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< Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:38 PM
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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #79
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #79, Wednesday, August 15, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< Benson Impressive in Full Pads, Already Working with Second Team
<
< Freshman RB Cedric Benson had some impressive runs Wednesday night in the

< Longhorns' first workout in full pads.
< Benson set high school records that almost defy description, like five
< touchdowns in three straight state championship games, but the UT roster
< is
< full of high school stars and none of that counts when they reach the
next
<
< level.
< Benson looked a little tentative the first two times he carried the ball
< Wednesday night, but then he reverted to the explosive running style that

< made him famous at Midland Lee, simply exploding through the hole on play

< after play. He also put on a good cutback move to make five yards on an
< end
< sweep that appeared to be going nowhere.
< It's too early to say he's the answer to the Longhorns' running back
< problems, but he certainly made a good start in his first opportunity to
< impress the coaches. He's already playing a lot with the second team.
< Junior OT Robbie Doane, apparently stung by the coaches' decision to
train
<
< guard Derrick Dockery at his spot, too, because they felt it needed to be

< strengthened, had the best practice of his career. He even pancaked star
< DE
< Kalen Thornton once in the one-on-one drills in which the defensive
< linemen
< try to get past the offensive linemen to sack the quarterback.
< The best hit of the Wednesday night practice was one safety Phillip
< Geiggar
< put on star WR Roy Williams as Williams was grabbing a pass across the
< middle. Geigger whacked him so hard Williams went one way and the ball
< went
< the other way.
< Defensive coordinator Carl Reese said he plans to shuffle four ends and
< four
< tackles against the passing teams on the Longhorns' schedule. He said
< Marcus
< Tubbs will be one of his starting tackles and he said the other one will
< be
< Maurice Gordon against passing teams and Stevie Lee or Adam Doiron
against
<
< running teams.
< He said DEs Thornton and Cory Redding will start agains everybody, but he

< said converted linebackers Reed Boyd and Marcus Wilkins will play a lot
< against the passing teams.
< Reese also said he has been very impressed with freshman CB Aaron Ross
and
<
< might use him when he plays five defensive backs against the
pass-oriented
<
< teams. He also said Cedric Griffin, another freshman CB, has looked good
< since his return from a sprained ankle and might figure in the rotation.
< Head coach Mack Brown said sophomore WR B. J. Johnson "is starting to
< play
< like he did in high school, making guys miss and picking up big yardage
< after
< the catch." Johnson was rated as the nation's top wide receiver recruit
by
<
< several national recruiting services, but has been overshadowed at Texas
< by
< fellow sophomore Williams, who broke UT's true freshman record for
< receiving
< yardage last season.
< The Longhorn coaches have put in more sweeps and misdirection plays to
< make
< the offense less predictable, and, on defense, new secondary coach Duane
< Aki
< na has put in some new coverages designed to confuse opposing
quarterbacks
<
< by making a zone defense out of what looks like a man-for-man defense and

< vice versa.
< The sweeps are a big help for starting TB Victor Ike, the fastest running

< back in the UT stable. He can run inside, but he is very dangerous on
< sweeps
< because of his outstanding speed.
< Akina also said his defensive backs at Texas have more talent than most
of
<
< the great defenses he coached at Arizona in the famed "Desert Swarm"
< defense.
< He said there are several DBs at Texas who have pro potential after their

< college careers are over.
< The Longhorns will have their first full scrimmage of the pre-season
< Thursday
< at 3 p.m. in Royal Memorial Stadium. Then they will practice at 8:30 a.m.
< and
< 7 p.m. Friday at the Denius Fields before having a second scrimmage at 9
< a.m.
< Saturday in Royal Memorial Stadium.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING NOTES: The three-game suspension drawn by the state's top wide

< receiver, Robert Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus, is not his first brush
< with
< trouble and probably will cause the Longhorns to slow down their efforts
< to
< recruit him. Brown shies away from problem athletes generally, and
Timmons
<
< drawing a suspension for an unidentified offense is a real negative.
< Obviously, this is not something I would like to see quoted on the
< internet.
< I try to be frank with all of you, but it would not be helpful to UT for
< this
< to be bandied about publicly. . . The Longhorns still have 12
commitments.
<
< There are some great recruits like LB Aaron Harris of North Mesquite, RB
< Aaron Hardy of Galena Park, DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, DT-OG
< Kasey
< Studdard of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign,
< Ill., who are national top 100 players who strongly favor the Horns, but,
< of
< that grolup, only Johnson is likely to commit in the near future. He
plans
< to
< try to come to the Horns' opener on his official visit and is a good bet
< to
< commit when he does.
< * * * *
< My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
< * * * *
< The True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service includes at least 99 fax/e-mails a

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< 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
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<
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< both
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