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11/07/2000 08:28 AM --------------------------- mggagliardi@duke-energy.com on 11/07/2000 07:22:27 AM To: DGagliardi@reliantenergy.com, David_Ricks@GSDM.com, Tony.A.Rogers@fritolay.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #104 ---------------------- Forwarded by Michael Gagliardi/Hou-ComOps/EnergyTrading/PEC on 11/07/2000 07:21 AM --------------------------- TruOrange@aol.com on 11/06/2000 07:21:16 PM To: TruOrange@aol.com cc: Subject: True Orange Fax/E-Mail #104 True Orange Fax/E-Mail Service Volume 8, Fax/E-Mail #104, Monday, November 6, 2000 Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 - Phone 512-795-8536 Applewhite Has Knee Sprain, Won't Play at Kansas & He's Iffy for Aggies Coach Mack Brown said Monday the MRI on QB Major Applewhite's knee showed a strained PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) in his right knee that will sideline him for the Kansas game and possibly for the Texas A&M game, too. "It's a sprained ligament," Brown said. "It won't require surgery, but he is out for this week and he's questionable for A&M." Brown said he is slightly optimistic because "I've had five kinee operations and I never was moving around as good as Major was Saturday night after the game." But he said sophomore Chris Simms is the starting QB and will be backed up by Beau Trahan, with WR Courtnee Garcia, a former high school QB, also getting some snaps at QB just in case any additional injuries occur at the position. Brown said he has no plans to play freshman Chance Mock, who is redshirting, because he said Mock runs the opposing teams' offenses for the scout team against the Longhorn defense and hasn't worked with the first or second team offenses all year. "We think he is going to be a very good player, but we still plan to redshirt him this year," Brown said. I talked to a couple of friends who are outstanding knee surgeons and both said Applewhite will have a hard time returning in time for the A&M game. They said he would have a very difficult time backing up with a sprained PCL. Brown said it will be important for the offense to be two-dimensional against Kansas so all the pressure for moving the offense does not fall on Simms. Freshman DT Stevie Lee (broken bone in foot) won't be able to play Saturday at Kansas, Brown said, adding that it looks like Lee, who was injured in the third game, will not be able to play again this year and will be eligible for a medical redshirt that will give him four more years of eligibility. If a player is injured prior to the fourth game, he is eligible for a medical redshirt if he is unable to return later in the season. Brown said backup CB Ervis Hill has a separated shoulder and is out for the rest of the season. He also said backup WR Artie Ellis is still having problems with a sore shin and won't play Saturday. Redshirt freshman DT Ryan Haywood underwent shoulder surgery last week and Brown said the doctors said it went well. * * * * The Longhorns are starting true freshmen at their three primary recever positions, and Brown said all three of them are playing well. WRs Roy Williams and B. J. Johnson have been starting for several weeks and they already rank first (Williams) and second (Johnson) on the list of Longhorn freshmen receivers in yardage for a season. TE Brock Edwards moved up when Mike Jones hurt his knee, and Brown said Edwards, who got his second start Saturday at Texas Tech, "played really, really well. His blocking is much better and he made two outstanding catches." Williams has 544 yards in receptions this season and Johnson has 496. The previous freshman high was set by Lovell Pinkney, who had 458 receiving yards as a freshman in 1992. * * * * Brown said the Longhorns have been playing much better during their four-game winning streak, and he cited three primary reasons. "The Oklahoma game got our attention, we simplified our offense and Major got well," he said. He said Applewhite had started looking like his old self in recent weeks. "Seven months out of a knee operation is not a long time," he said, citing the time between the surgery on Applewhite's left knee and the start of two-a-days. * * * * RECRUITING NOTES: Super DT Tommie Harris of Killeen Ellison plans to come to the A&M game the day after Thanksgiving. . . I'm not sure how soon it will happen, but I will be very surprised if super LB Derrick Johnson of Waco or super safety Dewayne Brandon of Temple wind up anywhere else but in Austin. * * * * My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant. * * * * The True Orange Fax Service includes at least 99 faxes a year and costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes 26 newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice monthly during most of the other months. It costs $45. Save by subscribing to both for $130 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail or $99 if you take the faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also update my 900 number ? 1-900-288-8839 ? daily with recruiting news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com
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