Message-ID: <15729437.1075852131692.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 10:19:27 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: Fw: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #56 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 , chay@reliant.com, bbutler2@enron.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 05/29/01 12:17 PM ----- "Michael Gagliardi" To: , david_ricks@gsdm.com, cc: Subject: Fw: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #56 05/29/01 11:29 AM ----- Original Message ----- From: TruOrange@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:19 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com; judy.roach@bakerbotts.com Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #56 True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #56, Monday, May 28, 2001 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Earl Anderson Commits to Horns; Lyle Sendlein Poised to Come Aboard Earl Anderson of San Marcos, the quickest big DT I've seen this year, says he has committed to Texas unofficially and will make it official Sunday when he comes to the Longhorns' first mini-camp. Lyle Sendlein of Scottsdale Chaparral, another big DT prospect who is so fast he plays middle linebacker at his school, told me he also plans to commit at Sunday's camp "if they offer me a scholarship." Don't worry, Lyle, your scholarship will be waiting for you. When Anderson and Sendlein commit officially on Sunday, it will give the Longhorns the lead in early recruiting in the Big 12 and start them on the way to a fourth straight top five national recruiting class. Anderson is the highest ranked Texas blue-chipper to pick a college. He is No. 3 on my 25-man "difference-maker" list, and Texas also has a commitment from OL Bret Valdez of Brownwood, who is No. 23 on that list. Sendlein is the top recruit in Arizona and, if he lived in Texas, he would be high in my top 25. Anderson, who says he has grown an inch to 6-4 and now weighs 275, told me can still break 4.8 in the 40 on most days. "I ran a 4.78 the last time I was clocked," he said. "I want to stay below 4.8, so I'm watching my weight now." I was the first guy to give him a high ranking after seeing his incredible quickness last season. He said he picked Texas over Texas A&M, Florida State and others because UT "has the great combination of athletics and academics that I want and it's so close that my parents won't have to spend a lot of money traveling around to see me play." Besides that, he said, "I've always been a Longhorn fan." Sendlein comes from such a Longhorn family that his UT linebacker brother is named Austin. Their father, Robin, was a great linebacker at Texas and also played in the NFL for many years. He said he is 6-5, 275, and can run the 40 in 4.85. His Scottsdale team has gone 14-0 two straight years and his prowess as a defender is one of the main reasons for the team's success. 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, Anderson and Sendlein are top-notch defensive line prospects. Another great defensive line prospect, Chase Pittman of Shreveport Evangel, came in at 6-4 1/2 and 261 and ran a 4.8 40 at a Nike camp at LSU recently, and he also bench pressed 185 pounds 36 times. No one else at the camp was able to bench press 185 pounds more than 22 times. Pittman bench pressed 440 pounds, a tremendous achievement for a high school junior, at a recent charity fund raising event at Evangel. He is the younger brother of Cole Pittman, the former UT defensive linemen who was killed in a tragic auto accident earlier this year while returning to Texas for spring training. He is considering Texas, LSU and Oklahoma. CB Donald Burgs of Houston Madison plans to come to the second UT mini-camp on June 10, and there is a good chance he will commit to the Longhorns. He is a big Texas fan who is No. 15 on my "difference-maker" list. * * * * FOOTBALL NOTES: A columnist for the Sporting News has picked Texas No. 1. I like his sentiments and I think the Longhorns will be one of the nation's elite teams this season, but it's tough to go all the way when you have to win your division of the Big 12, beat a team like Nebraska or Kansas State in the league championship game and then tame someone like Florida State or Miami in the Rose Bowl. Texas could do it, but so could several other teams. Darrell Royal won three national titles at Texas, but I always thought his 1964 team might have been his best one. Bear Bryant probably thought so, too, because it beat his national championship Alabama team and Joe Namath in the Orange Bowl, but a one-point loss at Arkansas kept the Horns from repeating as national champs. The point of that flashback is that a team can be very, v ery good and still not win the national title. * * * * 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. 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