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08/21/2000 09:19 AM --------------------------- "Michael Gagliardi" <mggagliardi@duke-energy.com< on 08/21/2000 07:24:54 AM To: DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com, David_Ricks@GSDM.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail 71 ---------------------- Forwarded by Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC on 08/21/2000 07:33 AM --------------------------- TruOrange@aol.com on 08/18/2000 09:58:52 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com cc: (bcc: Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC) Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail 71 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #71, Friday, August 18, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 Phone 512-795-8536 Scaife Injures Knee, Out for Season; Roy Williams Tears Up Varsity DBs Sophomore TE Bo Scaife, the guy I figured the offense could least afford to lose because of his blitz-breaking capabilities, tore the ACL in his left knee during the Longhorns' first varsity workout Friday morning and he will be out for the season. Scaife, a sure-handed tight end with great speed, had surgery on his right knee as a senior in high school. He was slowed by that injury last season, but regained his speed by the spring and was sensational in spring drills. Coach Mack Brown said Scaife will undergo surgery and will miss the entire season. The only good news is that he can use this season as a redshirt season, since he did play some last season. That means he will have three years of eligibility remaining, beginning in 2001. "Now, he will have had them both fixed, they'll be stronger and maybe he can have three good years," Brown said. Brown said Mike Jones, the starter last season at tight end, is a sure-handed receiver and outstanding blockers, but he said the Horns will miss Scaife's speed. He said freshman Brock Edwards, who also has speed, but not as much as Scaife, will get a lot of work, starting Saturday, to see if he can help take up some of the slack left by Scaife's injury. He also said walk-on TE Cullen Loeffler has shown some good things and also will get a chance to see if he can contribute. This was a major blow to the Texas offense, but there is some good news. The Longhorns probably have their best secondary since 1991, but freshman WR Roy Williams, 6-3, 208, long-armed and fast, fast, fast, treated the starting cornerbacks and safeties like cannon fodder in the morning workout, catching two long touchdown passes and tight-roping the sideline for two other big catches. He dropped only one pass all day, and it was when he ran over an obstacle. The team worked primarily on putting in some running plays in the afternoon workout, so the DBs were spared another dose of Williams in the afternoon. All of the heralded freshmen WRs are looking good, but Williams is looking sensational. I can see why some veteran West Texas football watchers say he is the greatest prospect ever to come out of Odessa Permian. There just aren't a lot of people his size who can run 100 meters in 10.03, high jump seven feet and broad jump a state record 26-5. Even defensive coordinator Carl Reese was impressed by Williams. "I tell you what, he didn't look like a freshman to me," Reese said. "He looked pretty good out there." Sloan Thomas, B. J. Johnson and Tony Jeffery are the other three freshmen WRs, and they all had their moments Friday. Thomas made some acrobatic catches on balls that appeared to be overthrown, Johnson and Jeffery, a high school QB star who is making the switch to WR, both used their quickness to get off the line of scrimmage and make some impressive grabs. The Longhorns are loaded at QB, with All-Big 12 Major Applewhite battling budding star Chris Simms for the starting job. Both looked very sharp throwing long and short Friday, but freshman CB Nathan Vasher and backup linebacker O. J. McClintock picked off two of Simms' passes and both might have scored if it had been in a game-type scrimmage. Applewhite, who underwent off-season knee surgery, appeared to be back to normal. He showed as much mobility as he has ever had in rolling right or left, and his passes were on target. Simms also had a good day, except for the two interceptions. * * * * RECRUITING NOTES: Don't be surprised if the official visit for DE Eric Hall of Clarksville, Tenn., is moved from the scheduled Sept. 9 date. Hall has a game Friday night, Sept. 8, and UT's game on Saturday, Sept. 9, starts at 11:30 a.m. UT can have a jet plane waiting for Hall after his game and it can fly him to Austin, but his parents want to come on his visit to Austin, too. But NCAA rues don't allow schools to transport parents. So, the parents would have to fly commercially, which means they would either have to leave before his high school game that Friday, or come in Saturday, in which case they would be too late for the Texas' season opener against Louisiana- Lafayette. . . The early emphasis in Texas recruiting has been on offensive linemen. Look for the late emphasis to be on signing five or six defensive linemen, including some big ends who might grow into tackles. * * * * The True Orange Fax Service includes at least 99 faxes 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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