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True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service
Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #95, Tuesday, October 10, 2000
Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
Phone
512-795-8536

Brown Says Applewhite, Freshmen WRs Will Start at Colorado

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.
* * * *
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