The Eric Morris era at Oklahoma State kicks off Saturday as the Cowboys head to H. A. Chapman Stadium to take on host Tulsa in the Turnpike Classic.
Morris comes to Stillwater with high aspirations of turning around a program that has gone 4-20 across the past two seasons. He arrives from North Texas, where he led the Mean Green to the most wins in program history.
Morris also comes along with 91 new players on the team, including 66 transfers. Far and away the most important of those transfers is the trio of quarterback Drew Mestemaker, running back Caleb Hawkins and wide receiver Wyatt Young.
They all came from North Texas with Morris, who spearheaded the No. 1 offense in college football last season with 512.4 yards per game.
Mestemaker led the nation with 4,379 passing yards and was tied for second with 34 touchdowns. Hawkins finished fifth with 1,434 rushing yards and Young finished third with 1,264 receiving yards. The three of them will lead an offense that averaged 292.4 yards per game last season, 128th out of 134 FBS teams.
Morris knows the pedigree his group brings, but it is ready to prove it on the field.
“We’ve won the press conference this offseason, and we’ve got a lot of preseason accolades,” Morris