Message-ID: <2115905.1075852132189.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:26:02 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #77 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, JFranklin@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 08/14/01 08:23 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'david.ricks@spotplus.com'" cc: 08/14/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #77 07:01 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:03 AM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #77 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #77, Monday, August 13, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Brown Pleased With Team's Conditioning, Attitude > > Coach Mack Brown said Monday the Longhorn players showed up in great > condition and have worked very hard during the first week of pre-season > football practice. > He also said he is very encouraged by the work of freshmen walk-on kickers > > David Pino and Dusty Mangum, who have been pretty consistent on short and > medium-range field goals. Heading into two-a-day workouts, he said finding > a > good placekicker was one of the keys to having a good season. Pino and > Mangum > seldom miss inside 40 yards, and he said that "is very encouraging." > Brown said the players are hungry to have a great season, and he said the > bowl loss to Oregon probably has contributed to that hunger. "I think > ending > the season on a losing note has made some of our young players hungrier," > he > said, noting that sophomore WRs Williams, B. J. Johnson and Sloan Thomas > realize they have to work hard every day to get better. > "They were tremendous as true freshman and helped this team win nine > games," > he said, "but they are bigger and stronger and more experienced now and > they > can take it to another level this year." > True freshman CB Cedric Griffin of San Antonio Holmes had missed several > practices with a sprained ankle, but he had an impressive outing in Monday > > morning's practice, covering super sophomore WR Roy Williams like a > blanket > on several successive plays. > When I asked new DB coach Duane Akina about Griffin's performance, he > grinned > and said, "Hey, you watch what's going on. That's good. I thought all you > guys did was take notes." > He said Griffin and all the other freshmen DBs have talent and are working > > hard. > True freshman DT Kaelen Jakes continues to be impressive in the one-on-one > > pass-rushing drills. He has been almost unstoppable against all the top > offensive linemen in that drill. At 255 pounds, he is light for a tackle, > but > he shows great pass-rushing skills. > Junior DE Cory Redding, who led the team in sacks last season with 6.5, > has > developed some new moves to get around blockers and he and fellow DE Kalen > > Thornton, who started nine games last year as a true freshman, both have > looked very good. Brown said the two young defensive ends are "both bigger > > and stronger and more experienced now, and they can still run. We are > counting on them to be even more productive this season, and they have > been > very productive in the past." > Linebacker Reed Boyd, who has been working with the defensive ends, also > is > an accomplished pass rusher. > The players won't be in full pads until their Wednesday afternoon workout, > > but they are wearing helmets and shoulder pads and they have been hitting > each other pretty hard at times. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns probably will get a commitment from WR > Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Ill., the weekend of the season opener > against > New Mexico State, and they probably will find out the following weekend, > when > they play North Carolina, if they are going to get DE Chase Pittman of > Shreveport Evangel. Johnson plans to take his official visit to UT the > August > 30 weekend and see the Horns' Sept. 1 opener against NM State. "I can see > myself in burnt orange," he told me, adding that he might commit on that > visit. He also said there is no one close to the Longhorns right now. > Pittman > has narrowed his choices to Texas and LSU, and the Longhorns have > dedicated > the North Carolina game to the memory of Cole Pittman, Chase's older > brother, who was killed in an automobile accident in February while he was > > returning to Austin to participate in spring football practice. Cole > Pittman > was a promising sophomore defensive tackle at the time of his tragic > death. > If Chase Pittman doesn't commit to the Horns that weekend or right after > that > weekend, I think their chances diminish considerably. . . With 12 > commitments > already, the Longhorns have to be pretty selective about the recruits they > > take to fill their final dozen or so spots. Look for the most of the final > > spots to go to defensive linemen. . . Kasey Studdard, the national top 100 > > lineman from Highlands Ranch, Colo., is a dominating defensive tackle and > is > being recruited by lots of schools, including Texas, for his defensive > skills. But he also is a tremendous prospect as an offensive guard or > center. > He is one of the bet blockers I have seen on tape this year. > * * * * > A bunch of Longhorn football players are going to be at the gates for the > Round Rock Express game Saturday night collecting on behalf of the Cole > Pittman Memorial Fund. This is the fund that directly benefits Shreveport > > Evangel High School and will go to build their fieldhouse and the statue > of > Cole to be put in front. The players will include Chance Mock, Cory > Redding, > Stevie Lee, O. J. McClintock, Chad Stevens, Cullen Loeffler and a few > more. > No one needs to be reminded who Cole was and what a special person he was > to > the whole Longhorn family. > It will be an informal event. Lots of Longhorn players will be there in > their jerseys between 4 and 5 p. m. They'll be at the gates with buckets > to > accept donations from about 6 p.m. until game-time at 7 PM. Marc Pittman, > > Cole's dad, will be coming in to town and will throw out the first pitch > for > the game. > * * * * > 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.