Message-ID: <25144418.1075852132009.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 07:22:17 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #66 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 07/19/01 09:20 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , nocal.com> cc: Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #66 07/19/01 07:03 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:55 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #66 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #66, Wednesday, July 18, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > UT Game at Houston Set for 8 P. M. Kickoff for TV > > The Texas-Houston football game at Houston on Sept. 22 has been set for > ESPN2 national television with an 8 p.m. kickoff. That is great news for > Longhorn fans because the Cougars' athletic director has insisted on > playing > the game at Robertson Stadium, which has very limited seating capacity in > the > 30,000 range. > That means Texas' first three games will be televised, with Fox > telecasting > the Sept. 1 opener in Austin at 6 p.m. against New Mexico State and ABC > televising the Sept. 8 Austin game against North Carolina at 11 a.m. That > 11 > a.m. kickoff time should boost the TV ratings in Texas because it is > brutally > hot in Memorial Stadium in early September when the sun is directly > overhead. > I expect a lot of folks who bougtht tickets to that one to decide to watch > in > in their air conditioned homes. > * * * * > UT basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Wednesday something I announced > in > a fax last Thursday - Sydmill Harris, a 6-6, 190-pound shooting guard for > > The Netherlands National Team, has committed to Texas and will be eligible > > this season. > Harris, who is attending summer school in Austin already, averaged 7.5 > points > in his first season with the Dutch National Team after leading the Dutch > Junior National Team in scoring for four straight seasons. > "Sydmill comes here with the reputation as a solid outside shooter," > Barnes > said. "He's a very mature and intelligent young man, both in the classroom > > and on the basketball court. Sydmill was looking for a college program in > the > U. S. where he could contribute immediately and continue to learn and > grow > as a basketball player. He'll definitely find that here at Texas." > Barnes said Harris hit 34.5% (38 of 110) of his trey attempts last season, > > noting that the international three-point line is at 20 feet, 6.1 inches, > which is slightly deeper than the NCAA's 19-9 arc. > Longhorn players who have been working out with Harris report he lives up > to > his reputation as a super shooter with outstanding range. > Harris is a good pickup for the Horns, who lost both super shooting guards > in > Texas to out-of-state schools. Daniel Horton of Cedar Hill chose Michigan > and > Bracey Wright of The Colony announced earlier this wee that he has > narrowed > his choices to five out-of-state schools. > Another outstanding shooter, Lakeland, Florida's 6-5 swingman Rashad > Anderson, led his Tallahassee Wildcats to a 69-36 route of the two-time > defending champion Fort Worth Lions in the championship game of the Great > America Shootout in Denton Monday. He says Texas is his top choice right > now. > "I like it here and Texas told me they need a two (shooting) guard," he > said, > adding that he also is considering Temple, Florida State, Connecticut and > St. > John's. He hit four three-pointers in the first half to help Tallahassee > blow > out the Fort Worth team and take a 30-8 lead at intermission. He finished > with 18 points to lead all scorers in the game. > * * * * > Junior reserve DE Adam McConathy has been released from his scholarship > and > plans to transfer to another school to try to get more playing time. > * * * * > RECRUITING ROUNDUP: Super WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Illinois, says > he > will take an unofficial visit to Texas this weekend. He said he and a > friend > are going to "take a few days of vacation and come to Austin." He said he > still favors Texas, despite never having visited the state, "because I > really > like the offense they run." If the Longhorns can land Johnson and Robert > Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus, the top WR in Texas, they probably won't > sign > any other receivers because they already have a commitment from WR Dustin > Miksch of Round Rock Westwood. The Longhorns still have 11 commitments, > including six guys who have been on one or more national top 100 lists. > They > are OL Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, > 210, > 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; 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 (who > was > on all the top lists last year when he was a senior at Austin Lanier), > Earl > Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8, > of > Scottsdale Chaparral. > * * * * > 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.