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                    08/09/01             Subject:     FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #74
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:41 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #74
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #74, Wednesday, August 8, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> UT Close to Super Pledge; Freshmen Practices End
>
> WR Marquis Johnson, 6-3, 200, 4.4, of Champaign, Ill., told me today he
is
>
> very close to committing to Texas and might do so in the very near
future.
> "I can see myself in burnt orange," he said. "Texas is a great program
> with
> great coaches and great players, and it means a lot to me that the Texas
> coaches thought highly enough of me to tell me they think I can help them

> achieve their goals of competing for and winning a national
championship."
> Johnson, who lives only three blocks from the University of Illinois
> campus,
> told me Texas is clearly his top choice right now and there is no one
else
>
> really in the picture. "I don't mind leaving home," he said. "I really
> like
> everything about Texas and I just want to be very sure about it before I
> commit."
> Johnson is the best wide receiver I've seen on tape this year. He's big
> and
> fast and will make the tough catch in traffic when he knows he is fixing
> to
> get blasted.
> If sophomore WR Roy Williams has a great year, don't be surprised if he
> opts
> for the NFL after this season. I know the NFL leaves kids alone until
> after
> their junior years, but I don't think the NCAA or the NFL would risk a
> court
> suit on the issue. That's why getting another great wide receiver is so
> important this year, and Johnson has all the tools to be a great one at
> the
> next level.
> * * * *
> The Longhorn freshmen wrapped up their workouts Wednesday, and coach Mack

> Brown said he is very pleased with their progress.
> The freshmen worked out twice Tuesday and twice Wednesday. With the
> varsity
> reporting Thursday, the next workouts will be Saturday at 9 a.m. and 7
> p.m.
> and they will involve the entire team.
> It's too early to say which freshmen can help this year, but DL Kaelen
> Jakes
> of Valencia, California, has some moves to get by blockers that I haven't

> seen at Texas since Aaron Humphrey was here. He looks like a guy who
could
>
> really help alleviate the shortage of defensive linemen. At 6-5 and 253
> and
> with an explosive start, he's big enough to play tackle and fast enough
to
>
> play end.
> Defensive coordinator Carl Reese said Jakes has a chance to help quickly
> "because we need somebody to help in the defensive line and he looks like
> he
> has the tools and the temperament to do it."
> The four freshmen walk-on kickers continued competing Wednesday and, so
> far,
> it looks like David Pino of Wichita Falls Rider and Brady Noto of Katy
> Taylor, are the most accurate place kickers, while Dusty Mangum of
> Mesquite
> might have the strongest leg.
> All the kickers tried field goals from about 39 yards and then about 49
> yards. Pino and Noto were the only ones who made a fair percentage from
> the
> greater distance. Of course, they get harder to make when defenders are
> trying to block them, so a lot will depend on how the young kickers
> respond
> to pressure. Pino also got off some long, high punts, and Brown said he
> was
> impressed that Pino was able to do both jobs with such proficiency.
> JC transfer Alfio Randall, who is being counted on to challenge for a
> starting job at offensive tackle, finally was cleared for workouts
> Wednesday
> and participated in the afternoon drill. He had to have some blood tests
> redone because the first ones weren't productive.
> Three freshmen were limping Wednesday and were held out of the drills. DB

> Cedric Griffin of San Antonio Holmes  (sprained ankle), DB Rufus Harris
of
> La
> Porte (sore quad muscle) and RB Anthony Johnson of Jefferson (stress
> fracture
> in foot) couldn't practice, but Brown said he hopes Griffin and Harris
> will
> be able to work out when the team practices again on Saturday.
> Brown also said Eric Hall, 6-3, 240, of Clarksville, Tennessee, who had
> been
> ticketed for a try at fullback, "wants to play defensive end, so that's
> where
> he'll start out." He also said Brian Carter, 5-11, 185, of The Woodlands,

> wants to play wide receiver and will remain at that spot for now. He also

> could be a defensive back.
> * * * *
> Walk-on WR Kyle Shanahan, who is expected to be one of the team's top
> backups, suffered a puncture wound in his thigh while jumping a fence,
but
>
> Brown said there is a good chance he will be back by the first game.
> * * * *
> IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FANS WHO ATTEND PRACTICE: The practice schedule calls
> for
> a 3 p.m. practice Sunday, but Brown said that practice will be moved to
> Sunday morning and won't start later than 9 a.m. He said it could start
as
>
> early as 7 a.m. When he announces the time, I'll let you know.
> * * * *
> My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
> * * * *
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