Message-ID: <32464269.1075852131217.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 06:14:58 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #103 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: dgagliardi@reliant.com@ENRON X-To: JFranklin@reliant.com, jknauth@reliant.com, grant.edwards@lmco.com, bbutler2@enron.com, Dean, Clint 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 10/23/01 08:12 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , ocal.com> "'tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com'" cc: 10/23/01 07:14 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #103 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 9:22 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #103 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #103, Monday, October 22, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Horns Favored by 20 at Missouri; Baylor Game Set for 11:30 & TV > > The Longhorns are favored by 20 points for their 1 p.m. game Saturday at > Missouri. There will be no TV for the game, contrary to earlier > announcements. Isn't it ironic that the longest road trip of the year will > be > the Longhorn's first game this year to fail to be televised? So much for > Texas' legendary clout with the TV networks. > But the road game at Baylor the following week has been set for an 11:30 > p.m. > kickoff and will be televised by Fox Syndication. Check your local > listings > to see who will televise the game. > A kickoff time for Texas' final home game with Kansas on Saturday, > November > 10 has yet to be set. The Longhorns season finale at Texas A&M on > Friday, > November 23, will kick off at 11 a.m. and be broadcast nationally on ABC > sports. > * * * * > Coach Mack Brown said Monday the Longhorn players and coaches have taken > note > of the rash of upsets around the country and are determined to take care > of > their business. He also said this Longhorn team "has been as good as the > teams we had at North Carolina, but the question is how they finish. We > finished strong at North Carolina." > He said he has told the Longhorn players they have the ability to win the > rest of their games if they show up and play hard every week. > * * * * > The first Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings were announced Monday > and > Texas was ranked No. 6 behind five teams with perfect records. The BCS > standings are like golf in that the lowest score is the best score. > Oklahoma > came in at No. 1 in the first standings at 3.06, followed by Nebraska at > 6.40, UCLA at 8.34, Miami at 12.01, Virginia Tech at 13.88, Texas at > 15.35, > Michigan at 15.91, Maryland at 21.29, Tennessee at 22.07 and Washington > State > at 23.05 to round out the top 10. > One of the top two will drop this week because OU and Nebraska meet in > Lincoln. Miami and Virginia Tech also clash in the final weeki of the > regular > season, so at least two of the teams above Texas are certain to lose. > Under the BCS formula, the top four teams in the final standings are > guaranteed berths in one of the four BCS Bowls, which are the Rose, > Orange, > Fiesta and Sugar. The Rose Bowl will get the national title game this > year. > If Texas wins out, the Longhorns probably will wind up in New Orleans in > the > Sugar Bowl. > Coach Brown said, "This is the time of year when polls finally begin to > matter and we are really excited to be in the mix for national honors. > This > team has earned that respect, and with all the football left to play, who > knows what will happen?" > "What we have to do is to keep improving, and concetnrate on the next > game," > he said. "You can't win the the rest unless you win the next one. And if > we > win the rest, we have a chance for some very good things to happen. But we > > have to beat Missouri Saturday on the road, and that's the only thing we > can > control this week." > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: WR Robert Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus committed to > Florida Monday, and LB Michael Williams of Lindale said he is committed to > > Oklahoma, but wants to visit Texas and Minnesota and possibly Texas Tech > "to > be sure." Texas had offered Williams and the Longhorns are continuing to > try > to recruit him. The Horns had not offered Timmons because of some > off-field > problems he has had, but they were considering offering him at the end of > the > season and still might do so if he appears interested. . . The Longhorns > still have 16 commitments, but one of them, LB Garnet Smith of Arlington > Lamar is in the same shape as Michael Williams. He says he is committed to > > Texas, but wants to take some visits to be be sure. > * * * * > BASKETBALL RECRUITING: Brad Buckman, the 6-8 power forward at Austin > Westlake > who is a national top 50 recruit, told me tonight all the reports that he > has > already decided to attend North Carolina "just aren't true. I'm trying to > decide between Texas and North Carolina and it's 50-50, right down the > middle, right now." He said he hopes to make a decision by Wednesday. > * * * * > BASEBALL RECRUITING: The Longhorn baseball team got a commitment today > from > Scott Kazmir, 6-0, 170, of Houston Cypress Falls. Kazmir is the nation's > top > pitching prospect. He's a lefthander with a 97 mph fastball and good > control. > That's the good news. The bad news is that the pros will throw so much > money > at him that there is very little chance he will ever throw a pitch for the > > Longhorns. > * * * * > 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.