Message-ID: <33091870.1075852131377.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:13:07 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #86 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 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 08/27/01 08:10 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com'" cc: 08/27/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #86 06:44 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:24 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #86 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #86, Friday, August 24, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Freshman CB Ross Leaves Team, Plans to Return in January > > Longhorn freshman CB Aaron Ross of Tyler has left the Longhorn football > squad to clear up some NCAA Clearinghouse issues, head coach Mack Brown > announced Friday. > "I have some Clearinghouse issues I need to get resolved in order to > rejoin > the team," Ross said. "I'm going to get those issues worked out so I can > return to Texas in January." > LB Aurmon Satchell of Denver had the same problem a year ago and he is > back > on the team now and contending for playing time as a freshman. Hopefully, > Ross will work out the problems, as Satchell did, and return to the team. > If he gets the problems resolved by January, he can go through spring > training with the team next year. > Federal laws prohibit university officials discussing academic problems, > so > no reason was given for Ross leaving the team. However, it probably is > either > an improvement in the SAT or ACT score that was disallowed as being > excessive > or a course that Tyler High School officials counted as a core course and > the > Clearinghouse folks didn't think was a core course. > Defensive coordinator Carl Reese said last week that Ross probably would > be > play in the Longhorns' first game and had a good chance to be his dime > back > (sixth defensive back in passing situations). Two other true freshmen, > Michael Huff and Cedric Griffin, will be competing for that job now. > The first day of classes at UT will be Wednesday and the Longhorns will > open > the 2000 football season on Saturday, September 1, vs. New Mexico State > at 6 > p. m. in Austin in a game that will be nationally televised by the Fox > Network. > * * * * > FOOTBALL NOTES: Head Coach Mack Brown has closed all regular season > practices > to the press. Reporters will be allowed to talk to Brown, his assistants > and > players after practice. This is a departure from last season when > reporters > were allowed to attend practice every Tuesday. During the season, the big > practice days are Tuesday and Wednesday. . . With freshman Cedric Benson > looking even better than expected and sophomore Ivan Williams displaying > his > usual spring brilliance in the fall, too, the Longhorns are in much better > > shape at running back than any of us had a right to expect. Junior Victor > Ike > is the starter, and he looks bigger and stronger than he has been in the > past, but Benson and Williams will play a lot, too. . . Senior Maurice > Gordon > and freshman Stevie Lee had very good performances in the final scrimmage > Wednesday night and they should be able to make the problems at defensive > tackle go away. Sophomore Marcus Tubbs is solid at one DT, and Gordon, Lee > > and sophomore Adam Doiron will all be able to help, giving the team four > capable tackles. . . Look for a lot more four-wideout and two-tight end > formations with just one running back this season because third WR Sloan > Thomas and second TE Brock Edwards are better than most teams' starters. . > . > The Longhorns will have the best receiving corps (wide receivers and tight > > ends) and one of the best defensive secondaries in college football. They > also will have a fine pass-blocking offensive line, and a very good > defensive > line. That means the season's success will depend on how the offensive > line > blocks for the run, and how well QB Chris Simms, the linebackers and the > special teams perform. > RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns are in great shape with several national > top > 100 players and two of them, WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Ill., and DE > > Chase Pittman of Shreveport Evangel, might make early September decisions. > . > . Texas still has 12 commitments. They are DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, > of > Gulf Coast JC in Mississippi and formerly of Austin Lanier, Earl Anderson, > > 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos, Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8, of Scottsdale > > Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A champion in Arizona, and Tully > Janszen, 6-4, 255, 4.78, of Keller; LBs Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of > Splendora and Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally; OLs > > Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, > 4.9, > of Allen; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; WR > Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood; QB Billy Don > Malone, > 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of Paris North Lamar; RB/Ath Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, > 4.27 of Smithson Valley. Davis was on all the national top 100 lists last > year, and Anderson, Sendlein, Valdez, Tweedie and Thomas have been on some > of > them this year. > * * * * > 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.