FW: True Orange E-Mail-Fax #61

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Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail-Fax #61
06/25/01
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< Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:12 PM
< To: TruOrange@aol.com
< Subject: True Orange E-Mail-Fax #61
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #61, Sunday, June 24, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< TE-LB David Thomas Picks Horns over Sooners, Raiders
<
< TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Class 4A power Wolfforth Frenship
< committed to Texas Sunday, picking the Longhorns over Oklahoma and Texas
< Tech. He also had offers from Texas A&M, LSU, Purdue, Oklahoma State and
< Baylor. He had attended camps at his big three - Texas, Oklahoma and
Texas
<
< Tech - before picking the Longhorns.
< When I asked him what factors led him to choose Texas, he said, "It has
< been
< a dream of mine since I was a little boy to play football for the
< University
< of Texas. This is a dream come true for me."
< Thomas is an outstanding tight end who set school records at Frenship
last
<
< year with 57 receptions for 1,104 yards and 14 touchdowns. But he might
be
<
< even better on defense. He had 141 tackles last year and is on Dave
< Campbell's Texas Football's Super Team as a linebacker.
< But Texas and most of the other schools after him see him as a tight end.
< He
< will make the tough catch across the middle and then do something with
it.
< He
< also is very sure handed and is a devastating blocker.
< He was the first freshman to play on the varsity at Frenship, then
started
<
< all 13 games at safety as a sophomore before making first-team All State
< at
< tight end as a junior last season. He also had 141 tackles as a
linebacker
<
< and safety.
< He's also a fine student, with a 4.0 GPA on a 4-point scale and a 27 ACT
< score.
< Thomas is the Longhorns' eight commitment this summer, joining Wide
< receiver
< Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood; QB Billy Don
< Malone,
< 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of Paris North Lamar; RB/Athlete Clint Haney, 5-11,
< 190,
< 4.27 of Smithson Valley; OL Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of Brownwood,
< and
< DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of Gulf Coast JC in Mississippi, Earl
< Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8,
< of
< Scottsdale Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A champion in
Arizona.
< Davis, a graduate of Austin Lanier, was on all the top national 100 lists

< last year, and Anderson, Sendlein and and Giles have made one or more of
< them
< already this recruiting season.
< * * * *
< RECRUTING NOTES: LB Garnett Smith6-3, 221, 4.54, of Arlington Houston,
< came
< to one of the Texas' summer camps, then came back to Austin last week
with
<
< his mother for an unofficial visit. He said he really likes Texas and
came
<
< very close to committing, but said he isn't quite ready. He also told me
< he
< is considering Tennessee, Florida and Penn State, "but Texas is No. 1."
He
< is
< one of the top linebackers in the state because of his speed and the way
< he
< plays all out all the time. . . OL Justin Blaylock of Plano East told me
< he
< was weighed and measured at 6-3, 340 at the Nike camp at A&M and still
ran
< a
< pair of 5.0 40s. Folks, that is extremely impressive. He also favors the
< Longhorns, as does DE Larry Dibbles, 6-2, 270, 4.8, of Lancaster. . . The

< Longhorns are in great shape to have another top national recruiting year
< be
< cause they are in the running for almost all of the state's top players
< and
< they already have commitments from several outstanding recruits. My bet
< for
< the top sleeper among the current group of eight commitments is Malone, a

< strong-armed, mobile quarterback who seems to have the ability to survey
< the
< entire field before making his throws.
< * * * *
< FOOTBALL NOTES: The Texas-Texas A&M game in College Station the Friday
< after
< Thanksgiving has been set for an 11 p.m. kickoff for national television,

< with the Nebraska-Colorado game getting the more desirable afternoon
slot.
< I
< like it that the TV guys are alternating the morning and evening between
< the
< North and South in the Big 12, but I don't like the way they alternate it

< every year so that the morning kickoff for the Aggies and Longhorns is
< always
< when the game is at A&M. It should be set so that each school gets one
< home
< and one away morning kickoff every two years. That would mean the
< Longhorn-Aggie game would need to be a morning game for two years in a
< row,
< then an afternoon game for two straight years. . . Cedric Benson's pro
< baseball career means the Longhorns have an extra scholarship. Ricky
< Williams
< didn't count against the 85-scholarship limit when he was at UT because
of
<
< his pro baseball summer job, and Benson's won't count either. Let's hope
< he's
< the Big 12's super walk-on.
< * * * *
< 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
the
<
< faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of
< page.
< I also update my 900 number - 1-900-288-8839 - frequently with
recruiting
<
< news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com.