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                                         Subject:     FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #64
                    07/10/01
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Monday, July 09, 2001 8:05 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #64
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #64, Monday, July 9, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Splendora Linebacker Brian Robison Commits to UT on Unofficial Visit
>
>  LB Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of Splendora, committed to Texas Monday

> after taking an unofficial visit to the school with his mother and
meeting
>
> with Longhorn assistant coaches Hardee McCrary and Darryl Drake.
> He called me with the news at about 6:45 p.m. Monday and said his next
> call
> was going to head coach Mack Brown, who is on vacation in North Carolina.

> "They gave me his number and I'm going to call him right now," Robison
> said.
> I'm sure he would have called Brown before he called me, but he said the
> UT
> coaches told him Brown should be available at the number they gave him by
> 7
> p.m.
> He said he met Brown and several other UT coaches and players after
> competing
> in the State Track Meet in May.
> Asked what caused him to pick Texas, he said, "Coach Brown was just
> totally h
> onest with me and answered all my questions without hesitation. The
> players
> at Texas all told me he's a straight shooter."
> Robison, who plays middle linebacker at Splendora, said the Texas coaches

> recruited him as a middle backer. He also had offers from LSU and
Houston,
>
> and said coaches from Arkansas, Penn State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M had
> told
> him they would offer if he would visit their schools.
> He had 116 tackles, 6 sacks, 6 passes broken up, 2 fumble recoveries and
a
>
> pass interception last season. He is No. 17 on my list of the state's top
> 25
> "difference makers."
> He is one of the nation's top prep track stars, with a  200-04 3/4 discus

> throw Friday at an AAU track meet in San Antonio that broke the AAU age
> group
> national record, a 62-7 shot put and a 172-10  javelin throw. He has
> qualified for the national AAU Junior Olympic finals in Virginia in late
> July
> in all three events.
> "I knew I wanted to come to Texas," he said, "and I wanted to get it done
> now
> so I could concentrate on doing well in the Junior Olympics.
> Robison is a fine student, with a 3.9 GPA on a 4.0 scale and a
qualifying
>
> SAT score.
> * * * *
> Robison is the Longhorns' 11th commitment this summer, joining OL Neale
> Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen; LB Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of
> Pflugerville Connally; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth
> Frenship;  WR Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood;  QB
> Billy
> Don Malone, 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of  Paris North Lamar;  RB/Athlete Clint
> Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27 of Smithson Valley; OL Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310,
5.1,
> of
>  Brownwood, and DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of Gulf Coast JC in
> Mississippi, Earl Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and Lyle
> Sendlein,
> 6-4,  260, 4.8, of Scottsdale Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A
> champion in Arizona.
> I won't predict how soon it will happen, but I think the Longhorns are in

> very strong position with fine LB Garnett Smith of Arlington Lamar and
> super
> DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings and I will be very surprised if both

> don't eventually commit to Texas.
> TOMMIE HARRIS NOTE: Don't get too excited about the quotes by super DT
> Tommie
> Harris of Killeen  Ellison stating that he already is disenchanted with
> Oklahoma and might try to get out of his letter of intent with the
> Sooners.
> The No. 1 problem is that it is almost impossible to get out of a letter
> of
> intent unless an athlete can prove the school misrepresented something
> major.
> The No. 2 problem is that transfering within the Big 12 is a no-no,
> punishable by the loss of an extra year of eligibility, after the
> mandatory
> one-year period of ineligibility to establish residency. Don't hold your
> breath until you see TH in burnt orange.
> * * * *
> TEXAS BEATS CALIFORNIA: Super Longhorn LB signee Derrick Johnson of Waco
> ran
> an intercepted screen pass back 52 yards for the only Texas touchdown and
> it
> was enough to lead his All-Star team to a 10-7 victory over the
California
>
> All-Stars. It was a sweet victory for the Texas All-Stars, who had lost
> the
> first six games in the series to California. California DT Kaelen Jakes,
> another Longhorn signee, had a sack for the losers, and he told me Mike
> Garcia, the Galena Park offensive lineman who also signed with UT, "is by
> far
> the best offensive lineman I've ever played again, and I played against
> some
> guys in California who were supposed to be among the best in the
country."
> OL
> Will Allen of Cypress Falls, another UT signee who played in the game,
> told
> me he helped block Jakes "and he's every bit as good as Shaun Cody."
Cody,
> a
> heralded California DL who signed with USC, also played in the game. The
> stout Texas defense held California to minus 13 yards rushing.
> * * * *
> My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
> * * * *
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>
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