Message-ID: <21839015.1075852132086.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 06:15:21 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #81 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 , grant.edwards@lmco.com, JFranklin@reliant.com, chay@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 08/20/01 08:12 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'david.ricks@spotplus.com'" cc: 08/20/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #81 07:21 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 9:37 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #81 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #81, Saturday, August 18, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Running Game, Offensive Line Look Stout in Second Scrimmage > > When you have first-team guys going against second-team guys, it's hard to > > get a real feel for how things are progressing, but I am going to predict > right now that the Longhorns are going to be much better at running the > ball > in big games this season than they did last year. > That is not going out on a really big limb, because the Horns simply had > no > rushing game in big games last season. > But the reasons I think they will be able to run the ball better when they > > need to this year are based on three sound reasons: > 1. The scheme is better. The team is working more on run blocking and has > diversified to the extent that it's hard to predict what the offense will > do. > Last year, it seemed there were only two running plays - tailback off left > > tackle and tailback off right tackle. Coach Mack Brown also is more > determined to make the running game more dependable. > 2. The offensive line is more experienced and healthier. Guard Antwan > Kirk-Hughes is an outstanding lineman when he is healthy, but he had a bad > > shoulder all last season. Guard-tackle Derrick Dockery also is very good, > > but he lost 40 pounds last season when he had a viral infection he > couldn't > shake. Both of them are healthy and it is making a lot of difference in > the > quality of offensive line play. > 3. The arrival of heralded recruit Cedric Benson has raised the level of > play > of the other tailbacks. Benson has already shown he will be one of the > mainstays of the running game. He's powerful, fast, elusive, durable and > has > the field vision that all great running backs have, which means he sees > the > hole and, if there is no hole, he sees the softest spot and hits it with > lightning speed. Ivan Williams, a 245-pound tank every spring and a > 245-pound > patsy every fall, has showed up in his tank form this fall. He has been > very > impressive, running with speed, power and determination. The starting > tailback, speedster Victor Ike, is sporting new muscles and is running > with > more determination and consistency. He also is getting to run some sweeps. > > With Ike in the backfield, sweeps can be deadly and they also can keep the > > defense from concentrating its forces between the tackles. Look for all > three > guys to get close to equal time, at least early in the season. > Okay, enough of the analysis, let's talk about the scrimmage. Junior QB > Chris > Simms completed six of 10 passes for 72 yards and two touchdownhs, all > against the second-team defense. He would have been three-for-three in > touchdowns, but he slightly overthrew WR Sloan Thomas, who was wide open, > on > his third and final drive. > Coach Mack Brown worked the starters only about 30 plays in the 100-play > scrimmage, saying he wanted to look at the reserves to determine which > ones > need to be move up and which ones need to be demoted. > Senior QB Major Applewhite, working with the second team against the > first-team defense, completed 5 of 9 passes for 50 yardes, with one > interception. Redshirt freshman QB Chance Mock was 2 of 6 for 27 yards, > but > he was very impressive with his running. For a 6-2, 220-pound quarterback, > he > has remarkable speed. > Williams led the rushing with 9 carries for 32 yards, followed by Sneezy > Beltran with 9 for 31, Benson 7 for 23 and Ike 3 for 18. Benson already is > > the best of the group at making something out of nothing. It takes a > head-on > tackle to get him down and he's difficult to hit head on. > Sophomore WRs B. J. Johnson and Roy Williams caught the TD passes from > Simms. > Johnson's was a 38-yard TD play and Williams' catch was a seven-yarder. > Defensively, ends Kalen Thornton and Cory Redding and freshman linebacker > Derrick Johnson were outstanding. > The Longhorns open the season two weeks from today and most of the > starting > positions are set. > Nine starters return on offense and Ike will be the starter at tailback. > At > left tackle, the job is still open. Dockery might slide over to tackle. He > > has been working at tackle and guard. If he moves to tackle, Tillman > Holloway > will start at guard in his place. Robbie Doane and Alfio Randall also are > trying to win the starting job at left tackile. > Eight starters are back on defense, but safety Lee Jackson has moved to > linebacker, creating another open position. The Horns have to replace two > starting tackles and two starting safeties, with Jackson's move. Sophomore > > Marcus Tubbs started several games at tackle last season and will be a > starter against New Mexico State. Sophomore Adam Doiron and redshirt > freshman > Stevie Lee are battling for the other tackle spot. Senior Maurice Gordon > will > start against passing teams. > At the safety spots, the coaches are alternating senior Ahmad Brooks and > sophomores Nathan Vasher and Dakarai Pearson. > It looks like freshman walk-on Dusty Mangum has won the place-kicking job. > He > has been very accurate up to 45 yards. JC transfer Brian Bradley is the > punter and walk-on TE Cullen Loeffler has been doing a fine job aof deep > snapping.. Ike and Williams will be the primary kickoff returners and > Vasher > is the top punt returner. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns have stepped up their recruiting of WR > Biren > Ealy, 6-4, 195, 4.48, of Cypress Falls. He has great leaping ability to go > > with his tall frame. . . They also have made a lot of headway with Ath > DaBryan Blanton of Forney, who might be the nation's fastest football > player > after that smoking 20.37 fully automatic clocking in breaking the state > 200-meter record at the state track meet. He's a high school RB, but at > 5-11, > 165, will be a WR or DB in college. He has great hands to go with that > awesome speed. > * * * * > Editor's Note: This is my 81st e-mail in this series, which extends > through > November 30. It looks like I'll probably do at least 40 more between now > and > November 30, which would give you at least 121 e-mail/faxes. Since I > guarantee I'll do 99, and have never done fewer than 104, I think that's a > > best buy for all of you. Hope you think so, too. If you do, talk a few > Longhorn friends into giving me a try. I can always use more subscribers. > As > long as Coach Brown is doing that early recruiting, I think I'll probably > always have at least 110 a year and it'll probably be closer to 120. > * * * * > 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.