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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Monday, October 15, 2001 9:45 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #101
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #101, Monday, October 15, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Brown Says Buffs Pose Real Problem; No TV for Game at Missouri
>
> Coach Mack Brown said  Monday Colorado will be the best running team
Texas
>
> will see this year and he also said the Buffaloes have the best offensive

> line the Horns will face.
> The two teams play at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a game that will be televised

> regionally by ABC. The Longhorns, 5-1, are a 10-point favorite over the
> Buffaloes, also 5-1.
> Brown said DE Kalen Thornton, who missed the Oklahoma State game with a
> sprained knee, is expected to return to practice Tuesday and he said that
> is
> very good news because Colorado has such a powerful running game that the

> Longhorns will need every available defensive lineman to try to stop it.
> "This is the best running team we have seen since the last time we played

> Nebraska," he  said. "They have a big, physical line, and some big,
> physical
> backs."
> He said Oklahoma uses its passing game to set up its running game. He
said
>
> Colorado is the opposite. "They run to set up their play-action passes,"
> he
> said. "They have a very good offense, and their quarterback (Craig) Ochs
> is a
> good passer and he can hurt you running. We'll have a battle."
> The Longhorns probably will be back in their basic 4-3 defense against
the
>
> run-oriented Buffs, and Brown said sophomore DT Adam Doiron, who started
> against Oklahoma State, "played really well" and will start again. Fellow

> sophomore Marcus Tubbs is a fixture at the other tackle spot.
> If Thornton is able to return, Brown said that will give the coaches
> freedom
> to use Maurice Gordon at end or tackle. Gordon, a former end, was a
> starting
> tackle until Thornton got hurt, and then he moved back to end.
> He said the Longhorns have to work hard to run a lot against Colorado's
> tough
> run defense because "they like to dominate time of possession with their
> running game and just wear the other team down. We try to wear the other
> team
> down, too, so that's going to be interesting."
> The Longhorns have won 11 straight games at home. That is the longest
home
>
> winning streak since the early 1980s. They also are 19-2 at home since
> Brown
> took over.
> Brown said true freshman RB Cedric Benson will start and Ivan Williams
> also
> will play quite a bit against Colorado. "Cedric did a good job," Brown
> said,
> "and Ivan did  well when he came in late. We want Cedric to get a lot of
> carries, but probably not 31 like he got against Oklahoma State. We'll
> probably spread it out a little more."
> He also said TE Bo Scaife and Brock Edwards are going to start getting
> more
> chances to catch passes. "They can really run, and we've got to work them

> into the offense a little more and give them more chances," he said.
> * * * *
> The Longhorns 'game at Missouri on October 27 was not chosen for TV, but
> UT
> officials have asked the Missouri athletic director to approve a pay TV
> arrangement for some Texas cities. The game time would have to be 2:30
> p.m.
> or later to be approved for pay TV because the Big 12 has a rule that pro
> hibits any league game telecast conflicting with the sanctioned
> telecast, which begins at 11 a.m. UT officials expect to get an answer
> from
> Missouri officials Tuesday. This will be the first Longhorn game this
> season
> that was not chosen for TV, and it is the longest road trip this season.
> Ironically, the two longest Big 12 trips last year - to Colorado and
> Kansas
> - were not chosen for TV either. So much for all that famed UT clout with
> the
> TV networks.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES:  The Longhorns are still at 15 commitments. One of them
> is
> a little shaky. LB Garnett Smith of Arlington Lamar says he plans to sign

> with Texas, but might take a couple of visits. When kids take visits, the

> commitments are shaky. We'll have to see what develops in regard to Smith
> and
> his pledge to UT. . . Texas has pledges from five players on my 25-man
> "diffefrence maker" list, including No. 4 DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos,
> No.
> 11 LB Smith, No. 17 LB Brian Robison of Splendora, No. 23 OL Brett Valdez
> of
> Brownwood and No. 24 QB Billy Don Malone of Paris North Lamar. The Horns
> have
> a pretty good shot at every member of the top seven on that list - No. 1
> DT
> Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, No. 2 QB Vincent Young of Houston
> Madison,
> No. 3 DE Larry Dibbles of Lancaster, No. 5 DE Travis Leitko of The
> Woodlands,
> No. 6 RB Albert Hardy of Galena Park and No. 7 LB Aaron Harris of North
> Mesquite. The won't get all of that group, but they might get most of
> them.
> * * * *
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