FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62

I sure hope Mack knows what he is doing.
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Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62
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< Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:25 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #62
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #62, Wednesday, June 27, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Fast Pflugerville Linebacker Becomes Horns' 9th Commitment
<
< LB Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally, committed to
the
<
< Longhorns Wednesday after getting an offer following a summer camp at
< Texas.
< His parents are both Texas Tech graduates and his father, Rufus, was a
< running back for the Red Raiders in the late 1970s.
< Rufus Myers said his son has always wanted to play for Texas, and added,
< "I
< guess I'll have to buy some orange shirts now."
< Myers said he had offers from Iowa State, TCU and Oklahoma State, and he
< said
< Nebraska and Oklahoma coaches had told him he would get an offer if he
< came
< to their summer camps, but he said he just wanted to play for Texas.
< Connally coach Matt Monzingo said Myers is one of his fastest players,
< despite his big frame. "We're going to play him some at fullback and some
< at
< tailback this year," Monzingo said. "He's got really good speed for his
< size."
< But Monzingo also said Myers' future is at linebacker because "he's got a

< great nose for the ball. He's really good at sniffing out where the play
< is
< going and he's very aggressive. With his size and speed, he's got the
< whole
< package to be an outstanding linebacker."
< He had 73 tackles last year, and Monzingo said he expects him to be even
< better this year. Monzingo said Myers played inside linebacker in a
< four-linebacker set last year, and will play middle linebacker in a
< three-linebacker set this season. "We think we need an extra defensive
< back
< because off all the passing teams we play, and Marcus is a big, physical
< linebacker who we think can hold down the middle for us, so we're going
to
<
< have one less linebacker and one more defensive back.
< Myers also is a fine student. He has a 4.5 on a 5.0 scale, ranks in the
< top
< 10% of his class and scored a 1,080 on the ACT last October. He plans to
< take
< it again because he was disappointed in that score.
< * * * *
< Myers is the Longhorns' ninth commitment this summer, joining TE-LB David

< Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; WR 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
< Val
< ley; 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.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING NOTES: All of February's UT signees have qualified except
< Killeen
< Ellison LB Yamil LeBron, and he still has a test score coming that might
< put
< him over the hump. . . DE Larry Dibbles of Lancaster was a big hit at the

< Oklahoma summer camp last week. Everyone was impressed with his great
< quickness. At 6-2, 275, you would expect him to be a tackle playing end,
< but
< he has great explosion at the line of scrimmage. He is a pass-rusher
< deluxe.
< This one might be a UT-OU battle at the end. He likes the Longhorns and
he
<
< had a good time at the Sooner camp. If we win the big shootout in Dallas
< on
< Oct. 6, I like our chances.
< * * * *
< FOOTBALL NOTES: I erred by 12 hours on the kickoff for the Texas-Texas
A&M
<
< game in College Station the Friday after Thanksgiving in my last
< e-mail/fax,
< saying it was set for 11 p.m. It's 11 a.m., of course. I also found out
< since
< then that the game in Austin next year also will be at 11 a.m., so both
< the
< Horns and the Aggies will get to travel to an early-morning game against
< each
< other. The difference is that they can spend the night in Austin without
< the
< kind of harassment the Horns took in Collie Station in 1999. . . The
< season
< opener against New Mexico State on Sept. 1 will be at 6 p.m. and will be
< televised nationally by the Fox network, and the second game, also at
< home, against North Carolina will be televised by ABC. That's the good
< news.
< The bad news is that it will have an 11 a.m. kickoff. Pray for clouds
< because
< it will be very, very hot at game time with the sun beaming down unless
< there
< are some clouds.
< * * * *
< 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.