FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #67

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Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #67
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< Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:37 PM
< To: TruOrange@aol.com
< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #67
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #67, Wednesday, July 18, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Key Pre-Season Practice Schedule Dates Tentatively Set
<
< Coach Mack Brown has announced some of the key pre-season practice dates,
< but
< the dates are tentative and could be changed.
< I know some of you plan to try to come to some of the practices, so here
< is
< what was announced tentatively, and I stresss once again that it is
< tentative:
< Monday, August 6 - Freshmen report
< Tuesday, August 7 - First freshman practice
< Thursday, August 9 - Varsity reports
< Saturday, August 11 - First full-team practice
< Sunday, August 12 - Team photo day, no practice
< Wednesday, August 15 - Afternoon practice will be first practice in full
< pads
< Saturday, August 18 - First scrimmage in Royal Memorial Stadium
< Sunday, August 19 - Media Day/Fan Appreciation Day 2-3:20 p.m.,
autographs
<
< 3:30-4:30 p.m.
< Thursday, August 23 - Scrimmage in Royal Memorial Stadium, 6 p.m.
< Obviously, two practices each day will be conducted on many of the days
< not
< mentioned in the above schedule. Brown will announce the other practice
< dates
< and all of the practice times, probably in about two weeks.
< * * * *
< TE Bo Scaife appears to be fully recovered from his off-season knee
< surgery.
< That is great news for the Longhorn offense for two reasons:
< 1. He's a great receiver with outstanding speed and athletic ability. In
< short, he's the kind of tight end who doesn't come along very often.
< 2. He and QB Chris Simms have great chemistry. If he had been healthy
last
<
< season, instead of being lost for the entire season when he hurt his knee
< on
< the first day of pre-season practice, I think Texas would have beaten
< Stanford and probably would have beaten Oregon. The freshmen wide
< receivers
< didn't really start starring until almost mid-season and, by the time the

< Horns played Oregon, nearly all the tight ends were on the injury list.
< Simms had 8 TD passes and 12 interceptions last season. He is not proud
of
<
< those numbers and has studied a lot of film and done a lot of work to
< correct
< it. With more experience now, he should be ready to have a break-out
< season.
< If he does and throws 20 or more touchdowns and 10 or less interceptions,
< the
< Horns should have a good season. If he can get up to a 3-1
< touchdown-to-interception ratio, Texas should be a lock for a top 10 spot
< in
< the final polls for the first time since 1983 and the Longhorns could be
< in
< the fight for the national title.
< * * * *
< DT Maurice Gordon, who was moved from DE in the spring, has been really
< hitting the weights and working hard in the off-season program. He was an

< outstanding pass rusher in the spring, and should be a big factor in
< helping
< the Longhorns mount a better pass rush this season. Do you remember how
< those
< undersized Oregon DTs were in the Longhorns' backfield throughout the
bowl
<
< game? Gordon could have that kind of demoralizing effect on opposing
< offensive linemen this year if he stays healthy.
< * * * *
< MORE RECRUITING NOTES: I got most of the big stuff in my earlier
< e-mail/fax
< today, but here are a few other things of note: Texas is doing well with

< stud linebackers Garnett Smith of Arlington Lamar and Aaron Harris of
< North
< Mesquite. Some of you have asked me why Harris is so highly rated because
< he
< is not as big at 5-11 or 6-0, and 220 to 230, or as fast, at 4.7, as some
< of
< the other guys. Folks, this guy is about as good as it gets at middle
< linebacker. He reads plays quickly, finds the ball and then delivers a
< king-kong-style lick. He is the real deal. Smith can run like a halfback
< and
< he hits hard, too. He is a tremendous outside linebacker prospect. I
think
<
< Texas will get at least one of them and the Longhorns might get both. If
< they
< do, the loss of all those senior linebackers won't hurt quite so bad.
< * * * *
< 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.