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Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #69
07/30/01
06:33 AM

Why did we give Matt McFarland a scholarship if he isn't a capable kicker?

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< Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:31 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #69
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #69, Friday, July 27, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< McClintock Undergoes Surgery to Repair Severe Glass Cuts
<
< The Longhorns were already thin at defensive end, and they could be
< critically short at the position now because O. J. McClintock, a 6-2,
< 250-pound junior, underwent surgery Friday to repair what UT officials
< called
< "significant damage to muscles and tendons in his right arm."
< UT head football trainer Tom McVan said the surgeons who operated on
< McClintock said the injury appeared to be caused by a glass cut, probably

< from a broken window. They said McClintock was injured in an eaccident at
< a
< family member's home.
< "O. J.'s surgery was successful," McVan said. "Our medical staff and the
< surgeons will continue to monitor his progress during the next several
< days
< and determine a recovery time."
< "It's very unfortunate that O. J. was injured," said head coach Mack
< Brown.
< "He did a tremendous job making the transition to defensive end (from
< linebacker) in the spring and is a guy we have high hopes for this
< season."
< If McClintock's injury is serious enough to cause him to miss all or part
< of
< the season, it will leave Texas with only senior Jermain Anderson and
< incoming freshman Lance McFarland to back up starters Kalen Thornton and
< Cory
< Redding. If the injury does cost him significant playing time, the
coaches
<
< will move one or more players to defensive end to provide more depth.
< Incoming freshman Eric Hall, who had been ticketed for a try at fullback,

< would be a good candidate for a switch to defensive end.
< McClintock, a junior, has never redshirted, so he could sit out the year
< without penalty if the injuury turns out to be serious.
< He is expected to be released from the hospital Saturday.
< * * * *
< I misread the press release from Houston about the Longhorns' game with
< the
< Cougars in Houston on Sept. 22. It will have an 8 p.m. kickoff for a
< national
< telecast by ESPN-2. The Cougar press release said 7 p.m., but it was
based
< on
< Eastern Standard Time, which means the kickoff will be at 8 p.m. Texas
< time.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING NOTES: It looks like the Longhorns will either sign Galena
< Park's
< outstanding tailback Albert Hardy or they won't sign a running back in
< this
< class. Hardy likes Texas and LSU, and he appears to be the Longhorns'
sole
<
< target because the running back crop in Texas is very thin this year. In
< fact, Hardy is the only tailback on my list of the top 25
< "difference-makers"
< . . . Because of some academic deficiencies among the crop of defensive
< backs, the Texas coaches appear to be taking a go-slow approach to
< offering
< defensive backs. It's hard to judge defensive backs on film because most
< high
< school film doesn't show them at the start of each play, concentrating
< instead on the offense and the front seven on defense. The Texas coaches
< probably will scout some of the top defensive backs in their first couple
< of
< games and then make some offers. They also will have a better idea how
< many
< they will need to sign in this class after they see how the incoming
< freshmen
< defensive backs perform during two-a-day workouts.
< * * * *
< FOOTBALL NOTES: Coach Brown, speaking at the Big 12 coaches' meeting in
< Dallas Friday, said the Longhorns "can be really, really good but we've
< got
< to do a better job day to day and week to week. We had three games we let
< get
< away last year." He said the coaches and players "are proud that our team
< is
< being looked at" as one of the best in the country in the pre-season, but
< he
< also said "pre-season ranking mean absolutely nothing. We have to go out
< and
< take care of business." Brown also said the team faces three major
< challenges: 1. Finding a tailback to replace Hodges Mitchell; 2. Finding
a
<
< place kicker to replace Kris Stockton, and, 3. Finding two defensive
< tackles
< to replace Casey Hampton and Shaun Rogers. I think the tackles they have

< will be fine against passing teams, and most of the good teams Texas
plays
<
< this season are pass oriented. I also think freshman Cedric Benson will
< provide a pretty quick fix at tailback. But I have no idea where the
< Longhorns are going to find a capable place kicker. They have several
< walk-on
< kickers reporting and they hope one of them can be a solid field goal
< kicker.
< * * * *
< 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

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< 26
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< monthly
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recruiting
<
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