Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange
The Internet Newsletter for the True Texas Longhorn Faithful

Volume 11, No. 3, October 30, 2000

Longhorns Overcome Slow Start, Blast Bears;
Last Three Games Pose Major Challenge

The Longhorns spotted Baylor an early 7-0 lead before a sellout crowd in
Austin Saturday, then stormed back for a 48-14 win to run their season record
to 6-2 and their Big 12 mark to 4-1.
But  road trips to Texas Tech and Kansas are next on the agenda  and then a
home game against Texas A&M wraps up the regular season.
All three opponents are dangerous and the Longhorn offense and defense will
need to start their motors running a lot quicker or things could get rough
down the stretch.
But this was Baylor, a team that had been blanked for three straight games.
Even a slow start isn't fatal against the Bears.
Louisiana-Lafayette and Baylor are the two weakest teams the Horns have
faced, and UT trailed  La-La 10-0 before coasting to an easy win.
Let's hope higher quality opponents motivate the Texas players to start
competing better from the opening kickoff.
Texas' offense gave Baylor a short field with an early fumble, and it took
the Bears less than two minutes to notch their first October TD this year.
But the offense warmed up and QB Major Applewhite threw for 297 yards and two
touchdowns and even scored on a quarterback sneak.
The Bears chose to double cover sensational freshman WR Roy Williams, and his
classmate and buddy, B. J. Johnson, made them pay by hauling in nine passes
for 162 yards and a TD, the best single game ever by a UT  freshman.
But it was the Longhorn defense that set the tone for this game. After that
early lapse, the Texas defense allowed Baylor's offense only one more net
yard for the remainder of this first half and forced two turnovers that led
to 10 Texas points.
Capitalizing on the short field created by the outstanding defensive effort,
the Longhorns kicked two early field goals, then blew the game open with a
25-point second quarter.
The Longhorn defenders forced five Baylor turnovers, including four
interceptions ) two by CB Quentin Jammer and one each by SS Greg Brown and
backup FS Phillip Geiggar.
The defense also held Baylor to 134 net yards ) 77 passing and 57 rushing,
while the UT offense amassed 473 yards total offense ) 383 passing and 90
rushing.
The defense forced Baylor into 11 possessions of three downs or less. The
Bears only had 16 possessions.
Here, briefly, is how the game went:
FIRST QUARTER
Baylor won the toss and deferred. The Longhorns, like they have all year,
struggled out of the starting gate. They made two first downs, but then
blitzing Baylor DB Gary Baxter blindsided UT QB Major Applewhite and knocked
the ball loose. The Bears recovered at the UT 35 and scored in five plays,
with QB Guy Tomcheck hitting WR Martin Dossett for the final 18 yards. That
put Baylor ahead, 7-0, with 11:37 left. Applewhite hit freshman TE Brock
Edwards for 32 yards on the Horns' next possession to set up a 44-yard field
goal by Kris Stockton that cut the Baylor lead to 7-3 with 8:15 left.
Starting from their own 34, the Longhorns drove to the Baylor 8 later in the
quarter, primarily on the strength of a 45-yard pass from Applewhite to
freshman WR B. J. Johnson, but the drive stalled and Stockton kicked a
27-yard field goal to get the Horns back within one point at 7-6, with 1:52
left. A bungled Baylor screen pass gave the Horns great field position in the
final minute of the quarter when RB Darrell Bush was ambushed by DE Cory
Redding and fumbled, with LB Everick Rawls recovering for a 14-yard loss at
the Baylor 13. TB Hodges Mitchell carried three straight times for nine
yards, bringing up a fourth-and-1 at the Bear 4 as the quarter ended.
Although they trailed, the Horns had 153 net yards offensively while Baylor
had 16.
SECOND QUARTER
Stockton kicked a 22-yard field goal on the first play of the quarter to
give the Horns a lead they would never relinquish at 9-7. Baylor went
three-plays-and-out two straight times, and, after the second one, the
Longhorns finally found the end zone. Applewhite hit Johnson for 9, Brandon
Healy for 16, Mitchell for 16 more and then Montrell Flowers for the final 5
yards and the TD. Stockton's kick gave Texas a 16-7 lead with 8:59 left.
After an exchange of punt, UT safety Greg Brown intercepted Tomcheck's pass
at the Bear 21 and returned it to the 17. Applewhite hit Johnson to the 1,
then sneaked in for the TD. Stockton's kick made it 23-7 with 5:23 left.
After another quick Baylor punt, the Longhorns struck again. Applewhite hit
freshman WR Roy Williams for 18, found Mitchell for 25 more and then hit
Johnson for 14 yards and the TD. Texas went for two points and Applewhite
connected with Mitchell to make it 31-7 with 2:55 left. At the half, Texas
had 283 yards offensively to the Bears' 36.
THIRD QUARTER
Baylor got the ball first and drove to the Texas 21, but a 15-yard penalty
and then sacks on successive plays by CB Quentin Jammer and redshirt freshman
DT Marcus Tubbs pushed the Bears back to near midfield and forced a punt.
Neither team mounted another drive until late in the period when Jammer got
his second interception and ran it back to the Baylor 46. A pass interference
penalty and an Applewhite pass to Johnson set up a 31-yard Stockton FG to
make it 34-7 with 3:15 left. The Longhorns had 340 yards at this point to
Baylor's 91.
FOURTH QUARTER
Chris Simms relieved Applewhite at QB and had the Longhorns on the march at
the Baylor 20 before his pass into the right flat was picked off by Bear CB
Eric Giddens, who ran it back 72 yards for Baylor's final touchdown to cut
the UT lead to 34-14, with 11:14 left. Backup TBs Victor Ike and Kenny Hayter
alternated short runs and Simms went 3-for-3 for 24 yards before Hayter got
another UT touchdown on a one-yard plunge. Stockton's kick gave Texas a 41-14
lead with 6:11 left. The Longhorn backups scored again on their next
possession driving 72 yards in eight plays, with Simms hitting freshman WR
Sloan Thomas for 45 yards and Ike getting the final 10 yards for the
touchdown on a fourth-down play. Stockton's kick brought the final score to
48-14 with 2:04 left.

