes on Wednesday. The defense had been playing well all year, but it had a bad day against Oklahoma. * * * * Texas won its first four games against Colorado, but has lost six straight to the Buffs since 1989. Brown was asked why he thinks Texas has had trouble with Colorado in recent years. Noting that Colorado won a national title in 1990, Brown said, "They probably were just bettter than we were in some of those years." Texas has not played Colorado since Brown came to Texas. The Buffaloes are a 1-point favorite over the Longhorns this year. * * * * BUFFALO NOTES: Colorado coach Gary Barnett, noting the 63-14 whipping Oklahoma put on the Longhorns, said he asked his players Monday "How would you like to be in that (Texas) meeting room today?" He said one of his players replied, "Coach, we were in that meeting room a week ago." Kansas State had handed the Buffs their fourth straight loss the previous week. . . Colorado is one of only four schools to ever win six straight games against Texas. The others are Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Southern Methodist. If Colorado wins Saturday, the Buffaloes will be the only school to ever beat the Longhorns seven straight imes. * * * * RECRUITING NOTE: QB Matt Nordgren of Dallas Bishop Lynch told me tonight he might take until Monday to make his decision on a college choice. He said it will probably be either Texas or LSU, with Colorado and Tennessee also still in the running. * * * * BASEBALL RECRUITING NOTES: Michael Hollimon, 6-1, 170, of Dallas Jesuit, the state's top shortstop, and Ryan Olivo, 6-2, 175, of Grapevine, one of the state's top second basemen, have committed to Texas. Hollimon hit .400 last season and also was recruited by Stanford, LSU, Baylor and Texas A&M. He narrowed his choices to Texan and Stanford and committed to the Longhorns Monday night after visiting Stanford last weekend. Olivo hit .450 and blasted three home runs in summer league play with the Arlington A's. 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