Message-ID: <6587920.1075852132240.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 06:47:26 -0700 (PDT) From: dgagliardi@reliant.com To: clint.dean@enron.com Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #75 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 08/10/01 08:44 AM ----- "Gagliardi, Michael" To: "'dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com'" , , nocal.com> "'tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com'" cc: 08/10/01 Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #75 07:13 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:13 PM > To: TruOrange@aol.com > Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #75 > > True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service > Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #75, Thursday, August 9, 2001 > Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - > Phone > 512-795-8536 > > Longhorn Veterans Report; Ellis, Wyndham Only Players Missing > > Senior linebacker Jon Wyndham and sophomore tight end Artie Ellis were the > > only Longhorn veterans missing Thursday when the other 60 scholarship > varsity > players reported to begin pre-season practice. > Head coach Mack Brown said Wyndham, a senior who has played primarily on > special teams during his career, did not report with the team due to > unresolved medical issues that are unrelated to football. He said the > medical issues might cause Wyndham to miss the fall semester. He did not > elaborate. > He said Ellis, who played in seven games and caught eight passes for 77 > yards as a receiver last year, is taking the fall semester off for > personal > reasons and to further recover from a stress fracture in his tibia. That > injury limited his action in 2000 and sidelined him during spring drills. > He > moved to tight end last spring and Brown said the coaches expect him to > return in January for the spring semester. > Wyndham is not expected to return to the team. "I really want to be with > my > teammates and help the program," he said, "but I need to take care of > myself > first. I came here to play football and get an education and even if I > don't > play again, I want to leave here with a degree." > "I'd like to thank my coaches and teammates for all their support," Ellis > said, "but it is in my best interest at this time to take care of my > personal > issues and to further recover from my stress fracture. I wish the > Longhorns > the best of luck this season and look forward to coming back strong next > January." > The veterans joined the freshmen for a team meeting Thursday night and > both > groups will go through orientation Friday before their first full team > workout at 9 a.m. Saturday at Frank Denius Field at the corner of 26th > Street > and Red River. > "Obviously this group of veterans is excited to get things started," Brown > > said. "A lot of them have been here all summer and several of the guys > have > been out at the freshmen workouts the past two days. But, today's > reporting > day is what we have been waiting for since the spring game. With a > couple > of exceptions, we now have everyone here. The guys have tomorrow off to > focus on academics and to get acquainted with the newcomers and then > we'll > get down to business on the field Saturday." > * * * * > Coach Brown also reset Sunday's practice for 3:30 p.m. He had said > Wednesday > he would move it to the early morning, but he said Thursday he decided to > keep in it the afternoon because the team's second workout Saturday will > be > at 7 p.m., and he said he thought the players needed more rest before the > Sunday practice. > * * * * > RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns have a great shot at landing three or four > > top out-of-state stars in this recruiting class. As I reported in > yesterday's > e-mail/fax, WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Illinois, is close to > committing > to Texas, and UT also is in strong contention for DEs Chase Pittman of > Shreveport Evangel and Bryan Pickryl of Jenks, Oklahoma, and DT Kasey > Studdard of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Pickryl, one of the nation's top > pass-rushing ends, took an unofficial visit to OU last week and came away > saying Texas, UCLA and Missouri are his top three teams at this point. > Pittman says his top two teams are Texas and LSU, and Studdard is a strong > > lean to UT. Pittman and Pickryl plan to graduate in December and enroll in > > college for the spring semester, which will allow them to go through > spring > training at their respective colleges. > BASKETBALL RECRUITING NOTES: Heather Schreiber, the 6-3 star from > Windthorst > who will be a freshman at Texas this basketball season, led her AAU team > to > the championship of the national Basketball Coaches' Association > tournament > and was named the tourney MVP after averaging 29 points a game in the > tourney. . . The Longhorn women are off to a good start in this year's > recruiting with a pledge from point guard Nina Norman, a 5-8 star at > Jersey > Village who is ranked as a national top 50 player. Two other players Texas > > was recruiting have committed to other schools. Guard Chelsi Welch, who > led > Plainview to the state Class 4A title last year, picked Oklahoma, and > Lindsey > Harding, a 5-7 guard from Cypress Falls, who also is a national top 50 > player, chose Duke. > * * * * > 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.