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Coach's Corner

Coach Mack Brown said Sunday the Longhorns "played really well" defensively
against Baylor, but "we just weren't in sync" on offense.
After viewing the game tapes, he said the Longhorns are facing a tough final
three regular season games and will have to play much better to have a chance
to win.
"For us to win the next three weeks, we need to be more balanced," Brown
said. "We need to be able to run the ball."
He also said the Longhorns are more physical than they were early in the
year, but he said they need to be more physical, particularly in being able
to run the ball.
"Baylor put a lot of guys around the line of scrimmage and made it harder for
us to run the ball," he said. "But we still should have been more physical
and we should have been able to run the ball."
"The best thing we did offensively was pass protect," he said. "The offensive
line did a tremendous job of picking up all the blitzes."
He also praised tackles Leonard  Davis and Mike Williams, saying they are
playing extremely well.
Running the ball successfully, he said, "is an attitude. When you take
linemen the size of ours and keep pounding, they (the opposing linemen) get
tired."
"Our staff has taken the position that we're going to make the run work,
regardless of how many are stacked in there," he said. " We'll just hang in
there and keep working at it."
Brown said the coaches decided to play freshman DT Adam Doiron because Shaun
Rogers is still hampered by a sprained ankle, Ryan Haywood is out for the
year with a shoulder injury and Stevie Lee might be out for the year with an
ankle injury.
Asked how Doiron played, he said, "He played really well. He was in there for
13 plays and he had four tackles, and he got in the right place on just about
every play. I think he has a chance to be a real good player."
Brown said Doiron "has wanted to play all year. We'll get a minimum of five
games from him. Sometimes you have to play some freshmen when you have
injuries. It was at about this time last year that we started playing Bo
Scaife."
Playing Scaife from mid-season on last year worked out well because he
suffered a torn ACL during two-a-day workouts.
He was lost for this season, which will be counted as his redshirt year,
making him a sophomore in eligibility again next season.
True freshman TE Brock Edwards got his first start because Mike Jones is out
for the year with a torn ACL. Brown said, "I thought Brock did a really good
job for his first game to start. He dropped his first ball, but then made a
great catch in the corner and ran well after he caught it."
Brown said redshirt freshman DT Marcus Tubbs "played his best game."
Tubbs has been starting while Shaun Rogers has been limited with a sprained
ankle. He had a sack and three tackles for losses Saturday.

