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< Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:35 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #90
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #90, Tuesday, September 11, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< LB Smith Says He's No Sooner; Flowers, McFadden Gone
<
< LB Garnet Smith, 6-3, 221, 4.54, of Arlington Lamar, said Tuesday he
has
<
< not committed to Oklahoma and, in fact, is leaning toward committing to
< Texas
< Sunday or Monday.
< "I never committed to Oklahoma," he told me tonight. "I'm not committed
< to
< anyone. I've been trying to decide between Texas and Oklahoma and right
< now
< Texas is Number 1. I've been hearing from Oklahoma fans and it hasn't
< helped
< them any. Texas fans have been saying nicer things and right now Texas is
< up
< and Oklahoma is down."
< Regardless of what he does Sunday or Monday, this saga might not be over
< until signing day. Smith, like so many top recruits, really likes
< whichever
< personable coach he is talking to at the time. He likes the Sooner
coaches
<
< when he is talking to them and he likes the Texas coaches when he is
< talking
< to them.
< But don't write him off as fickle. He's a big-time prospect and a good
< student, too. There are a lot of outside linebackers who meet one of
those
<
< qualifications, but not the other. He's also a very nice, polite young
man
<
< who just hates to disappoint anybody. Personable college coaches have
that
<
< affect on lots of kids.
< The Longhorns are still at 12 commitments and they probably will pick up
< No.
< 13 Sunday, when top DE Chase Pittman of Shreveport Evangel goes to his
< church, and like all top Evangel players, announces his college choice to
< the
< congregation. It's between Texas and LSU, and all signs are pointing to
< the
< Burnt Orange.
< If Smith comes aboard, too, that would make it 14 commitments. But if he
< does
< commit, be sure and write his name in pencil so you can erase it if he
< changes his mind.
< I'm going to Lufkin Friday to see two national top 100 prospects - QB
< Reggie
< McNeal of Lufkin and Evangel's Pittman. The two teams also are among the
< best
< in the country and both have several other top prospects.
< * * * *
< WR Montrell Flowers has had to give up football. Head coach Mack Brown
< said
< Tuesday Flowers suffered some kidney injuries when he took a hard like in

< Saturday's game. He said doctors discovered he only has one kidney and
< advised him to give up football. Brown said he will get a medical
< scholarship, which won't count against the 85-man limit, and will
< concentrate
< on track, where he has two years of eligiblity left.
< "Montrell's injury is really unfortunate," Brown said. "He is a nice kid
< who
< was playing his best football and providing much needed veteran
leadership
<
< for us."
< Brown also announced that backup kicker Matt McFadden of Coppell has quit
< the
< team to "concentrate on personal matters." The personal matters are a
< Monday
< grand jury indictment in Dallas County on a felony charge of taking and
< distributing nude photographs of a 17-year-old Coppell girl.
< McFadden, a redshirt freshman at Texas, was expected to be the starting
< place
< kicker at Texas this season, but he had a disappointing spring and the
< coaches brought in four freshmen walk-on kickers in August. One of them,
< Dusty Mangum of Mesquite, beat him out and has been sensational so far.
< Mangum is perfect on all five of his field goal tries, including one from
< 51
< yards and another from 49 yards into a swirling wind.
< Mangum probably will get McFadden's scholarship at the end of this
< semester.
< Brown also said DE O. J. McClintock, who has been out all season with
< severe
< cuts to his right hand and arm, returned to practice this week, "and we
< just
< have to wait and see how he does." With the open date this weekend, there
< is
< a chance he might be back for the Houston game on Sept. 22.
< Brown cut Tuesday's workout short because of the tragic terrorist
bombings
< in
< New York and Washington and said the coaches and the players are all
upset
<
< about "this tragic day."
< "This is a very difficult day for all Americans," he said. "Our thoughts
< and
< prayers go out all of the families affected by this tragedy."
< * * * *
< BASKETBALL RECRUITING: Bryan Hopkins, the highly regarded guard at Dallas

< Lincoln, has withdrawn his commitment to SMU and now says he is trying to

< decide between the Mustangs and Longhorns. Hopkins, a 5-11 sharpshooter
< who
< could play either guard position, is one of three nationally ranked
guards
< in
< Texas. The other two are already committed to out-of-state teams.
< * * * *
< 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
< both
< services via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also
< update my 900 number - 1-900-288-8839 - daily with recruiting news. My
< E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com.