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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Monday, October 01, 2001 5:36 AM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #97
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #97, Monday, October 1, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Top WR Marquis Johnson Commits to Texas
>
> WR Marquis Johnson, 6-3, 200, 4.48, of Centennial High School in
> Champaign,
> Illinois, committed to Texas Sunday.
> Johnson, a national top 100 prospect and one of the wide receivers in the

> country, took his official visit to Texas this weekend and said he
> committed
> to UT head coach Mack Brown before returning home.
> Texas assistant coach Tim Brewster did a great recruiting job with
> Johnson,
> who listed Texas No. 1 throughout the recruiting process.
> Johnson said he chose Texas because "I love their offense. They really
run
> a
> pro-type offense. It's a dream offense for a wide receiver."
> Johnson is the 15th early commitment for Texas and is the ninth one who
is
>
> listed on one or more national top 100 teams.
> The other eight recruits who have been listed on top national teams are
DE
>
> Chase Pittman, 6-5, 263, 4.7, of Shreveport Evangel; LB Garnett Smith,
> 6-3,
> 221, 4.54, of Arlington Lamar, DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of Gulf
> Coast
> JC in Mississippi and formerly of Austin Lanier, Earl Anderson, 6-4, 270,

> 4.8, of San Marcos, Lyle Sendlein, 6-4,  260, 4.8, of Scottsdale
> Chaparral,
> the two-time defending Class 4A champion in Arizona;  OLs  Brett Valdez,
> 6-4,
> 310, 5.1, of  Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen;  and
> TE
> David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship;
> Davis made all of the top national lists last year.
> The other Longhorn pledges are DT  Tully Janszen, 6-4, 255, 4.78, of
> Keller;
> LBs Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of Splendora and Marcus Myers, 6-3,
220,
>
> 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally;   WR Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of
Round
>
> Rock Westwood;  QB Billy Don Malone, 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of  Paris North
> Lamar, and  RB/Ath Clint Haney, 5-11, 190, 4.27 of Smithson Valley.
> DB Matthew Melton of Tyler John Tyler had planned to come to Texas on an
> unofficial visit, but was not able to make it. He told me he is planning
> to
> commit to Texas soon.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES: Super QB Vincent Young, 6-5, 200, 4.4, of Houston
> Madison
> says his top two teams right now are Texas and Miami. Young is one of the

> nation's top quarterback prospects. He also is an outstanding basketball
> player, but wants to concentrate on football in college. . . The
> Texas-Oklahoma game Saturday will be a big factor in deciding where
> several
> top recruits go, including OL Justin Blolock of Plano East, DE Larry
> Dibbles
> of Lancaster, LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite and DE Bryan Pickryl of
> Jenks, Oklahoma. All of them are national top 100 recruits.
> * * * *
> FOOTBALL NOTES: UT defensive coordinator Carl Reese is an advocate of
> in-your-face man-for-man pass defense and all-out blitzing to put
pressure
> on
> the quarterback, but he changed his tactics against Texas Tech's passing
> circus, playing about 95% zone defense and usually rushing only two or
> three
> linemen. Look for similar tactics against Oklahoma Saturday. But Reese
> said
> it won't be so similar that the Sooners can figure on seeing the same
> things
> the Horns used with such success Saturday night. "You have to keep them
> guessing," he said. "These spread offenses are making us all do things we

> never thought we'd do."
> * * * *
> BASKETBALL RECRUITING NOTES: Stephanie Thiel, a 5-9 combo guard at
> two-time
> defending Class A champion Nazarethe, has committed to Texas. She was the

> State Tournament Class A MVP as a junior in leading Nazareth to the state

> title. She averaged 21.2 points a game, and, like all Nazareth players,
is
>
> strong defensively and is an excellent ball handler and passer. . .  Brad

> Buckman, the 6-8 power forward from Austin Westlake who is ranked as one
> of
> the nation's top 50 basketball prospects, took his official visit to
Texas
>
> over the weekend and has narrowed his choices to Texas and North
Carolina.
> He
> visited North Carolina earlier and also visited Kansas, but he has
> eliminated
> the Jayhawks.
> * * * *
> My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
> * * * *
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a
>
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>
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