Doiron Ninth True Freshman to Play

Defensive tackle Adam Doiron played Saturday against Baylor and he is the
ninth true freshman to see action this year.
Four true freshmen are starting. They are tight end Brock Edwards, defensive
end Kalen Thorn-ton and wide receivers Roy Williams and B. J. Johnson.
CB Nathan Vasher has started when the Longhorns open with a nickel defense
(five defensive backs).
Other true freshman who have played are defensive tackle Stevie Lee, safety
Phillip Geiggar and wide receive Sloan Thomas.
Coach Mack Brown said he probably will redshirt the remainder of the freshman
class.
Fullback Will Matthews has been impressive on the scout team and probably
would have played this season, but he was bothered by severe headaches during
the early drills and that set him back.
Other freshmen who are redshirting, but who are drawing praise from the
starters for their work on the scout teams are QB Chance Mock, RB Sneezy
Beltran, WR Tony Jeffery, OT Lionel Garr and LB Austin Sendlein.
The current UT freshman class was rated as high as No. 4 in the country by
the various recruiting services, and it came on the heels of a 1999 class
that was a runaway choice as the best class in the country.
The 1999 class was headed by Cory Redding and Chris Simms, the USA Today
defensive and offensive players of the year.
That was a great class and it is living up to its press clippings.
Redding is starting, TE Bo Scaife was to start before his knee injury, OGs
Derrick Dockery and Tillman Holloway have started, CB Roderick Babers is a
starter and so is safety Dakarai Pearson. DT Marcus Tubbs also has started.
But I think the current freshman class is even better, with four players
starting as true freshmen and several more playing key roles.
Williams already holds the yardage record for Longhorn freshmen receivers,
and Johnson is third and holds the freshman single game yardage record.
They are the two best freshmen wide receivers I have ever seen, and Thomas
and Jeffery make it a great foursome because they are outstanding receivers,
too.
The Longhorns will be a lot better next year than they are this year because
all of those top freshmen and sophomores will be a year older and will have
one more year of experience.
But just think how good they will be when those two classes are juniors and
seniors and are backed up by the outstanding class the coaches are recruiting
right now and the one they will get next year.

Injury Update

Offensive guard Antwan Kirk-Hughes was held out of the Baylor game to give
his sore shoulder a rest, and he probably will be able to play at Texas Tech
Saturday.
The knee injury TE Mike Jones suffered turned out to be a torn ACL, so he
will undergo surgery and will be out for the rest of the season.
That leaves freshman Brock Edwards as the only healthy tight end. Fullback Cha
d Stevens, a former tight end, has been working at both positions.
Safety Lee Jackson suffered a leg injury in the Baylor game and is
questionable for Saturday.
Freshman defensive tackle Stevie Lee, who underwent foot surgery to repair a
broken bone about a month ago, is due to be examined again this week to see
if he can return this season.
Lee is eligible for a medical redshirt year if he is unable to play again
this season.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Artie Ellis is having problems with the same
shin injury that hampered him during spring practice. He had a stress
fracture then, and the same shin is sore again. He is not expected to play at
Tech.
Others who are likely to miss the Tech game are  outside linebacker O. J.
McClintock (sprained knee) and defensive tackle Ryan Haywood (shoulder
injury.)

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Game Quotes . .

"Baylor came out doing a lot of secondary blitzing. We went to four wideouts
to spread things out and take advantage of some matchups. An offense has to
have the ability to win both ways (running or throwing). That took away some
of their blitzes. We also wanted to change the tempo. We weren't pleased with
the tempo to start the game."
) UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis, explaining why the Longhorns went
primarily with the passing game out of the shotgun formation
* * * *
"I thought we played good after that early touchdown. Thank goodness we
didn't play for a shutout. Our kids came out and played hard. They made some
plays that changed field position."
) UT defensive coordinator Carl Reese
* * * *
"I have to give Texas credit. They have a very good defensive team. We had a
pretty broad selection of formations and plays, but we never really got in 
sync, and Texas had a lot to do with that."
) Baylor head coach Kevin Steele
* * * *
"You don't come out and try to set records. It just happens. Setting records
isn't important. I just want to win."
) UT WR B. J. Johnson, who caught nine passes for 162 yards, the best day
ever for a Longhorn freshman receiver
* * * *
"Gary Baxter is a great cornerback and they tried to do some things on the
weak side with him pressing Roy (Williams) and a safety helping out over the
top. That freed B. J. to get a one-on-one matchup, and he took advantage of
it."
) Texas receivers coach Darryl Drake, discussing how the Bears tried to put
the clamps on one of the Longhorns' outstanding freshmen wide receivers, only
to see another one have a record day
* * * *
"It was pretty tough out there. Baxter is a tough corner and they had a
safety helping out a lot."
) Roy Williams, UT's freshman receiver who still managed to catch three
passes for 39 yards and run his season receiving yardage total to 515 yards,
the best ever for a Longhorn freshman
* * * *
"It's an honor, but it's a team award. The thing I was disappointed in today
is that we weren't sharp to start the game. Sometimes it was a bad pass,
sometimes it was a drop, and sometimes it was a missed block, but, for
whatever reason, we just weren't sharp. We're going to Lubbock next week and
we'll have to come out sharper. Emotionally, we were ready to play today, but
we just weren't very sharp."
) QB Major Applewhite, who became the Longhorns' all-time passing yardage
leader. He now has 7,810 yards, passing James Brown, who threw for 7,638 yards

