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                    08/14/01             Subject:     FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #77
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:03 AM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #77
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #77, Monday, August 13, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Brown Pleased With Team's Conditioning, Attitude
>
> Coach Mack Brown said Monday the Longhorn players showed up in great
> condition and have worked very hard during the first week of pre-season
> football practice.
> He also said he is very encouraged by the work of freshmen walk-on
kickers
>
> David Pino and Dusty Mangum, who have been pretty consistent on short and

> medium-range field goals. Heading into two-a-day workouts, he said
finding
> a
> good placekicker was one of the keys to having a good season. Pino and
> Mangum
> seldom miss inside 40 yards, and he said that "is very encouraging."
> Brown said the players are hungry to have a great season, and he said the

> bowl loss to Oregon probably has contributed to that hunger. "I think
> ending
> the season on a losing note has made some of our young players hungrier,"
> he
> said, noting that sophomore WRs Williams, B. J. Johnson and Sloan Thomas
> realize they have to work hard every day to get better.
> "They were tremendous as true freshman and helped this team win nine
> games,"
> he said, "but they are bigger and stronger and more experienced now and
> they
> can take it to another level this year."
> True freshman CB Cedric Griffin of San Antonio Holmes had missed several
> practices with a sprained ankle, but he had an impressive outing in
Monday
>
> morning's practice, covering super sophomore WR Roy Williams like a
> blanket
> on several successive plays.
> When I asked new DB coach Duane Akina about Griffin's performance, he
> grinned
> and said, "Hey, you watch what's going on. That's good. I thought all you

> guys did was take notes."
> He said Griffin and all the other freshmen DBs have talent and are
working
>
> hard.
> True freshman DT Kaelen Jakes continues to be impressive in the
one-on-one
>
> pass-rushing drills. He has been almost unstoppable against all the top
> offensive linemen in that drill. At 255 pounds, he is light for a tackle,
> but
> he shows great pass-rushing skills.
> Junior DE Cory Redding, who led the team in sacks last season with 6.5,
> has
> developed some new moves to get around blockers and he and fellow DE
Kalen
>
> Thornton, who started nine games last year as a true freshman, both  have

> looked very good. Brown said the two young defensive ends are "both
bigger
>
> and stronger and more experienced now, and they can still run. We are
> counting on them to be even more productive this season, and they have
> been
> very productive in the past."
> Linebacker Reed Boyd, who has been working with the defensive ends, also
> is
> an accomplished pass rusher.
> The players won't be in full pads until their Wednesday afternoon
workout,
>
> but they are wearing helmets and shoulder pads and they have been hitting

> each other pretty hard at times.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns probably will get a commitment from WR
> Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Ill., the weekend of the season opener
> against
> New Mexico State, and they probably will find out the following weekend,
> when
> they play North Carolina, if they are going to get DE Chase Pittman of
> Shreveport Evangel. Johnson plans to take his official visit to UT the
> August
> 30 weekend and see the Horns' Sept. 1 opener against NM State. "I can see

> myself in burnt orange," he told me, adding that he might commit on that
> visit. He also said there is no one close to the Longhorns right now.
> Pittman
> has narrowed his choices to Texas and LSU, and the Longhorns have
> dedicated
> the North Carolina game to the memory of  Cole Pittman, Chase's older
> brother, who was killed in an automobile accident in February while he
was
>
> returning to Austin to participate in spring football practice. Cole
> Pittman
> was a promising sophomore defensive tackle at the time of his tragic
> death.
> If Chase Pittman doesn't commit to the Horns that weekend or right after
> that
> weekend, I think their chances diminish considerably. . . With 12
> commitments
> already, the Longhorns have to be pretty selective about the recruits
they
>
> take to fill their final dozen or so spots. Look for the most of the
final
>
> spots to go to defensive linemen. . . Kasey Studdard, the national top
100
>
> lineman from Highlands Ranch, Colo., is a dominating defensive tackle and
> is
> being recruited by lots of schools, including Texas, for his defensive
> skills. But he also is a tremendous prospect as an offensive guard or
> center.
> He is one of the bet blockers I have seen on tape this year.
> * * * *
> A bunch of Longhorn football players are going to be at the gates for the

> Round Rock Express game Saturday night collecting on behalf of the Cole
> Pittman Memorial Fund.  This is the fund that directly benefits
Shreveport
>
> Evangel High School and will go to build their fieldhouse and the statue
> of
> Cole to be put in front.  The players will include Chance Mock, Cory
> Redding,
> Stevie Lee, O. J.  McClintock, Chad Stevens, Cullen Loeffler and a few
> more.
> No one needs to be reminded who Cole was and what a special person he was
> to
> the whole Longhorn family.
> It will be an informal event.  Lots of Longhorn players will be there in
> their jerseys between 4 and 5 p. m.  They'll be at the gates with buckets
> to
> accept donations from about 6 p.m. until game-time at 7 PM.  Marc
Pittman,
>
> Cole's dad, will be coming in to town and will throw out the first pitch
> for
> the game.
> * * * *
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