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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #73
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #73, Tuesday, August 7, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Freshman Hold First Workouts, Impress Coaches
<
< The Longhorns' heralded freshmen had their first pair of workouts Tuesday
< and
< coach Mack Brown and his staff said they are very pleased with their
< newest
< group of recruits.
< "They are big and fast and talented," Brown said. "We are still glad we
< recruited all of them."
< JC transfer Alfio Randall, who is being counted on to challenge for a
< starting job at offensive tackle, was held out of Tuesday's workouts
< because
< the doctors who conduct tests on all the team members said some of his
< blood
< tests need to be repeated. Brown said there was no indication from the
< doctors that there was a problem, but he said no players will work out
< until
< they have been thoroughly tested and cleared by the doctors.
< Two freshmen were nursing injuries. DB Rufus Harris of La Porte has a
sore
<
< quad muscle from one of the All-Star games and RB Anthony Johnson of
< Jefferson turned up with an old stress fracture in his foot. His injury
< probably will keep him out of action for a while, but Harris should be
< able
< to work out soon.
< Brown also said junior DE O. J. McClintock's arm and hand injuries might
< cause him to miss "about half the season," but he also said he might be
< able
< to make it back quicker than that. McClintock suffered glass cuts to his
< arm
< and hand in a household accident last week and underwent emergency
< surgery.
< With McClintock on the shelf, at least temporarily, the only two
< out-of-state
< freshmen - Kaelen Jakes, 6-5, 260, 4.8, of Valencia, Cal., and Eric
Hall,
<
< 6-3, 240, 4.6, of Clarksville, Tenn. - were getting close looks from the
< coaches because the Horns are thin in the defensive line.
< With the players working without pads, it's difficult to tell very much,
< but
< Brown and defensive coordinator Carl Reese both said they like the way
< Jakes
< runs and like his athleticism. Reese also said Hall has a chance to play
< ear
< ly because of the shortage of defensive ends.
< Reese also said the class of defensive backs "is the best, as a group,
< since
< we've been here. They all have speed and the ability to cover
< man-for-man."
< Offensive coordinator Greg Davis also praised the arm strength of his
< freshman QB, Matt Nordgren, 6-5, 215, 4.7, of Dallas Bishop Lynch.
< Nordgren
< threw several passes more than 60 yards in the afternoon practice Tuesday
< and
< he threw them with some zip and good accuracy.
< The four walk-on kickers also were drawing close attention and all four
of
<
< them showed good leg strength and pretty good accuracy. They are Brady
< Noto,
< 5-10, 175, from Katy Taylor; David Pino, 5-8, 165, from Wichita Falls
< Rider;
< Dusty Mangum, 5-11, 175, from Mesquite, and James Baker, 6-0, 185, from
< Austin Westlake. Brown said he thinks all four of them have some talent
< and
< said the coaches hope one or two of them will be able to help solve the
< team's place-kicking problems.
< He said one thing that hampered all the kickers Tuesday was that none of
< the
< freshmen have experience as holders. Brian Carter, a WR/DB from The
< Woodlands, appeared to do a good job of holding in a pinch-hit role.
< Brown said some of the freshmen OLs "are going to have to drop some
< weight."
< He didn't name anyone, but William Winston of Houston Madison and
Terrance
<
< Young of Longview both appear to weigh well above 350 pounds.
< The freshmen will practice again at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The

< varsity reports Thursday and the first full squad practice will be
< Saturday
< at 9 a.m. All the practices are open to the public.
< RECRUITING NOTES: LB Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of Splendora, one of
< the
< Longhorns' dozen early commitments, got word from Norfolk, Va., late
< Monday
< night that he had been named the outstanding male performer at the AAU
< Junior
< Olympics in Norfolk. As I reported in yesterday's e-mail/fax, he broke
his
<
< own national AAU Junior Olympic record by winning the discus with a 202-7

< throw and was second in the shot and sixth in the javelin. . . The
< Longhorns
< have commitments from DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos, who is No. 3 on my
< list
< of the state's top 25 "difference makers, Robison, who is No. 17, and OL
< Brett Valdez of Brownwood, who is No. 23. They also are running No. 1
with
<
< several other members of that elite group, including No. 1 DT Rodriquie
< Wright of Alief Hastings, No. 9 LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite, No. 15
< DT
< Marco Martin of Mesquite and No. 21 DE Dontriel Coates of Anahuac. They
< are
< tied for the lead with some of other "difference makers," but they are
< clearly in the lead with the four I cited.
< * * * *
< My next e-mail/fax will be Wednesday, August 8.
< * * * *
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< 26
< newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice
< monthly
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<
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