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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:35 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #90
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #90, Tuesday, September 11, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> LB Smith Says He's No Sooner; Flowers, McFadden Gone
>
> LB Garnet Smith, 6-3, 221, 4.54, of Arlington Lamar,  said Tuesday  he
has
>
> not committed to Oklahoma and, in fact, is leaning toward committing to
> Texas
> Sunday or Monday.
> "I never committed to  Oklahoma," he told me tonight. "I'm not committed
> to
> anyone. I've been trying to decide between Texas and Oklahoma and right
> now
> Texas is Number 1. I've been hearing from Oklahoma fans and it hasn't
> helped
> them any. Texas fans have been saying nicer things and right now Texas is
> up
> and Oklahoma is down."
> Regardless of what he does Sunday or Monday, this saga might not be over
> until signing day. Smith, like so many top recruits, really likes
> whichever
> personable coach he is talking to at the time. He likes the Sooner
coaches
>
> when he is talking to them and he likes the Texas coaches when he is
> talking
> to them.
> But don't write him off as fickle. He's a big-time prospect and a good
> student, too. There are a lot of outside linebackers who meet one of
those
>
> qualifications, but not the other. He's also a very nice, polite young
man
>
> who just hates to disappoint anybody. Personable college coaches have
that
>
> affect on lots of kids.
> The Longhorns are still at 12 commitments and they probably will pick up
> No.
> 13 Sunday, when top DE Chase Pittman of Shreveport Evangel goes to his
> church, and like all top Evangel players, announces his college choice to
> the
> congregation. It's between Texas and LSU, and all signs are pointing to
> the
> Burnt Orange.
> If Smith comes aboard, too, that would make it 14 commitments. But if he
> does
> commit, be sure and write his name in pencil so you can erase it if he
> changes his mind.
> I'm going to Lufkin Friday to see two national top 100 prospects - QB
> Reggie
> McNeal of Lufkin and Evangel's Pittman. The two teams also are among the
> best
> in the country and both have several other top prospects.
> * * * *
> WR Montrell Flowers has had to give up football. Head coach Mack Brown
> said
> Tuesday Flowers suffered some kidney injuries when he took a hard like in

> Saturday's game. He said doctors discovered he only has one kidney and
> advised him to give up football. Brown said he will get a medical
> scholarship, which won't count against the 85-man limit, and will
> concentrate
> on track, where he has two years of eligiblity left.
> "Montrell's injury is really unfortunate," Brown said. "He is a nice kid
> who
> was playing his best football and providing much needed veteran
leadership
>
> for us."
> Brown also announced that backup kicker Matt McFadden of Coppell has quit
> the
> team to "concentrate on personal matters." The personal matters are a
> Monday
> grand jury indictment in Dallas County on a felony charge of taking and
> distributing nude photographs of a 17-year-old Coppell girl.
> McFadden, a redshirt freshman at Texas, was expected to be the starting
> place
> kicker at Texas this season, but he had a disappointing spring and the
> coaches brought in four freshmen walk-on kickers in August. One of them,
> Dusty Mangum of  Mesquite, beat him out and has been sensational so far.
> Mangum is perfect on all five of his field goal tries, including one from
> 51
> yards and another from 49 yards into a swirling wind.
> Mangum probably will get McFadden's scholarship at the end of this
> semester.
> Brown also said DE O. J. McClintock, who has been out all season with
> severe
> cuts to his right hand and arm, returned to practice this week, "and we
> just
> have to wait and see how he does." With the open date this weekend, there
> is
> a chance he might be back for the Houston game on Sept. 22.
> Brown cut Tuesday's workout short because of the tragic terrorist
bombings
> in
> New York and Washington and said the coaches and the players are all
upset
>
> about "this tragic day."
> "This is a very difficult day for all Americans," he said. "Our thoughts
> and
> prayers go out all of the families  affected by this tragedy."
> * * * *
> BASKETBALL RECRUITING: Bryan Hopkins, the highly regarded guard at Dallas

> Lincoln, has withdrawn his commitment to SMU and now says he is trying to

> decide between the Mustangs and Longhorns. Hopkins, a 5-11 sharpshooter
> who
> could play either guard position, is one of three nationally ranked
guards
> in
> Texas. The other two are already committed to out-of-state teams.
> * * * *
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