Message-ID: <29928171.1075852132060.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 06:28:02 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #82 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 , grant.edwards@lmco.com, JFranklin@reliant.com, chay@reliant.com, jknauth@reliant.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 08/20/01 08:25 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'david.ricks@spotplus.com'" , "'wrferguson@duke-energy.com'" 08/20/01 cc: 07:22 AM Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #82 > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 6:10 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #82 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #82, Sunday, August 19, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Brown Says Benson "Even Better Than We Thought He Was" > > Texas coach Mack Brown has been cautious about putting extra pressure on > RB > Cedric Benson, but he apparently has discovered the heralded freshman can > > handle it because he had lots of praise for him Sunday during the team's > annual media day. > With reporters from several other Big 12 cities in the audience, Brown > said, > "Cedric Benson has a real flair with his vision, quick feet, power and > determination. He's probably even better than we thought he was." > And Brown and his staff thought Benson was so good last year when he led > Midland Lee to its third straight Class 5A championship and scored five > touchdowns in the title game for the third straight time that they made > him > their No. 1 recruiting priority. > Offensive coordinator Greg Davis said the Longhorns will go into the > season > with junior Victor Ike as the starting tailback, and sophomore Ivan > Williams > and Benson splitting time with him on about an equal basis. > The Longhorn coaches have always stressed that their tailback must be > adept > at pass protection, but they haven't had a freshman with talent like > Benson, > and they appear ready to make some adjustments to get him on the field. > Davis said Benson is behind Ike and Williams on pass protection because he > > has only been in the UT system a few days. "But Cedric has great > maturity," > Davis said. "He has special talents and we will not let pass protection > keep > him from playing if he is the best back." > West Texas football is pressure packed, particularly at the Class 5A > level. > When Benson scored five TDs in the state title game for the second year in > a > row as a junior, it looked impossible for him to do it for a third time > because Midland Lee's great offensive line graduated en masse. TE Eric > Winston, a top recruit this year, did start some as a sophomore, but the > other guys, from tackle to tackle, were all seniors. > The coaches of other Class 5A powers knew all they had to do to beat > Midland > Lee was stop Cedric Benson because the Rebels had no other offensive > weapons > of note. With a green line, it seemed like a simple chore. > The Rebels did lose a couple of early season games, but the line kept > getting > better week by week and he led them to a third straight title, scoring > five > TDs again as a senior, this time against a powerful Austin Westlake > defense > that had shut out two straight foes to get to the championship game. > Excuse me for that history lesson, but Benson is a special kind of running > > back, and the UT coaches, who already knew it, are not too shy now about > saying it because he has already shown he's ready for big-time college > football. > Davis also said the Longhorns have a great group of receivers, > particularly > when the wide receivers and tight ends are lumped together as a group, and > he > said QB Chris Simms gained much needed experience last year, "and he is > much > more mature this year. He has had a great camp and has shown he is much > more > mature and much stronger." > He also said the offensive line will be much better this season because > four > of the five starters return and all of them are healthy for a change. > Defensive coordinator Carl Reese says he is still looking for a defensive > tackle, but he said the Longhorn defense "should be pretty good." Pretty > good, by Reese's standards, means one that will rank in the top 10 again. > He said Marcus Tubbs is solid at one tackle spot, and said Maurice Gordon, > > Adam Doiron and Stevie Lee will all split time fairly equally until one of > > them emerges as the starter at the other tackle spot. > Reese said defensive ends Kalen Thornton and Cory Redding "are bigger and > stronger and more determined this year." Since Thornton made the freshman > All-America team last year after starting nine games as a true freshman > and > Redding is being touted as a pre-season All-Big 12 choice, that is bad > news > for the oppostion. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: For those of you who are wondering who will be the line > backers next year, true freshman Derrick Johnson looks like a guy who > will play a lot on the weakside this year and then start and star for > three > more years, and fellow freshman Aurmon Satchell is looking very good as a > future strongside backer. The middle is a little more unsettled for the > future, but Aaron Harris of North Mesquite likes the Longhorns and he so > good > at flying to the ball and making bone-jarring tackles that I wouldn't be > surprised to see him be a guy who will contend for the job in a hurry if > he > signs with the Horns. > * * * * > 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.