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< Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:52 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail Fax #109
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #109, Wednesday, November 7, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< At Least Five Top Recruits Coming to Austin This Weekend
<
< Five top recruits have confirmed they are coming to Austin this weekend
< and
< at least three of them are coming on official visits.
< The three who will be taking official visits to Texas are all
linebackers.
<
< They are Rufus Alexander, 6-2, 215, 4.49, of Baton Rouge Christian Life;
< A.
< J. Nicholson, 6-2, 240, 4.6, of Winston Salem Mount Tabor, and Michael
< Williams, 6-3, 220, 4.6, of Lindale.
< Alexander is one of the top recruits in Louisiana, Nicholson is one of
< North
< Carolina's top blue-chippers and Williams is emerging as one of the most
< coveted recruits in Texas.
< Two other national top 100 recruits will be in Austin this weekend, and
< one
< of them, TE Eric Winston, 6-6, 275, 4.9, of Midland Lee, also might be on
< an
< official visit. He is considering taking his official visit the Dec. 14
< weekend so he can attend the UT football banquet. If he decides to visit
< officially that weekend, his trip to Austin this weekend would be an
< unofficial visit.
< The other blue-chipper who confirmed he is coming to the UT-Kansas game
is
< QB
< Vincent Young, 6-5, 200, 4.5, of Houston Madison.
< Young is as good a quarterback prospect as there is in the nation. Texas
< and
< Miami are his top two schools right now. Winston also is considering
Texas
<
< and Miami, along with Texas A&M.
< Alexander, who has scholarship offers from most of the Southeastern
< Conference powers, is leaning toward Texas, but also is considering
< Alabama,
< Tennessee and Florida.
< Nicholson committed to North Carolina during the summer, but decommitted
< when
< the Tar Heels lost their first three games. He is considering Texas,
North
<
< Carolina and several other ACC and SEC schools.
< Williams committed to Oklahoma on a visit about three weeks ago, but then

< decommitted and visited Texas A&M and Texas Tech. He had planned to visit

< Texas the Dec. 14 weekend, but told me tonight he decided to take his
< official visit now because "I'm getting kind of tired of recruiting." He
< said
< he expects to make a decision soon, and said no one has an edge right
now.
< The Longhorns also are trying to get Lance Mitchell, a 6-2, 240-pound
< inside
< linebacker from City College of San Francisco to visit. He runs under 4.6
< in
< the 40 and is one of the top junior college prospects in the country. He
< said
< he is considering visiting Texas, but has not set a date.
< Texas has 16 commitments right now, and LB Garnet Smith of Arlington
Lamar
<
< now says he is a solid UT pledge. "I'm going to sign with Texas," he
said.
< He
< has committed at various times to Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
< * * * *
< Coach Mack Brown said Wednesday the Longhorns have been practicing very
< hard
< this week. He said the team has great senior leadership and has come to
< realize that top five teams have to show up ready to practice hard every
< day
< and play hard every Saturday.
< He also said OG Antwan Kirk-Hughes, who missed the last two games with a
< sprained ankle, should be able to play against Kansas. "He worked out the

< last two days, and we think he'll be able to play." Brown said Beau Baker

< played at a very high level when he was called upon at Baylor when
Tillman
<
< Holloway suffered a shoulder injury.
< Holloway won't play against Kansas because of a sore shoulder and will be

< examined again next week to determine if he can resume practicing.
< With Derrick Dockery and Baker the only completely healthy front-line
< guards,
< Brown said center Matt Anderson is ready to play at guard if needed, and
< Jason Glynn could move in at center.
< "It seems like we have one position where we get a lot of injuries each
< year," he said. "Last year, it was the tight ends who got hurt. This
year,
<
< it's the offensive guards."
< * * * *
< 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
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<
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< both
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