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                                         Subject:     FW: True Orange E-Mail Fax #70
                    08/01/01
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, August 01, 2001 12:18 AM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail Fax #70
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #70, Tuesday, July 31, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> UT Recruits Look Good in North-South Game
>
> The Longhorns had eight recruits in the annual North-South game in Fort
> Worth
> Tuesday night, and they all looked good at times. One of the UT recruits,
> DB
> Huston Street of Austin Westlake, is coming to Texas to play baseball
> instead
> of football.
> But the seven future Longhorn football players, headed by QB Kendal
Briles
> of
> Wolfforth Frenship (who will be a DB at Texas), S Rufus Harris of La
Porte
>
> and OG Mike Garcia, were among the stars in the game, which resulted in a

> 16-9 victory for the North.
> The game was a total defensive struggle until halfway through the fourth
> quarter. The South was leading, 6-2, at that point. But Briles scrambled
> 20
> yards to make a key first down, then hit a 9-yard touchdown pass to put
> the
> North on top, 9-6. The South came back with another field goal to tie it,
> but
> the North got a long touchdown pass in the final seconds to win.
> Harris was one of the game's big hitters in the secondary for the South.
> He
> made a thunderous hit early in the game.  Garcia also did a good job of
> blocking for the South.
> OT William Winston of Houston Madison teamed with Garcia to provide good
> pass
> and run blocking for the South.
> Future Longhorns joining Briles on the victorious North squad were OT
Will
>
> Allen of Cypress Falls, WR-CB Aaron Ross of  Tyler (he'll be a CB at
> Texas),
> and speedy DB Michael Huff of Irving Nimitz.
> The teams were sloppy at times because they had less than a week of
> practice
> and that always makes for mistakes, penalties and inconsistent play. But
> all
> of the future Longhorns produced some highlights along the way.
> Texas had more signees in the game than any other school. Super RB Cedric

> Benson of Midland Lee also was invited, but passed it up to continue
> working
> out in Austin to be ready to challenge for playing time at UT as a true
> freshman.
> The Aggies had six, including 6-3, 235-pound DE Brandon Johnson of Bryan,
> who
> was the Defensive Player of the Game. Johnson showed great pass-rushing
> skills for the North.
> * * * *
> Junior DE O. J. McClintock says the doctors have told him he can resume
> working out in about three weeks and probably will miss only one or two
> games
> after cutting some tendons and muscles in his right arm when he rammed
his
>
> arm through a window when he tried to catch a relative who was falling.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES: That October 6 showdown in Dallas between Texas and
> Oklahoma probably will decide the Big 12 South championship, and it also
> will
> have a lot to do with where some of the top players in Texas wind up
> playing
> their college football. Four of the top 14 players on my 25 -man
> "difference-maker list" like the Longhorns, but they also have developed
> some
> affection for the Sooners lately and say they probably will watch the two

> teams this season before making a decision. They four are the state's top

> player, DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, who says Texas is No. 1,
but
>
> the Sooners are a close No. 2; the No. 7 guy, DE Larry Dibbles of
> Lancaster,
> who likes UT, OU and Notre Dame, but says he probably will stay close to
> home
> and pick either the Horns or the Sooners; the No. 11 player, LB Garnett
> Smith
> of Arlington Lamar, who almost committed to Texas on an unofficial visit,

> almost committed to OU on an unofficial visit there and now says he's
> going
> to wait until after the season to make a selection; and OL Justin Blalock
> of
> Plano East, the state's top OL and No. 14 on the overall list, says he is

> still looking at a lot of schools, but likes the Longhorns because "they
> are
> the state school," and also likes the Sooners because "they are the
> national
> champions." He says he wants to see how the teams play this year before
> making a decision. . . DT Marco Martin of Mesquite says UT is his leader
> right now and so does LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite. Both are top
> national recruits. . . On my list of the top 25 players, Texas already
has
>
> commitments from No. 3, DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos, No. 17, LB Brian
> Robison of Splensora and No. 23, OL Brett Valdez of Brownwood. I think
the
>
> Horns have at least a 50-50 shot at 13 other players on the list, No. 1
> Wright, No. 2 QB Vincent Young of Houston Madison, No. 4 DE Travis Leitko
> of
> The Woodlands, No. 6 RB Albert Hardy of Galena Park, No. 7 Dibbles, No. 9

> Harris, No. 11 Smith, No. 14 Blalock, No. 15 Martin, No. 16 CB Ricky
> Wilson
> of Port Arthur Lincoln, No. 19 WR Robert Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus,
> No.
> 21 DE Dontriel Coates of Anahuac and No. 22 Athlete DaBryan Blanton of
> Forney. They also have good shots at a couple of others if their grade
> situations improve.
> * * * *
> My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
> * * * *
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>
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