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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #101
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< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #101, Monday, October 15, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Brown Says Buffs Pose Real Problem; No TV for Game at Missouri
<
< Coach Mack Brown said Monday Colorado will be the best running team
Texas
<
< will see this year and he also said the Buffaloes have the best offensive

< line the Horns will face.
< The two teams play at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a game that will be televised

< regionally by ABC. The Longhorns, 5-1, are a 10-point favorite over the
< Buffaloes, also 5-1.
< Brown said DE Kalen Thornton, who missed the Oklahoma State game with a
< sprained knee, is expected to return to practice Tuesday and he said that
< is
< very good news because Colorado has such a powerful running game that the

< Longhorns will need every available defensive lineman to try to stop it.
< "This is the best running team we have seen since the last time we played

< Nebraska," he said. "They have a big, physical line, and some big,
< physical
< backs."
< He said Oklahoma uses its passing game to set up its running game. He
said
<
< Colorado is the opposite. "They run to set up their play-action passes,"
< he
< said. "They have a very good offense, and their quarterback (Craig) Ochs
< is a
< good passer and he can hurt you running. We'll have a battle."
< The Longhorns probably will be back in their basic 4-3 defense against
the
<
< run-oriented Buffs, and Brown said sophomore DT Adam Doiron, who started
< against Oklahoma State, "played really well" and will start again. Fellow

< sophomore Marcus Tubbs is a fixture at the other tackle spot.
< If Thornton is able to return, Brown said that will give the coaches
< freedom
< to use Maurice Gordon at end or tackle. Gordon, a former end, was a
< starting
< tackle until Thornton got hurt, and then he moved back to end.
< He said the Longhorns have to work hard to run a lot against Colorado's
< tough
< run defense because "they like to dominate time of possession with their
< running game and just wear the other team down. We try to wear the other
< team
< down, too, so that's going to be interesting."
< The Longhorns have won 11 straight games at home. That is the longest
home
<
< winning streak since the early 1980s. They also are 19-2 at home since
< Brown
< took over.
< Brown said true freshman RB Cedric Benson will start and Ivan Williams
< also
< will play quite a bit against Colorado. "Cedric did a good job," Brown
< said,
< "and Ivan did well when he came in late. We want Cedric to get a lot of
< carries, but probably not 31 like he got against Oklahoma State. We'll
< probably spread it out a little more."
< He also said TE Bo Scaife and Brock Edwards are going to start getting
< more
< chances to catch passes. "They can really run, and we've got to work them

< into the offense a little more and give them more chances," he said.
< * * * *
< The Longhorns 'game at Missouri on October 27 was not chosen for TV, but
< UT
< officials have asked the Missouri athletic director to approve a pay TV
< arrangement for some Texas cities. The game time would have to be 2:30
< p.m.
< or later to be approved for pay TV because the Big 12 has a rule that pro
< hibits any league game telecast conflicting with the sanctioned
< telecast, which begins at 11 a.m. UT officials expect to get an answer
< from
< Missouri officials Tuesday. This will be the first Longhorn game this
< season
< that was not chosen for TV, and it is the longest road trip this season.
< Ironically, the two longest Big 12 trips last year - to Colorado and
< Kansas
< - were not chosen for TV either. So much for all that famed UT clout with
< the
< TV networks.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns are still at 15 commitments. One of them
< is
< a little shaky. LB Garnett Smith of Arlington Lamar says he plans to sign

< with Texas, but might take a couple of visits. When kids take visits, the

< commitments are shaky. We'll have to see what develops in regard to Smith
< and
< his pledge to UT. . . Texas has pledges from five players on my 25-man
< "diffefrence maker" list, including No. 4 DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos,
< No.
< 11 LB Smith, No. 17 LB Brian Robison of Splendora, No. 23 OL Brett Valdez
< of
< Brownwood and No. 24 QB Billy Don Malone of Paris North Lamar. The Horns
< have
< a pretty good shot at every member of the top seven on that list - No. 1
< DT
< Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, No. 2 QB Vincent Young of Houston
< Madison,
< No. 3 DE Larry Dibbles of Lancaster, No. 5 DE Travis Leitko of The
< Woodlands,
< No. 6 RB Albert Hardy of Galena Park and No. 7 LB Aaron Harris of North
< Mesquite. The won't get all of that group, but they might get most of
< them.
< * * * *
< 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

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< 26
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< monthly
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<
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