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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:18 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax No. 100
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #100, Thursday, October 11, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Brown Says Benson Might Start Saturday at Oklahoma State
>
> Coach Mack Brown said Thursday freshman RB Cedric Benson "has had a good
> week
> of practice and we'll make a decision at gametime on whether he or Ivan
> (Williams) will start."
> Benson has run with the first team in practice all week after making only
> a
> cameo appearance in the loss to Oklahoma Saturday, and Brown said the
> coaches
> plan to use him more for the rest of the season.
> Benson has great acceleration through the line of scrimmage and the
> Longhorn
> offensive linemen can usually open a hole briefly against a good defense.
> He
> has a much better chance of getting through a small hole than the
> 240-pound
> Williams, who requires a step or two to get much acceleration.
> Brown also said DE Kaelen Thornton (sprained knee) and TB Victor Ike
> (bruised
> ribs) have not been able to practice this week and won't make the trip to

> Stillwater this weekend. He said DT Maurice Gordon, a former DE, will
move
>
> back to end at start in Thornton's place and he said sophomore DT Adam
> Doiron
> will start at tackle when Texas is in its base 4-3 defense.
> The Longhorns might return to a 4-3 at times against Oklahoma State
> Saturday,
> and they probably will use it a lot next week when a power-running
> Colorado
> team comes to Austin, but they have used a 3-4 most of the time in their
> last
> two games against pass oriented Oklahoma and Texas Tech.
> Brown said earlier in the week that several starters on offense were in
> danger of losing their jobs, but he softened that statement a little
> Thursday, saying, "We may rotate three guards and Derrick Dockery might
> play
> a little more at tackle and Jason Glynn might play a little more."
> What that means is a probable three-way rotation at guard between
Dockery,
>
> Antwan Kirk-Hughes and Tillmon Holloway, with Dockery sliding out to
> tackle
> to replace Robbie Doane at times, and a two-way rotation at center with
> Matt
> Anderson and Glynn splitting time.
> Brown also said the team has been practicing hard this week and trying to
> put
> the tough loss to Oklahoma behind them.
> "The fans don't have to get ready until Saturday," he said, "but the
> coaches
> and players have to start getting ready on Monday."
> Brown also was asked about a story in Thursday's Fort Worth Star Telegram

> alleging he telephoned the prosecutor in a sexual misconduct suit against

> former Shreveport Evangel head coach Dennis Dunn and offered to be a
> character witness for Dunn. A minor girl in Marshall has accused Dunn of
> improper sexual conduct.
> Brown said he would have only one comment on that and that comment was:
"I
>
> would be happy to be a character witness for Dennis Dunn, who has been a
> friend of mind for more than 20 years."
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES:  Add another big, fast linebacker to the list of
players
>
> Texas has offered a scholarship. He is Michael Williams, 6-3, 220, 4.6,
of
>
> Lindale, who is so fast he plays wide receiver on offense. Williams, who
> already has a qualifying test score, told me he has offers from Texas,
> Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Baylor, Minnesota and West Virginia. He also told me
> he
> probably will commit to someone in "the next couple of weeks." He also
> said
> he plans to attend the Texas-Colorado game on October 20. The Longhorns
> have
> a very good chance to get him. . . There are a lot of national top 100
> lists
> available, but I think one of the best is the Rivals 100 list on the
> internet. It ranks players from No. 1 to No. 100. Texas already has
> commitments from No. 21 WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Ill.; No. 80 DE
> Chase Pittman of Shreveport Evangel and No. 83 OL Neale Tweedie of Allen.
> The
> Longhorns also are in the running for 15 other players on the list. They
> are
> No. 2 RB Lorenzo Booker of Ventura, Cal., St. Bonaventure, No. 7. DT
> Roderique Wright of Alief Hastings, No. 11 QB Vincent Young of Houston
> Madison, No. 16 OL Justin Blalock of Plano East, No. 29 DE Bryan Pickryl
> of
> Jenks, Okla., No. 32 WR Robert Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus, No. 37 DE
> Larry Dibbles of Lancaster, No. 46 DE Zack Latimer of Aurora, Colo., No.
> 48
> LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite, No. 49 DE Travis Leitko of The
> Woodlands,
> No. 59 TE Eric Winston of Midland Lee, No. 71 DT Marco Martin of
Mesquite,
>
> No. 75 Ath Edorian McCullough of North Garland, No. 87 RB Selvin Young of

> Jersey Village and No. 100 Ath DaBryan Blanton  of Forney. They have at
> least
> a 50-50 shot at Wright, Young, Blalock, Timmons, Dibbles, Harris and
> Martin.
> * * * *
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