Oklahoma State Legends Visit Cowboys Camp to Pump Up Brand-New Team

Inviting former players to practice is a common tool football coaches use to pump up players and give them a great from listening to the current coaches.

Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Eric Morris did that on Monday as he invited two former Cowboys — quarterback Brandon Weeden (2008-11) and safety Terry Brown (1966-69).

The pair talked up the team after the workout and Weeden had great things to say about what he saw from a team mostly made up of players that didn’t endure last year’s 1-11 debacle.

“I love the juice — love it,” he said in video captured by Oklahoma State athletics. “Defense, I haven’t seen that juice around here in a few years. I love to see that. Offense, same deal man. That’s what it’s all about.”

Brandon Weeden and Terry Brown Pump Up the Cowboys

Houston Texans quarterback Brandon Weeden prepares to throw a pass during a game. — Houston Texans quarterback Brandon Weeden. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

Brown was a second-team all-Big Eight performer for OSU during his time from 1966-69. The Walters, Okla., native shared that he didn’t get to play with the varsity nor did he get to dress with them. Freshmen dressed in the basement of Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Brown played for four different NFL teams from 1969-76. He had seven career interceptions and holds a distinction in Super Bowl history as the first Oklahoma-born player to score a touchdown. With the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX, he scored a touchdown on a blocked punt.

He praised Morris for his practice that day, joking that he wasn’t sure the Cowboys took a break. Then he preached togetherness to the team.

“You guys can show this whole country what you've got, if you keep that unity that's so important, that teamwork,” Brown said. “Keep that feeling of liking each other and liking to work together with each other and getting the job done, it’s doesn’t get any better. But do it for the guy next to you.”

Weeden was an all-state player in baseball and football who went pro in baseball coming out of Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Okla. After four years he went back to football. He emerged as a full-time starter in 2010 as he threw for 4,277 yards, 34 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

In 2011 he led the Cowboys to a 12-1 season, a Fiesta Bowl win and their first Big 12 championship. He threw for 4,727 yards, 37 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 2011. That led to a seven-year career in the NFL.

He urged the Cowboys to keep working and to get Boone Pickens Stadium rocking this season.

“If you get this place rocking, if you get Boone Pickens stadium rolling, if you get a little juice in here, you're gonna love playing at Oklahoma State I promise you,” he said. “We won 12 games my senior year. I mean they don't get any better than that, fellas.”

The Cowboys open the season at Tulsa on Sept. 5, followed by the home opener against Oregon on Sept. 12.

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