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< Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:42 PM
< To: TruOrange@aol.com
< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #78
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #78, Tuesday, August 14, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Dockery Training at Tackle; Sendlein Moves to Defensive Line
<
< With three experienced offensive guards and only one experienced
offensive
<
< tackle, the Longhorn coaches moved junior guard Derrick Dockery to left
< tackle Tuesday, and head coach Mack Brown said he will be cross trained
at
<
< both guard and tackle.
< Redshirt freshman middle linebacker Austin Sendlin, who was running
second
<
< team behind starter De'Andre Lewis, was moved to defensive tackle
Tuesday.
< Junior college All American Alfio Randall might win the starting job at
< offensive left tackle, but even if that happens, the coaches will have
< only
< five players they feel they can count on two play the four guard and
< tackle
< spots. Senior Mike Williams is an All-America candidate at right tackle
< and
< senior Antwan Kirk-Hughes is very solid at right guard. Sophomore Tillman

< Holloway started several games at left guard last year and played well.
< Holloway and Dockery had been expected to battle for the starting job at
< left
< guard, but the cross-training of Dockery could mean he will start at
< tackle
< and provide relief at guard when Randall is in the game
< Brown said the coaches would like to have three tackles and three guards
< to
< alternate, but he said they can get by with five for the two positions if
< one
< of them is cross trained and there are no injuries.
< Moving Sendlein to defensive tackle opens a second-team spot at middle
< linebacker, but defensive coordinator Carl Reese said Maurice Wilkins, a
< former linebacker who has been moved to defensive end, could be pulled
< back
< and used at middle backer if Lewis gets hurt or needs a breather. He also

< said redshirt freshman Rashad Thomas might make a good backup in the
< middle.
< Wilkins and another former linebacker, Reed Boyd, were moved to defensive
< end
< after O. J. McClintock, who was the backup at both end spots, suffered
< severe
< cuts to his right arm and hand in a household accident. McClintock is
< expected to miss the first two or three games.
< * * * *
< Brown said the plan at quarterback this year with junior starter Chris
< Simms,
< senior backup Major Applewhite and redshirt freshman Chance Mock "is to
< win
< the game with Chris and Major, then use Chance. We hope we have some
games
<
< where we can use all three."
< Applewhite, who holds most school passing and total offense records, has
< been
< hampered by severe injuries to both his knees, but he has been looking a
< lot
< sharper in the pre-season than he did during spring football practice.
< Brown said Simms is the clear starter, but he said the coaches have great

< confidence in both Simms and Applewhite.
< * * * *
< He also said senior linebackers Lewis and Everick Rawls "have been really

< good players for us, but we need somebody to step up and have a great
year
< in
< there."
< He said the other senior linebacker starter, former safety Lee Jackson,
is
< an
< outstanding player who really "is still a safety, but is just playing
< closer
< to the line." He said the coaches decided to move Jackson to linebacker
< because they play so many passing teams that it helps to have a
linebacker
<
< with experience as a defensive back and because Jackson is a fine tackler
< and
< outstanding blitzer.
< True freshman RB Cedric Benson explodes into the line quicker than any of
< the
< veteran running backs, and true freshman LB Derrick Johnson is the
fastest
<
< linebacker on the team. True freshman DT Kaelen Jakes continues to
impress
< in
< the pass-rushing drills. He is super quick and has great moves to put on
< the
< offensive linemen.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING NOTES: The state's top running back, Albert Hardy of Galena
< Park,
< came to a Longhorn practice last week and now he is listing Texas as his
< favorite team again. He had moved LSU ahead of the Horns briefly after an

< unofficial visit to Baton Rouge, but the Longhorns moved out front again
< after his trip to Austin. . . Glenn Jackson, a fine outside linebacker
< prospect who also plays defensive end at Carrollton Turner, is about 6-2
< and
< 220 and has the frame to add 10 or 15 pounds and become a pass-rusher
< deluxe
< in college with his 4.6 speed and sure tackling skills. He and Garnett
< Smith
< of Arlington Lamar are both being recruited by Texas and most other top
< schools because they are very fast, very sure tacklers and both have
< frames
< that will let them grow into big linebackers or medium-sized defensive
< ends.
< * * * *
< 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
<
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< both
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