Texas-Baylor Statistics

Scoring Summary
Texas            6       25         3     14    )    48
Baylor           7        0          0       7  )    14
Bay - Dossett 18 pass from  Tomcheck (Stiles kick) 11:37 1Q (35 yds, 4 plays)
UT - Stockton 44 FG 8:15 1Q (53 yds, 7 plays)
UT - Stockton 27 FG 1:521Q (57 yds, 8 plays)
UT - Stockton 22 FG 14:572Q (9 yds, 4  plays)
UT - Flowers 5 pass from Applewhite (Stockton  kick) 8:59 2Q (56yds, 8 plays)
UT - Applewhite 1 run (Stockton kick) 5:23 2Q (17 yds, 2 plays)
UT - Johnson 14 pass from Applewhite (Mitchell pass from Applewhite) 2:55 2Q
(57 yds, 5 plays)
UT - Stockton 31 FG 3:15 3Q (32 yds, 6 plays)
Bay - Giddens 72 interception return (Stiles kick) 11:14 4Q
UT - Hayter 1 run (Stockton kick) 6:11 4Q (50 yds, 11 plays)
UT - Ike 10 run (Stockton kick) 2:04 4Q (72 yds, 8 plays)

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Team Statistics
Texas             Baylor
First Downs                     24             9
Rushing                             5              3
Passing                         16             3
Penalty                             3              3
Rushing Attempts, Net Yards      36-90         32-57
Net Yards Passing                   383          77
Passes Comp., Att., Int.            23-50-1         9-33-4
Total Plays, Offense                 86-473      65-134
Avg. Gain per Play                      5.5         2.1
Fumbles Lost                            1 of  1      1 of 3
Penalties, Yards                         8-65        9-75
Punts, Avg.                         5-43        10-37.9
Time of Possession              31:26         28:34
Third-Down Conversions               7 of 18         2 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions         1 of  1      1 of 2
Sacks by Team, Yds Lost         5-23          2-9

Individual Statistics

Texas
Rushing -  Mitchell 16-47; Ike 8-46, 1 TD; Hayter 8-3, 1 TD; Simms 1-minus 2;
Applewhite 3-minus 4, 1 TD
Passing -  Applewhite 18-42, 297 yds, 2 TD, 0 Int.; Simms  5-8, 86 yds, 0 TD,
1 Int.
Receiving - Johnson 9-162, 1 TD; Mitchell 3-58; S. Thomas 1-45; Williams
3-38; Edwards 2-37; Healy 3-29; Robin 1-9; Flowers 1-5, 1 TD

Baylor

Rushing -  Ricks 8-20; Dixon 11-17; Burkins 2-9; Bush 9-7; Tomcheck 1-6; Odum
1-minus 2.
Passing -Dixon 4-17, 59 yds, 0 TD, 3 Int.; Tomcheck 5-16, 18 yds, 1 TD, 1 Int.
Receiving - Newhouse 3-51; Dossett 1-18, 1 TD; Schoessow 2-11; Dozier 1-6;
Davis 1-5; Bush 1-minus 14.

Tackles by Texas Players, Unasst., Asst., Total

Hampton 5-4-9; Lewis 4-4-8; Brown 3-4-7; Rawls 4-2-6; Pearson 4-1-5; Doiron
3-1-4; Redding 3-0-3;  Trahan 2-1-3; Gordon 2-1-3; Jammer 1-2-3; Rogers
2-0-2; Vasher 2-0-2;  Tubbs 1-1-2; Geiggar 1-1-2; Babers 1-1-2; Thornton
1-1-2; Wilkins  0-2-2; Trissel 1-0-1; Walker 0-1-1; Ungar 0-1-1.

Tackles for Losses: Redding 2-minus 16; Doiron 2-minus 4; Tubbs 2-minus 3;
Hampton 1-minus 2; Brown 1-minus 2; Rogers 1-minus 2; Gordon 1-minus 2;
Babers 1-minus 1.

Sacks: Jammer 1-minus  7; Rogers 1-minus  7; Tubbs 1-minus  5; Thornton
1-minus 2; Lewis 1-minus 2.