Message-ID: <30404879.1075852131268.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:27:41 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #87 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: dgagliardi@reliant.com@ENRON X-To: Dean, Clint , JFranklin@reliant.com, jknauth@reliant.com, grant.edwards@lmco.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \CDEAN (Non-Privileged)\Dean, Clint\Info X-Origin: DEAN-C X-FileName: CDEAN (Non-Privileged).pst ----- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 08/28/01 09:24 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com'" cc: 08/28/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #87 08:54 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:17 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #87 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #87, Monday, August 27, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Brown Names Starters with Few Surprises > > Texas head coach Mike Brown named the starters Monday for Saturday night's > > season-opening football game with New Mexico State, and there was only one > > major surprise. > That was at tight end where Bo Scaife and Brock Edwards were listed as > co-starters. "I don't know who will run out there first," Brown said, "but > > they'll both see plenty of action." > He also said Tillman Holloway and Derrick Dockery are co-starters at left > guard, but that was no surprise because they have battled back and forth > throughout the pre-season practices. > Junior Victor Ike, as expected, is the starting tailback, with super > freshman > Cedric Benson and big sophomore Ivan Williams listed as co-second teamers. > > Brown also said all three tailbacks will play a lot. > Senior Maurice Gordon, as expected, was tabbed to start at left defensive > tackle. "We had to figure a way to get him on the field," Brown said. > "That's > why we moved him (from defensive end). He probably runs 4.6 or better and > we > think he's really going to be good for us." > Brown also said Nathan Vasher and Ahmad Brooks will be the starting > safeties > with Dakarai Pearson backing up at both spots. > The Longhorns are 42-point favorites over NM State for their 6 p.m. game, > but > Brown said the contest "is a great challenge for us. They should have > beaten > Louisville last week and Louisville was a 9-or-10-win team last year." > Louisville went 9-3 last year and NM State had a lead at the half before > two > fumbles deep in Louisville territory were returned for touchdowns. > Brown had a good time discussing the Longhorns at his Monday press > conference. Talking about all the hype surrounding junior QB Chris Simms, > he > said, "Some think Chris Simms will win the Heisman and some think he > shouldn't start." > When someone mentioned that post-game comments in Oklahoma after the > Sooners' > opening win over North Carolina seemed to center more on Texas than on the > > Sooners, he said, "A lot of the opposing teams talk more about us than > they > talk about themselves, and there is no question some of them hate us more > than they like themselves." > * * * * > FOOTBALL NOTES: The Longhorns have the best opening game record in the Big > > 12. In 108 years of playing college football, Texas is 88-17-3 in opening > games. That's an .829 winning percantage. If the Horns hadn't gone 1-7 in > openers between 1986 and 1993, that great percentage would be almost off > the > charts. . . the Horns' No. 5 national ranking in the AP poll is their > highest > pre-season rating since 1983. . . QB Chris Simms completed 28 of 42 passes > > (66.7%) for 328 yards and four touchdowns in the Longhorns' three > scrimmages. > He did not allow an interception in the scrimmages. . . True freshman LB > Derrick Johnson led all defenders in the scrimmages with 20 tackles. . . > Starting LB Lee Jackson probably will miss the opener with a turf toe and > will be replaced by Tyrone Jones. He is the only starter who will be out > unless someone else gets banged up this week. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns apparently have targeted three wide > receivers > for two remaining slots and will take the first pair to commit. The three > are > Marquis Johnson, a national top 100 player from Champaign, Illinois, and > two > Texans - Biren Ealy of Cypress Falls and Anthony Wright of Klein Forest. > Johnson lists the Horns No. 1 and might commit when he visits. He says he > wants to visit UT in September. Wright also lists Texas as his top team, > while Ealy is more wide open. . . CB Ricky Wilson of Port Arthur Lincoln > is > getting a lot of national attention because he is an outstanding cover > corner > with great speed and leaping ability - and good grades. That last factor > sets > him apart from several of the other top corner prospects. He lists Florida > > State and Texas as his top two teams. . . If you are a real recruiting fan > > who keeps a list of future prospects, pencil in Clay Broyles, 6-4, 235, of > > Hallsville as a junior DE/TE who will be a big item in next year's > recruiting > wars. His coach says he is a top prospect on either side of the ball. > * * * * > My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant. > * * * * > The True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service includes at least 99 fax/e-mails 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 > both > services 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.