A new era of Oklahoma State football is officially underway.
New head coach Eric Morris and the Cowboys held their first spring practice Monday afternoon at the Sherman E. Smith Training Center with a total of 81 new players. It was typical Day 1 stuff, but it didn’t play out like many might have predicted a practice with offensive guru Morris to go.
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Morris said the defense “got after” the offense for much of the day, on an afternoon with sunny skies but winds approaching 20 mph.
“I didn’t think we adjusted very well to that,” Morris said. “Threw a bunch of balls over the receivers’ heads today. Had some guys open, but the wideouts did a nice job. But at quarterback, I thought we were pretty sporadic. Some of these guys that haven’t been here yet, kinda the first day trying to do too much, not settling into the system. So, to be honest with you, pretty poor on offense today, and I thought the defense had a nice day to start.”
That’s not easy for an offensive guy like Morris to admit, but he said he’s learned how to deal with it and understand that’s a good sign for the new defense under defensive coordinator Skyler Cassity.
On offense, Morris said there weren’t presnap issues, just more of a lack of execution on their first day not inside with controlled environments. It was the first day of practice in a new system with a new group, though, so he’s confident they can build off of Monday.
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“And that’s why we’re here. That’s why we’re doing spring ball. All-time record 81 new guys for college football. So, that’s why these are so important right here, and you don’t want to waste a day,” Morris said.
“I thought it was good for us to get outside today and see how they handle it. It didn’t go as planned, but that’s the good thing about sports,…
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