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                    08/28/01             Subject:     FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #87
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:         TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
> Sent:         Monday, August 27, 2001 8:17 PM
> To:           TruOrange@aol.com
> Subject:           True Orange E-Mail/Fax #87
>
> True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
> Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #87, Monday, August 27, 2001
> Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
> Phone
> 512-795-8536
>
> Brown Names Starters with Few Surprises
>
> Texas head coach Mike Brown named the starters Monday for Saturday
night's
>
> season-opening football game with New Mexico State, and there was only
one
>
> major surprise.
> That was at tight end where Bo Scaife and Brock Edwards were listed as
> co-starters. "I don't know who will run out there first," Brown said,
"but
>
> they'll both see plenty of action."
> He also said Tillman Holloway and Derrick Dockery are co-starters at left

> guard, but that was no surprise because they have battled back and forth
> throughout the pre-season practices.
> Junior Victor Ike, as expected, is the starting tailback, with super
> freshman
> Cedric Benson and big sophomore Ivan Williams listed as co-second
teamers.
>
> Brown also said all three tailbacks will play a lot.
> Senior Maurice Gordon, as expected, was tabbed to start at left defensive

> tackle. "We had to figure a way to get him on the field," Brown said.
> "That's
> why we moved him (from defensive end). He probably runs 4.6 or better and
> we
> think he's really going to be good for us."
> Brown also said Nathan Vasher and Ahmad Brooks will be the starting
> safeties
> with Dakarai Pearson backing up at both spots.
> The Longhorns are 42-point favorites over NM State for their 6 p.m. game,
> but
> Brown said the contest "is a great challenge for us. They should have
> beaten
> Louisville last week and Louisville was a 9-or-10-win team last year."
> Louisville went 9-3 last year and NM State had a lead at the half before
> two
> fumbles deep in Louisville territory were returned for touchdowns.
> Brown had a good time discussing the Longhorns at his Monday press
> conference. Talking about all the hype surrounding junior QB Chris Simms,
> he
> said, "Some think Chris Simms will win the Heisman and some think he
> shouldn't start."
> When someone mentioned that post-game comments in Oklahoma after the
> Sooners'
> opening win over North Carolina seemed to center more on Texas than on
the
>
> Sooners, he said, "A lot of the opposing teams talk more about us than
> they
> talk about themselves, and there is no question some of them hate us more

> than they like themselves."
> * * * *
> FOOTBALL NOTES: The Longhorns have the best opening game record in the
Big
>
> 12. In 108 years of playing college football, Texas is 88-17-3 in opening

> games. That's an .829 winning percantage. If the Horns hadn't gone 1-7 in

> openers between 1986 and 1993, that great percentage would be almost off
> the
> charts. . . the Horns' No. 5 national ranking in the AP poll is their
> highest
> pre-season rating since 1983. . . QB Chris Simms completed 28 of 42
passes
>
> (66.7%) for 328 yards and four touchdowns in the Longhorns' three
> scrimmages.
> He did not allow an interception in the scrimmages. . . True freshman LB
> Derrick Johnson led all defenders in the scrimmages with 20 tackles. . .
> Starting LB Lee Jackson probably will miss the opener with a turf toe and

> will be replaced by Tyrone Jones. He is the only starter who will be out
> unless someone else gets banged up this week.
> * * * *
> RECRUITING NOTES: The Longhorns apparently have targeted three wide
> receivers
> for two remaining slots and will take the first pair to commit. The three
> are
> Marquis Johnson, a national top 100 player from Champaign, Illinois, and
> two
> Texans - Biren Ealy of Cypress Falls and Anthony Wright of Klein Forest.
> Johnson lists the Horns No. 1 and might commit when he visits. He says he

> wants to visit UT in September. Wright also lists Texas as his top team,
> while Ealy is more wide open. . . CB Ricky Wilson of Port Arthur Lincoln
> is
> getting a lot of national attention because he is an outstanding cover
> corner
> with great speed and leaping ability - and good grades. That last factor
> sets
> him apart from several of the other top corner prospects. He lists
Florida
>
> State and Texas as his top two teams. . . If you are a real recruiting
fan
>
> who keeps a list of future prospects, pencil in Clay Broyles, 6-4, 235,
of
>
> Hallsville as a junior DE/TE who will be a big item in next year's
> recruiting
> wars. His coach says he is a top prospect on either side of the ball.
> * * * *
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