Message-ID: <27882893.1075852132215.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #76 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 08/13/01 08:50 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com'" cc: 08/13/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #76 06:55 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 11:21 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #76 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #76, Saturday, August 11, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Longhorns Have First Full-Team Practices; UT Ranked No. 5 by AP > > The Longhorns had their first two full-team practices Saturday, and coach > Mack Brown said he is pleased with the way the players went all out in > both > drills. > "We're doing it a little differently this year," Brown said, noting that > he > is alternating between two workouts a day and one workout a day. When he > has > two workouts, like he did Saturday, there is an early morning and a late > evening workout. Then he follows that with a single workout at 3 p.m. the > next day, like he is doing Sunday. > "We haven't started well here," he said, pointing to four early-season > losses > since he has been at Texas. "It doesn't get as hot in North Carolina as it > > does here, so we checked with some pro teams in hot-weather cities and > we're > doing what they do." > He said all coaches are concerned about the football deaths that have > occurred in pro and college football already this pre-season, and he said > the > early and late workouts should help players avoid losing so much fluid. He > > has always had water breaks in practice and he is still having frequent > water > breaks. > Brown talked about problem areas in the pre-season, and he mentioned > three: > (1) the loss of both starting defensive tackles, (2) the lack of a proven > tailback, and (3) the necessity of finding two new kickers, one to do the > punting and one to do the place kicking. > He said sophomore Marcus Tubbs, who is close to 290 pounds and very quick, > > played well last year when Shaun Rogers was hurt and looks good at one > defensive tackle. Redshirt freshman Stevie Lee and sophomore Adam Doiron > both > worked some with the first team at the other tackle. Lee is coming off > foot > surgery, but showed no signs of weakness and looked good. Former defensive > > end Maurice Gordon looked great as a pass-rushing tackle in the spring and > he > still looks very quick and very formidable. > Brown said he hopes junior Victor Ike will step up at tailback, and also > said > the coaches want to look at highly touted freshmen Cedric Benson. Ike > worked > very hard in the off season and is sporting some new muscles. > He said JC transfer Brian Bradford is looking very good as the team > punter, > and said he is encouraged with the place-kicking of true freshman walk-ons > > David Pino and Dusty Mangum > Linebackers Reed Boyd and Marcus Wilkins worked at defensive end Saturday. > > Brown said they will continue to work at linebacker, too, but might play > some > at end until O. J. McClintock returns. McClintock is out indefinitely > after > suffering slashed muscles and tendons when he accidentally rammed his hand > > and arm though a window. > * * * * > Texas was ranked fifth in the nation in the pre-season Associated Press > Top > 25 Poll which was released Saturday. It was the Longhorns' highest > pre-season > ranking since being ranked No. 3 in 1983. > The Horns received five first place votes and were one of five schools to > earn votes for the top spot. Florida opens the season at No. 1, followed > by > Miami, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas, giving the Big 12 three of the top > five > spots. > The Longhorns have been in the top 25 in 37 of 42 AP polls since head > coach > Mack Brown took over in December of 1997. > The No. 5 ranking by the AP writers comes one week after the ESPN/USA > Today > Coaches and Football Writers Association of America tabbed UT No. 6 in > their > pre-season poll. > One positive factor that gives this team a better chance to finish in the > top > 10 than Brown's previous teams at Texas is the overall depth. His second > team > at UT was 9-2 and on a roll when the wide receivers and starting QB Major > Applewhite got hurt, sick or in the case of Kwame Cavil, got suspended. It > > lost its last three games. > This team has much better depth and is two deep in quality players at most > > positions. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: The state's top running back, Albert Hardy of Galena > Park, > was at Saturday morning's practice, and he drew a lot of attention from > all > the UT coaches. He looks at least as big as the 5-11, 225, he is supposed > to > be. He is a power runner deluxe with speed to take it to the outside. The > offense UT has run since the present staff arrived is ideal for him. . . > The > state's top player, DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, attended one of > the > Thursday practices and he also drew lot of attention from the coaches. One > > reason he is so highly rated (and I rated him highly before anyone else > way > back last September when he was just starting his junior year) is that b > lockers don't slow him down very much. Single-teams, double-teams, even > triple-teams are just minor nuisances for him. He stays so low and is so > explosive that the best chance to avoid him is to run away from him as > fast > as possible. . . Two UT commitments also attended Longhorn practices this > week. WR Dustin Miksch of Roud Rock Westwood was at the Saturday morning > practice and LB Marcus Myers of Pflugerville Connally was at one of the > Thursday drills. > * * * * > 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.