Message-ID: <11312512.1075852130761.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:28:48 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #97 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 10/01/01 08:24 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #97 10/01/01 08:16 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:36 AM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #97 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #97, Monday, October 1, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Top WR Marquis Johnson Commits to Texas > > WR Marquis Johnson, 6-3, 200, 4.48, of Centennial High School in > Champaign, > Illinois, committed to Texas Sunday. > Johnson, a national top 100 prospect and one of the wide receivers in the > country, took his official visit to Texas this weekend and said he > committed > to UT head coach Mack Brown before returning home. > Texas assistant coach Tim Brewster did a great recruiting job with > Johnson, > who listed Texas No. 1 throughout the recruiting process. > Johnson said he chose Texas because "I love their offense. They really run > a > pro-type offense. It's a dream offense for a wide receiver." > Johnson is the 15th early commitment for Texas and is the ninth one who is > > listed on one or more national top 100 teams. > The other eight recruits who have been listed on top national teams are DE > > Chase Pittman, 6-5, 263, 4.7, of Shreveport Evangel; LB Garnett Smith, > 6-3, > 221, 4.54, of Arlington Lamar, 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; OLs Brett Valdez, > 6-4, > 310, 5.1, of Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen; and > TE > David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; > Davis made all of the top national lists last year. > The other Longhorn pledges are DT 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; 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, and RB/Ath Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27 of Smithson Valley. > DB Matthew Melton of Tyler John Tyler had planned to come to Texas on an > unofficial visit, but was not able to make it. He told me he is planning > to > commit to Texas soon. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: Super QB Vincent Young, 6-5, 200, 4.4, of Houston > Madison > says his top two teams right now are Texas and Miami. Young is one of the > nation's top quarterback prospects. He also is an outstanding basketball > player, but wants to concentrate on football in college. . . The > Texas-Oklahoma game Saturday will be a big factor in deciding where > several > top recruits go, including OL Justin Blolock of Plano East, DE Larry > Dibbles > of Lancaster, LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite and DE Bryan Pickryl of > Jenks, Oklahoma. All of them are national top 100 recruits. > * * * * > FOOTBALL NOTES: UT defensive coordinator Carl Reese is an advocate of > in-your-face man-for-man pass defense and all-out blitzing to put pressure > on > the quarterback, but he changed his tactics against Texas Tech's passing > circus, playing about 95% zone defense and usually rushing only two or > three > linemen. Look for similar tactics against Oklahoma Saturday. But Reese > said > it won't be so similar that the Sooners can figure on seeing the same > things > the Horns used with such success Saturday night. "You have to keep them > guessing," he said. "These spread offenses are making us all do things we > never thought we'd do." > * * * * > BASKETBALL RECRUITING NOTES: Stephanie Thiel, a 5-9 combo guard at > two-time > defending Class A champion Nazarethe, has committed to Texas. She was the > State Tournament Class A MVP as a junior in leading Nazareth to the state > title. She averaged 21.2 points a game, and, like all Nazareth players, is > > strong defensively and is an excellent ball handler and passer. . . Brad > Buckman, the 6-8 power forward from Austin Westlake who is ranked as one > of > the nation's top 50 basketball prospects, took his official visit to Texas > > over the weekend and has narrowed his choices to Texas and North Carolina. > He > visited North Carolina earlier and also visited Kansas, but he has > eliminated > the Jayhawks. > * * * * > My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant. > * * * * > The True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service includes at least 110 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.