Message-ID: <5017167.1075852131793.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 13:57:18 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #63 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 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 07/05/01 03:55 PM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , nocal.com> cc: Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #63 07/05/01 03:08 PM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:49 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #63 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #63, Thursday, June 27, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Horns' 10th Pledge Comes From Allen Offensive Lineman with 22 Offers > > OL Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen told me today he has 22 > scholarship > offers "and I planned to look around a lot before I did anything, but > Texas > just kind of blew me away and I committed to coach Hardee McCrary Tuesday > evening and coach (Mack) Brown Wednesday." > "I didn't go to any camps, but I went to Notre Dame and Texas A&M and > Texas > to look around. I had planned to go to Oklahoma, too, to take a look, but > Texas just really impressed me and I decided to go ahead and commit to > Texas > and get it all behind me." > Tweedie said his top four schools were Texas, A&M, Notre Dame and OU, but > he > said he had 22 scholarship offers earlier this summer, and "I might have > gotten one or two more since then, but all the schools I was interested in > > were in that 22." > "I really like the coaches and the players at Texas," he said. "The > chemistry > at Texas is just tremendous. I knew right away when I visited that's where > I > wanted to be." > Tweedie plays tackle at Allen, but said he wouldn't mind moving to guard > or > center. "I think they want me to play tackle," he said, "but I just want > to > play wherever I can help the most." > He has very quick feet and is extremely athletic. He's very strong for his > > size, too, and is an extremely aggressive blocker. He also is a varsity > wrestler and has thrown the discus 179 feet. > Tweedie also is a very good student, with a 3.7 GPA on a 4.0 scale and a > 1080 SAT score. > * * * * > Tweedie is the Longhorns' tenth commitment this summer, joining LB Marcus > Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, > 210, > 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; 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; > > RB/Athlete Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27 of Smithson Valley; OL Brett > Valdez, > 6-4, 310, 5.1, of Brownwood, and DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of Gulf > Coast JC in Mississippi, Earl Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and > Lyle > Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8, of Scottsdale Chaparral, the two-time defending > Class 4A champion in Arizona. > Texas is very close to getting commitment number 11. LB Brian Robison, > 6-3, > 245, 4.6, of Splendora, told me Wednesday night he has narrowed his > choices > to Texas and Houston, and is leaning the Longhorns' way. "I visited Texas > A&M > and LSU, too, and I had planned to visit Arkansas, but I decided Texas and > > Houston are the two schools I really like, and I think I'll probably > commit > to Texas as soon as the Junior Olympics are over." > Robison has thrown the shot 62-7, the discus 197-1 and the the javelin > 172-10, and he has qualified for the Junior Olympic finals in Virginia in > > late July. > FOOTBALL NOTES: The Longhorn freshmen will report on August 6 and the > varsity > will report on August 9. That means the first freshman practice will be on > > Tuesday, August 7, and the first practice by the entire squad will be on > Friday, August 10. All of the practices are open until about a week before > > the Sept. 1 opener against New Mexico State in Austin. . . All of the > injured > Longhorn football players except TE Artie Ellis appear to be completely > recovered from their problems of last season. Ellis, who has had trouble > with > a stress fracture in his shin, might make it back in time for next season, > > but he isn't ready to go full speed right now. > * * * * > BASKETBALL NOTES: Head coach Rick Barnes has promoted his administrative > assistant, Russell Springmann, 31, to replace Ed Kohtala as his third > assistant coach. Kohtala left to become head coach at Alma College in > Michigan. Springmann has been with Barnes throughout his three years at > Texas > and has been active in on-campus recruiting (only two assistants can > recruit > off campus), has helped organize the summer camps and has performed many > other duties on the basketball staff. . . Daniel Horton, 6-2, an > outstanding > shooting guard at Cedar Hill, has chosen Michigan over Texas and Florida. > Shooting guard Bracey Wright, also 6-2, of The Colony, is one of the top > recruits in the nation and Texas is among his leaders. The loss of Horton > won't be a problem if Wright comes aboard. If Wright goes elsewhere, > losing > the top two shooting guards in Texas will force Barnes to look elsewhere > for > a top scoring guard. > * * * * > 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.