Message-ID: <3554051.1075857357201.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 03:38:00 -0800 (PST) From: dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #110 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 ---------------------- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 11/30/2000 11:38 AM --------------------------- mggagliardi@duke-energy.com on 11/30/2000 07:34:51 AM To: DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com, David_Ricks@GSDM.com, Tony.A.Rogers@fritolay.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #110 ----- Forwarded by Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC on 11/30/2000 07:34 AM ----- TruOrange@aol .com To: TruOrange@aol.com cc: 11/29/2000 Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #110 09:56 PM True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #110, Wednesday, November 29, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Horns Bound for Holiday Bowl to Face Oregon or Oregon State The Longhorns accepted a bid Wednesday to play in the Friday, Dec. 29, Culligan Holiday Bowl in San Diego, and their opponent will be either Oregon or Oregon State. Both Oregon teams shared the Pac 10 title with Washington, which is playing Purdue in the Rose Bowl. Oregon State, 10-1, will be the Longhorns' opponent unless the Beavers get a berth in one of the BCS bowls, probably the Fiesta. If OSU gets a Fiesta bid, then Texas would play Oregon, 9-2. The Holiday Bowl kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. Texas time. Longhorn fans can purchase tickets by calling the UT Ticket Office at 1-800-982-BEVO or local fans can call 471-3333. If anyone wants to buy tickets in person, the ticket office is located on the first floor in Bellmont Hall. Coach Mack Brown said the Longhorns are "excited about accepting this invitation" and he said they are also excited about playing either of the Oregon teams, because both are ranked in the top 10. Brown also said the game should help Texas' recruiting efforts in California and throughout the Pac 10 area because of its location and he also said it should help recruiting nationally because it is "a nationally televised (ESPN) game that does not compete with any other game that evening." Brown said the Longhorns will resume practice on Dec. 13, but he said some of the coaches will work with some of the players next week. Most of the coaches are on the road recruiting this week and many of them will be out again next week. "Recruiting is our top priority right now," Brown said. * * * * Offensive coordinator Greg Davis said QB Major Applewhite should be close to 100% by Dec. 29, but neither he nor Brown would indicate whether Applewhite will get his starting job back or if the nod will go to sophomore Chris Simms, who was sensational in leading the Longhorns to a 43-17 win over arch-rival Texas A&M last Friday. My crystal ball tells me it will be Simms because (a) he had a great game in his last outing, and (b) he is completely healthy, while there will be some questions about Applewhite's sore knee until he actually takes a lick on it. I also think the coaches would feel more comfortable with the idea of Applewhite relieving Simms if Simms had problems than they would be with Simms handling the pinch-hitting role. * * * * FOOTBALL NOTES: Brown said he will use the bowl practices to take a closer look at several of the freshman who have been redshirted. He said he usually watches them during the season, but said so many of the freshmen were playing regularly that the coaches were spending an abnormal amount of time getting them ready, which prevented him from seeing as much of the redshirts as he would have liked. He said FB Will Matthews and TB Sneezy Beltran are two freshmen he wants to take a good look at to see if they can help the team next year. Both Matthews and Beltran have been very impressive on the scout team, and Brown is looking for a TB to replace senior Hodges Mitchell and he also wants to give Matthews a shot at competing with FB Matt Trissel. * * * * FOOTBALL RECRUITING NOTES: The private schools in Texas generally aren't the ones who produce top talent for the colleges, but two freshmen, TE Brock Edwards of Fort Worth Christian and DE Kalen Thornton of Dallas St. Marks, started several games for Texas this year. There are some top seniors at the private schools again this year, headed by DT Thomas Derricks of Dallas Jesuit. There also is a junior QB at Midland Christian who will be hearing from some of the top colleges next year. He is Jamie Beeghley, 6-2, 190, 4.55. He led Midland Christian to the state title last week and hit 14 of 19 passes for 195 yards and ran for 112 more yards in the championship game victory over Fort Worth Christian. . . This year was the year of the offensive linemen, which was great for the Longhorns because they needed to sign five or six really good ones and they already have been assured of filling that need. Next year probably will be the year of the defensive linemen, and that is very good for Texas because the Horns need to sign a bunch of them. I've already seen four or five who would be top recruits this year if they were seniors. I mentioned several of them in my last e-mail/fax and I'll write more about them in my next newsletter. * * * * My next e-mail/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 ? daily with recruiting news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com