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< Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:05 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #64
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #64, Monday, July 9, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Splendora Linebacker Brian Robison Commits to UT on Unofficial Visit
<
< LB Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of Splendora, committed to Texas Monday

< after taking an unofficial visit to the school with his mother and
meeting
<
< with Longhorn assistant coaches Hardee McCrary and Darryl Drake.
< He called me with the news at about 6:45 p.m. Monday and said his next
< call
< was going to head coach Mack Brown, who is on vacation in North Carolina.

< "They gave me his number and I'm going to call him right now," Robison
< said.
< I'm sure he would have called Brown before he called me, but he said the
< UT
< coaches told him Brown should be available at the number they gave him by
< 7
< p.m.
< He said he met Brown and several other UT coaches and players after
< competing
< in the State Track Meet in May.
< Asked what caused him to pick Texas, he said, "Coach Brown was just
< totally h
< onest with me and answered all my questions without hesitation. The
< players
< at Texas all told me he's a straight shooter."
< Robison, who plays middle linebacker at Splendora, said the Texas coaches

< recruited him as a middle backer. He also had offers from LSU and
Houston,
<
< and said coaches from Arkansas, Penn State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M had
< told
< him they would offer if he would visit their schools.
< He had 116 tackles, 6 sacks, 6 passes broken up, 2 fumble recoveries and
a
<
< pass interception last season. He is No. 17 on my list of the state's top
< 25
< "difference makers."
< He is one of the nation's top prep track stars, with a 200-04 3/4 discus

< throw Friday at an AAU track meet in San Antonio that broke the AAU age
< group
< national record, a 62-7 shot put and a 172-10 javelin throw. He has
< qualified for the national AAU Junior Olympic finals in Virginia in late
< July
< in all three events.
< "I knew I wanted to come to Texas," he said, "and I wanted to get it done
< now
< so I could concentrate on doing well in the Junior Olympics.
< Robison is a fine student, with a 3.9 GPA on a 4.0 scale and a
qualifying
<
< SAT score.
< * * * *
< Robison is the Longhorns' 11th commitment this summer, joining OL Neale
< Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen; LB Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of
< Pflugerville Connally; 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 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.
< I won't predict how soon it will happen, but I think the Longhorns are in

< very strong position with fine LB Garnett Smith of Arlington Lamar and
< super
< DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings and I will be very surprised if both

< don't eventually commit to Texas.
< TOMMIE HARRIS NOTE: Don't get too excited about the quotes by super DT
< Tommie
< Harris of Killeen Ellison stating that he already is disenchanted with
< Oklahoma and might try to get out of his letter of intent with the
< Sooners.
< The No. 1 problem is that it is almost impossible to get out of a letter
< of
< intent unless an athlete can prove the school misrepresented something
< major.
< The No. 2 problem is that transfering within the Big 12 is a no-no,
< punishable by the loss of an extra year of eligibility, after the
< mandatory
< one-year period of ineligibility to establish residency. Don't hold your
< breath until you see TH in burnt orange.
< * * * *
< TEXAS BEATS CALIFORNIA: Super Longhorn LB signee Derrick Johnson of Waco
< ran
< an intercepted screen pass back 52 yards for the only Texas touchdown and
< it
< was enough to lead his All-Star team to a 10-7 victory over the
California
<
< All-Stars. It was a sweet victory for the Texas All-Stars, who had lost
< the
< first six games in the series to California. California DT Kaelen Jakes,
< another Longhorn signee, had a sack for the losers, and he told me Mike
< Garcia, the Galena Park offensive lineman who also signed with UT, "is by
< far
< the best offensive lineman I've ever played again, and I played against
< some
< guys in California who were supposed to be among the best in the
country."
< OL
< Will Allen of Cypress Falls, another UT signee who played in the game,
< told
< me he helped block Jakes "and he's every bit as good as Shaun Cody."
Cody,
< a
< heralded California DL who signed with USC, also played in the game. The
< stout Texas defense held California to minus 13 yards rushing.
< * * * *
< 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.