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<Brown Says Applewhite, Freshmen WRs Will Start at Colorado
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<The quarterback shuffle is over and the blue-chip freshmen wide receivers
<are
<ready for prime time, coach Mack Brown said Tuesday in announcing Major
<Applewhite as the starting quarterback against Colorado and Roy Williams
and
<
<B. J. Johnson as the starting wide receivers.
<Brown said sophomore Chris Simms probably will play, too, but he said
<Applewhite will be the starter.
<He also said Hodges Mitchell will continue to start at tailback, but said
he
<
<and sophomore Kenny Hayter will alternate.
<"When you play as poorly across the board as we did Saturday, you need to
<make some changes to try to improve what you are doing," he said.
<Brown said the team also showed a lot of spark in its first workout since
<the
<devastating loss to Oklahoma Saturday. "They have a lot of pride," he said,
<"
<and they are not pleased with the way they played in Dallas."
<The Longhorns might have four starting wide receivers because they worked a
<lot on the shotgun formation with four wideouts Tuesday. That has been the
<team's most productive formation because the Horns haven't been able to run
<the ball consistently and that formation gives the quarterbacks more time
to
<
<pass.
<Brown also said DT Shaun Rogers, who has missed the last two games with a
<sprained ankle, will be able to play. He still isn't participating in
<contact
<drills, but Brown said he should be available to play at least part of the
<game.
<With Williams and Johnson moving into the starting lineup, the Horns now
<have
<three true freshmen starting because Kalen Thornton has been starting at
<defensive end for the last two games.
<Brown said he wanted to address the offensive changes Tuesday, and said he
<will announce any defensive changes on Wednesday. The defense had been
<playing well all year, but it had a bad day against Oklahoma.
<* * * *
<Texas won its first four games against Colorado, but has lost six straight
<to
<the Buffs since 1989. Brown was asked why he thinks Texas has had trouble
<with Colorado in recent years. Noting that Colorado won a national title in
<1990, Brown said, "They probably were just bettter than we were in some of
<those years."
<Texas has not played Colorado since Brown came to Texas.
<The Buffaloes are a 1-point favorite over the Longhorns this year.
<* * * *
<BUFFALO NOTES: Colorado coach Gary Barnett, noting the 63-14 whipping
<Oklahoma put on the Longhorns, said he asked his players Monday "How would
<you like to be in that (Texas) meeting room today?" He said one of his
<players replied, "Coach, we were in that meeting room a week ago." Kansas
<State had handed the Buffs their fourth straight loss the previous week. .
.
<
<Colorado is one of only four schools to ever win six straight games against
<Texas. The others are Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Southern Methodist. If
<Colorado
<wins Saturday, the Buffaloes will be the only school to ever beat the
<Longhorns seven straight imes.
<* * * *
<RECRUITING NOTE: QB Matt Nordgren of Dallas Bishop Lynch told me tonight
he
<
<might take until Monday to make his decision on a college choice. He said
it
<
<will probably be either Texas or LSU, with Colorado and Tennessee also
still
<
<in the running.
<* * * *
<BASEBALL RECRUITING NOTES: Michael Hollimon, 6-1, 170, of Dallas Jesuit,
<the
<state's top shortstop, and Ryan Olivo, 6-2, 175, of Grapevine, one of the
<state's top second basemen, have committed to Texas. Hollimon hit .400 last
<season and also was recruited by Stanford, LSU, Baylor and Texas A&M. He
<narrowed his choices to Texan and Stanford and committed to the Longhorns
<Monday night after visiting Stanford last weekend. Olivo hit .450 and
<blasted
<three home runs in summer league play with the Arlington A's. He also
<considered Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Kansas and Oklahoma State.
<* * * *
<My next fax will be whenever events warrant.
<* * * *
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