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----- Forwarded by David M Gagliardi/TTG/HouInd on 06/15/01 08:26 AM ----- "Michael Gagliardi" To: <tony.a.rogers@fritolay.com<, <dgagliardi@reliantenergy.com< <mikegag@msn. cc: com< Subject: Fw: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #60 06/14/01 11:24 PM ----- Original Message ----- From: TruOrange@aol.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:10 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #60 True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #60, Thursday, June 14, 2001 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Round Rock Westwood Wide Receiver Becomes 7th Commitment Wide receiver Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood said Thursday he called UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis and committed to the Longhorns. He is Texas' seventh early committment. Miksch ran a 4.35 40 at the Texas A&M Nike camp and followed that with a 4.4 at the Texas camp that ended Wednesday. "I won the fastest man contest at both camps," he said. He also ran a 10.53 100 meters last track season. Miksch, the son of former Longhorn WR Donnie Miksch, a 1977-78 letterman from Needville, said Purdue, Nebraska, A&M, Notre Dame and Oklahoma were all recruiting him. He said Purdue and Nebraska coaches had invited him to their summer camps. "I'll have to call both of them and tell them I won't be coming to their camps," he said. He caught 46 passes for 676 yards and five touchdowns for the 4-6 Warriors last season. Houston Madison's Donald Burgs, one of the state's top cornerback recruits, also attended the UT camp that ended Wednesday. He had been a strong Texas lean earlier, but he know says he is wide open and probably won't commit to anyone this summer. Burgs praised Miksch when I talked to him Wednesday night. When I asked him if anyone at the camp really impressed him, he said, "There was a wide receiver from Round Rock named Dustin something who was really good. He was hard to cover and he has really good speed. He has good hands, too." The Longhorn coaches can't comment on recruits, but Burgs wasn't the only one Miksch impressed because the Texas coaches usually try to sign larger wide receivers. "I've been a Longhorn fan all my life," Miksch said. "I've always gone to the games and it gives me the chills when the players run through that smoke before the game. This was an easy choice for me when Texas offered a scholarship. This is where I've always wanted to play." Texas got commitments Monday from QB Billy Don Malone, 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of Paris North Lamar, and RB/Athlete Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27 of Smithson Valley. Malone and Haney both attended the UT mini-camp Sunday, then got offers Monday from the Longhorns due to the new NCAA rule interpretation that doesn't allow kids to commit at summer camps. Normally, both would have been offered by coach Mack Brown at the conclusion of their mini-camp sessions. The Longhorns' other commitments are from DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos, OL Brett Valdez of Brownwood, DT Lyle Sendlein of Scottsdale, Arizona, and DT Sonny Davis, who signed with Texas last year, but is having to go to a junior college in Mississippi because he failed to qualify academically. Speaking of academically qualifying, only two of the Longhorns' February signees are still in limbo after CB Aaron Ross of Tyler qualified earlier this week. The two who are still trying to make it academically are RB Anthony Johnson of Jefferson and LB Yamil LeBron of Killeen Ellison. (Editor's Note: I don't put out as much academic information as I did in earlier years because (a) it is not a good subject for internet bulletin boards, and (b) it tends to irritate the high school coaches. So, please use this information judiciously.) Super RB Cedric Benson says the only way he will sign a pro baseball contract is if he gets an offer that lets him play college football, like Ricky Williams did when he was at Texas. The Midland Lee star has a chance to solve the Longhorns' problems at running back, and he says he is raring to get that chance. * * * * BASKETBALL NOTES: Ed Kohtala, who has been an assistant to UT head baskeball coach Rick Barnes since he arrived at Texas three seasons ago, has been named head coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. Barnes is expected to name a replacement in the next couple of weeks. * * * * CATCH 22: A guy who made an internet post some time back accusing me by name of trying to kill Texas' football recruiting, put a post on an internet bul letin board yesterday saying Texas needs to recruit a quarterback this time around because the Horns didn't get one last year. That's his sarcastic way of ridiculing Matt Nordgren, UT's QB signee last February. Classy posts like that are sure to help Texas recruiting (sarcasm intended). I don't post on the internet, but those of you who do ought to use good judgment since stupid posts like that don't exactly help our image. * * * * 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 the faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also update my 900 number ? 1-900-288-8839 ? frequently with recruiting news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com.
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