FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #92

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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #92
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #92, Sunday, September 16, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Chase Pittman Commits to Longhorns; UT Has 14 Pledges
<
< The Longhorns picked up their second top 100 national recruit in less
than
<
< week Sunday when DE Chase Pittman, 6-5, 263, 4.7, of national powerhouse
< Shreveport Evangel, committed to Texas during ceremonies at his church.
< Pittman chose Texas over LSU at the end, but he was recruited by top
< schools
< from all over the country.
< He is the brother of Cole Pittman, the sophomore Longhorn DT who was
< killed
< in a vehicle accident in February while returning to Texas for spring
< football practice.
< I went to Lufkin Friday night to watch Evangel play Lufkin, one of the
top
<
< teams in Texas. In last week's USA Today rankings, Lufkin, led by QB
< Reggie
< McNeal, an A&M pledge, was rated No 4 in the country, and Evangel, led by

< sophomore QB John David Booty, 6-3, 185, 4.5, and Pittman, was rated No.
< 20.
< That rating will change this week because Evangel defeated Lufkin, 33-17,

< primarily because of Booty's throwing and a stout defense led by Pittman.
< Lufkin ran away from Pittman's right DE spot all night, but he still had,
< by
< my count, a sack, three QB pressures and eight tackles. McNeal is a 10.3
< sprinter, but Pittman twice came from the far side to run him out of
< bounds.
< He has outstanding speed and quickness and is on many national top 100
< teams.
< The other national top 100 pledge the Horns got recently was from LB
< Garnet
< Smith, 6-3, 221, 4.54, of Arlington Lamar, who first committed to
< Oklahoma
< last Monday, then switched to Texas on Wednesday and said he is solid for
< the
< Longhorns. With a 1,200-plus SAT, he said UT's academic superiority over
< OU
< was a big factor.
< The other 12 recruits who have committed to UT are DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1,
< 320,
< 5.0, of Gulf Coast JC in Mississippi and formerly of Austin Lanier, Earl
< Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos, Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8, of

< Scottsdale Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A champion in
Arizona,
<
< and Tully Janszen, 6-4, 255, 4.78, of Keller; LBs Brian Robison, 6-3,
245,
<
< 4.6, of Splendora and Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville
< Connally;
< OLs Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5,
< 260,
< 4.9, of Allen; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship;
< WR
< Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood; QB Billy Don
< Malone,
< 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of Paris North Lamar; RB/Ath Clint Haney, 5-11, 190,

< 4.27 of Smithson Valley.
< Eight of the players - Pittman, Smith, Davis, Anderson, Sendlein, Valdez,

< Tweedie and Thomas - have been on one or more national top 100 lists.
< Davis
< was on all the lists last year.
< The Longhorns probably will take about 25 to 27 players this year. The
< limit
< is 25 in one year, but Pittman will graduate in December and enroll in
< January, which means he can be counted against last year's class. Davis
< also
< has a chance to graduate in December and enroll in January. If he does,
he
<
< also count count against last year. The Longhorns are also on the short
< list
< of another outstanding DE who will graduate in December. He is Bryan
< Pickryl
< of Jenks, Oklahoma.
< * * * *
< If you are wondering who the remaining 11 to 13 signees will be, most or
< all
< will come from a 22-player group that includes QB Vincent Young of
Houston
<
< Madison, RB Albert Hardy of Galena Park, TE Eric Winston of Midland Lee,
< WRs
< Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Ill., Biren Ealy of Cypress Falls and
< Anthony
< Wright of Klein Forest, OLs Justin Blalock of Plano East and Tony Ugoh of

< Spring Westfield, DEs Pickryl , Travis Leitko of The Woodlands and Larry
< Dibbles of Lancaster, DTs Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, Marco Martin
< of
< Mesquite, Kasey Studdard of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Loren Howard of
< Scottsdale Saquaro, Ariz., LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite, CBs Ricky
< Wilson of Port Arthur Lincoln and Jonathan Wade of Shreveport Evangel,
< Safeties Brodney Pool of Houston Westbury and Matthew Melton of Tyler and

< Athletes Eddorian McCullough of North Garland and DaBryan Blanton of
< Forney.
< The Horns have 50-50 or better shots at Marquis Johnson, Rodrique Wright,

< Kasey Studdard and Aaron Harris, who are all national top 100 players.
< Wright
< is the nation's top DT prospect.
< * * * *
< FOOTBALL NOTES: Look for sophomore Ivan Williams to start at tailback at
< Houston, with true freshman Cedric Benson getting a lot of action, too.
< Former starter Victor Ike also will play, but his primary role probably
< will
< be as a kickoff returner. . . True freshman LB Derrick Johnson will play
a
<
< lot more in future games. He already is UT's top tackler and sacker in a
< limited role. He looks like a future All-American and Butkus Award
< candidate.
< * * * *
< 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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<
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