Message-ID: <442152.1075852131667.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:06:04 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: Fw: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #57 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 , bbutler2@enron.com, chay@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 06/04/01 10:03 AM ----- "Michael Gagliardi" To: , david_ricks@gsdm.com, cc: Subject: Fw: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #57 06/04/01 09:41 AM ----- Original Message ----- From: TruOrange@aol.com Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:24 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #57 True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #57, Sunday, June 3, 2001 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 DT Lyle Sendlein Commits to Longhorns Lyle Sendlein says he has known since he was a small child that he wanted to play football at Texas, so he said a new NCAA rule interpretation that prohibits recruits committing while at a summer camp was no problem at all. "The mini-camp was today (Sunday), so I just called them Saturday and committed," he said. "When they told me about the new rule, I just decided to take care of it in advance. I knew I was going to play for the Longhorns, so I didn't have any problem committing before I got here for the camp." Sendlein was being recruited by all the top schools in the Pac 10, plus Notre Dame, Nebraska, Michigan and Penn State. Coach Mack Brown said one of the Longhorns' top recruiting goals this year was to sign several top defensive linemen, and, while he can't comment on individual recruits, Sendlein is an outstanding defensive line prospect. Sendlein said he was measured at the camp and came in at a shade over 6-4, and he said he weighed in at 263. He also said he clocked a 5.0 in the 40, "but it seemed like the times were all a little slow. I usually run 4.8 or 4.9." He is quick enough that he plays middle linebacker for Scottsdale Chaparral, the Arizona big school state champion two years running after going 14-0 in 1999 and 2000. Sendlein brings to four the number of early commitments. DT Sonny Davis, who committed to Texas right out of Austin Lanier, is in junior college in Mississippi and says he still plans to come to Texas when he graduates from the JC. That would put him on schedule to come in with next February's signees. OL Brett Valdez of Brownwood and DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos, two of the state's top prospects, also have committed to Texas. The Longhorns plan to sign only three offensive linemen and Valdez was the first one they offered. They hope to get the other two from a threesome that includes Jeff Lebby of Andrews, Tony Ugoh of Houston Westfield and Justin Blaylock of Plano East. Lebby and Blaylock attended Sunday's UT mini-camp. Anderson is No. 3 and Valdez is No. 23 on my 25-man "difference-maker" list. Davis was in my top five his senior year and Sendlein would be in my top 10 this year if he played in Texas. In other words, this is a great quartet to start the UT recruiting bandwagon rolling. DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, DE Travis Leitko of The Woodlands and WR Anthony Wright of Klein Forest, the top players in the state at their respective positions, also attended the UT mini-camp Sunday. I talked to all of them tonight and they all like Texas, but they also are considering several other schools and all three said they probably will not commit to anyone this summer. I like the Longhorns chances with both Wrights, but I think Leitko is so wide open that he could wind up at any of the five schools he is considering (UT, A&M, Stanford, Michigan and Notre Dame). Texas A&M also had a mini-camp Sunday and Aggie reporters were saying no one at the camp was likely to get an offer at this point, so it would appear that the cream of the state's recruiting crop showed up in Austin. I know Leitko, Lebby, Blaylock, and both Wrights had offers from Texas before they came to the camp Sunday. * * * * The NCAA edict that prevents recruits from accepting scholarships while at a summer camp is strange because there are no new rules relating to camps. It seems that some NCAA bureaucrat just gave a new interpretation based on a rule that that has been around for several years. * * * * FOOTBALL NOTES: Lindy's, the first reputable national college football magazine I have seen this year, picks Chris Simms as the third best QB in the country and the best one in the Big 12. If he lives up to that hype, I think we can all buy our plane tickets to Pasadena. With the receivers the Longhorns have in stock, a great quarterback would make the Texas offense too tough to handle by anyone on the schedule. To reach that level, Simms will need to be much improved at looking off his receivers and much better at throwing the ball away at times instead of forcing it into double coverage. . . Super RB recruit Cedric Benson of Midland Lee is already in Austin working out and getting ready for the season. * * * * 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 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. Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com