Message-ID: <1248959.1075852131818.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:21:02 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62 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 I sure hope Mack knows what he is doing. ----- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 06/28/01 08:19 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , nocal.com> cc: Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62 06/28/01 07:09 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:25 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #62, Wednesday, June 27, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Fast Pflugerville Linebacker Becomes Horns' 9th Commitment > > LB Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally, committed to the > > Longhorns Wednesday after getting an offer following a summer camp at > Texas. > His parents are both Texas Tech graduates and his father, Rufus, was a > running back for the Red Raiders in the late 1970s. > Rufus Myers said his son has always wanted to play for Texas, and added, > "I > guess I'll have to buy some orange shirts now." > Myers said he had offers from Iowa State, TCU and Oklahoma State, and he > said > Nebraska and Oklahoma coaches had told him he would get an offer if he > came > to their summer camps, but he said he just wanted to play for Texas. > Connally coach Matt Monzingo said Myers is one of his fastest players, > despite his big frame. "We're going to play him some at fullback and some > at > tailback this year," Monzingo said. "He's got really good speed for his > size." > But Monzingo also said Myers' future is at linebacker because "he's got a > great nose for the ball. He's really good at sniffing out where the play > is > going and he's very aggressive. With his size and speed, he's got the > whole > package to be an outstanding linebacker." > He had 73 tackles last year, and Monzingo said he expects him to be even > better this year. Monzingo said Myers played inside linebacker in a > four-linebacker set last year, and will play middle linebacker in a > three-linebacker set this season. "We think we need an extra defensive > back > because off all the passing teams we play, and Marcus is a big, physical > linebacker who we think can hold down the middle for us, so we're going to > > have one less linebacker and one more defensive back. > Myers also is a fine student. He has a 4.5 on a 5.0 scale, ranks in the > top > 10% of his class and scored a 1,080 on the ACT last October. He plans to > take > it again because he was disappointed in that score. > * * * * > Myers is the Longhorns' ninth commitment this summer, joining 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 > Val > ley; 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. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: All of February's UT signees have qualified except > Killeen > Ellison LB Yamil LeBron, and he still has a test score coming that might > put > him over the hump. . . DE Larry Dibbles of Lancaster was a big hit at the > Oklahoma summer camp last week. Everyone was impressed with his great > quickness. At 6-2, 275, you would expect him to be a tackle playing end, > but > he has great explosion at the line of scrimmage. He is a pass-rusher > deluxe. > This one might be a UT-OU battle at the end. He likes the Longhorns and he > > had a good time at the Sooner camp. If we win the big shootout in Dallas > on > Oct. 6, I like our chances. > * * * * > FOOTBALL NOTES: I erred by 12 hours on the kickoff for the Texas-Texas A&M > > game in College Station the Friday after Thanksgiving in my last > e-mail/fax, > saying it was set for 11 p.m. It's 11 a.m., of course. I also found out > since > then that the game in Austin next year also will be at 11 a.m., so both > the > Horns and the Aggies will get to travel to an early-morning game against > each > other. The difference is that they can spend the night in Austin without > the > kind of harassment the Horns took in Collie Station in 1999. . . The > season > opener against New Mexico State on Sept. 1 will be at 6 p.m. and will be > televised nationally by the Fox network, and the second game, also at > home, against North Carolina will be televised by ABC. That's the good > news. > The bad news is that it will have an 11 a.m. kickoff. Pray for clouds > because > it will be very, very hot at game time with the sun beaming down unless > there > are some clouds. > * * * * > 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.