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09/26/2000 08:12 AM --------------------------- mggagliardi@duke-energy.com on 09/26/2000 07:11:29 AM To: DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com, David_Ricks@GSDM.com, Tony.A.Rogers@fritolay.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #90 ---------------------- Forwarded by Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC on 09/26/2000 07:21 AM --------------------------- TruOrange@aol.com on 09/25/2000 06:57:31 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com cc: (bcc: Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC) Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #90 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #90, Monday, September 25, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 UT-OU Set for 11 A.M. ABC Kickoff; Brown Laments Injured Tackles The Texas-Oklahoma game in Dallas has been selected for an ABC telecast and will begin at 11 a.m. on October 7. I told you several weeks ago I thought that would happen, and now it is official. It won't go to the entire nation, but it will go to more than just a normal regional. It is what they call a "split national game," which means that game and another game will divide the nation's viewing, presumably on close to a 50-50 basis. If you can't make the game and want to watch it on TV, I would suggest you call your cable company to see if they are carrying the UT-OU game. If you are in the lower half of the country, the chances are pretty good that it will be on in your area. * * * * Coach Mack Brown said at his Monday news conference freshman WR Roy Williams "should be ready to play this week and all the others are questionable." Williams suffered a bruised arm early in the game, and Brown said he is feeling good enough to practice when the team resumes drills on Tuesday. But he said DT Shawn Rogers, who suffered a sprained ankle, is among those who are questionable, along with two other DTs, Stevie Lee (foot) and Ryan Haywood (shoulder). "We are really thin at defensive tackle," he said. With 230-pound Reggie White of Oklahoma State averaging 5.4 yards per carry and 127.3 yards per game (No. 2 in the Big 12, No. 11 in the nation), primarily running between the tackles, Brown said the list of limping tackles is a major concern. He said when Rogers teams with All-American Casey Hampton at the tackles, the Longhorns are very hard to run against. "They are the best, as a pair, that I've been around," he said. "They are the best we've coached or played against." Redshirt freshman Marcus Tubbs played well in Rogers' place, Brown said, "but we need to get Shawn back." He also said Rogers is good enough that he could miss most of the practices this week and still be able to play at a high level if his ankle permits it. Brown said Hampton and Tubbs are the starters, with little used substitute Miguel McKay the only healthy DT in reserve. He said he is hoping Lee's foot improves enough to allow him to play, but said the coaches are "going to talk to some of the kids" to see who might want to help out at tackle. He said sophomore Cole Pittman, a former DT, and true freshman Kalen Thornton are both 270-pound DEs who could pinch hit at tackle. "Reggie White will be a big test for us, especially if Shawn can't play," he said. * * * * RECRUITING NOTES: Two national blue-chippers took their official visits to Texas last weekend. FB James Buchanan of Sarasota, Fla., Cardinal Mooney, got home late Sunday night and DL Kaelen Jakes of Valencia HS in Placentia, Cal., got home Monday morning. Buchanan said he met with coach Brown for about an hour and he said Brown told him he needs to know as soon as possible what his plans are "so I could let them know if they needed to look somewhere else for a fullback." He said he really enjoyed his visit, and said he was pleasantly surprised to find that the UT business school is ranked No. 5 in the country. "I had a really good time," he said. "The players and coaches were really down to earth, but I want to visit Florida (on Oct. 6) and I want to get back to Florida State again before I decide anything." He said Texas "is right up there. I really like the Longhorns." Jakes, who lived in Plano when he was in junior high, said he had "forgotten how friendly people are in Texas and how much they like their football." He said he had a great time, but also wants to take another visit or two before deciding anything. The Longhorns have 16 commitments and probably will sign 22 to 25 players. * * * * BASEBALL RECRUITING: The Longhorn baseball team got a commitment Monday from Donald Lavinski, 6-4, 205, a hard-throwing righthanded pitcher from Class 2A state champ Weimar. He was 14-1 last season and averaged almost two strikeouts per inning. He has good control and walked only 25 batters in 95 innings. He has been clocked as high as 93 miles per hour. He had an 0.70 ERA. He visited Texas last weekend. * * * * My next fax/e-mail will be whenever events warrant. * * * * 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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