Cowboys Linebacker Bradie James is sure making the most of his off-season.  Two weeks ago, Bradie came to the rescue of Cowboys fan Butch Franklin who's apartment was robbed and his Cowboys memorabilia, stolen.  (Click here to see that story)

Now Bradie is lending a helping hand to students to make sure they start the new school year with all the supplies they need. 


Bradie will give away five Cowboys backpacks filled with school supplies that have been donated by the Dr. Emmet J. Conrad Leadership Program.

In addition to winning the backpacks, Bradie will give one grand prize winner, his autographed jersey.

Click here for all the rules and ways to enter.

The Dallas Cowboys received the rock star treatment as they arrived in San Antonio.

"You know we have same percentage of Cowboys fans in San Antonio as we do in Dallas" said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to open up his state of the team address.  " We know we're home and that's why come here , a huge fan base of support."

Many of the fans couldn't wait until tomorrow's first practice of training camp to get their Cowboys fix, so they headed to the Grand Hyatt to take pictures and get autographs of the players they haven't seen since the last training camp in San Antonio two years ago.

"I was speechless" said Cowboys fan Kristi Wright. "Everyone else was fumbling for their phones, my husband has been a fan since he was little. And we all got matching tattoos!"

Some of the excitement from the players matched the fans.  "Besides the people in El Paso, we always get the warmest welcome here" said Cowboys Defensive Tackle, Jay Ratliff.
"You know the way everything ended last year, we wanna try to get some things going in a positive way."

The Cowboys could return the love this season just by reaching the playoffs,  something they haven't done in 12 long seasons. That was just one of the many topics Head Coach Wade Phillips and Jones discussed during the Cowboys State of the Team address.

"I think it's so motivating to me and influential to not have won a playoff game as long as it's been" said Jones.  "It's big to me, and it's important that it's big to players."

But if the Cowboys fall short of Jerry's expectations, many feel that Wade Phillips won't receive another chance to get it right.  That doesn't seem to bother the Head Coach who enters training camp with no fear of losing his job.

"I don't worry about my job." Phillips said.  "I worry about the job I'm doing, that's the way it's always been."  Then Jones pledged his continuous support saying he doesn't need to share any of his thoughts on the future of his coaching staff.

Jerry went on to say that Wade's coaching status is not a factor with his players, so right now the cowboys are talking the talk but they begin walking the walk tomorrow afternoon at 2:15 for the first practice of training camp.

The 33 Sports will be at every practice during training camp.  Keep checking our blog here at The 33tv.com and follow our updates during practice on twitter at twitter.com/davecrome.

If you want to see a Cowboys game at the New Cowboys Stadium, you can get your chance to purchase a limited number of single-game tickets tomorrow morning starting at 10:00am.

Tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com or in person at the following Ticketmaster outlets.
 Macy's Fiesta, Shops at Willowbend, Majestic Theatre, TBAAL, Firewheel Town Square, HEB and Homeland.

The tickets range from $129 to $239

For better or for worse, The Cowboys have said good-bye to Terrell Owens, and say what you will about T.O., but for all the controversy he brought to Dallas, he had just as much production. So with Owens out of the picture, the remaining Cowboy receivers, know they're going to have to earn the respect of opposing defenses.

"I would not prefer to get the respect. If you go into a fight, I'd rather have someone think I couldn't fight, if I got into one, rather than someone be prepared for me. We like the challenge and we're gonna continue to get better everyday," says receiver Miles Austin.

Receiver Roy Williams agrees. "We're gonna fly under the radar. We don't have the big high profile guys that everybody else has but we're gonna do what we're supposed to do and catch the ball."

The Cowboys say they don't have one receiver to replace T.O. They have 3... Dallas is banking on Roy Williams, Patrick Crayton and Miles Austin as a group to get the job done.  
 
Tony Romo says "They've worked their butts off this off season. I think we're a lot deeper than what people think. If we stay healthy, I really like what we got at that position.

Offensive Coordinator, Jason Garrett says, "I don't know if they're going to be fearful or not, but we like are receivers... These guys have all worked hard. We're gonna worry about ourselves... Come that first week of September, hopefully they'll be ready to go, I think they will."

In that case, The trio of Williams, Crayton, and Austin better make the most of their time at training camp. Even when you combine their total touchdowns, Owens still outscored them by one.

Jerry Jones spent the better part of 20 minutes at Cowboys Training Camp trying to paint the picture of the kind of party atmosphere the new Cowboys Stadium will be.

"Picture the experience of the Pavilion at the Nelson, or the infield at the Kentucky Derby, open completely to the event" said the Cowboys Owner/GM.   "We want fans to enjoy a party atmosphere, collegiate, very loose and we want for them to enjoy the participation of  the game." 

To accomplish that vision, the Cowboys have created a Party Pass ticket for $29 which will allow the fans to stand on the tall ramps in the end zone of the stadium.  "We sold 10-thousand of them for event with our soccer, Gold Cup" said Jones. "Those people came through with the Party Pass, migrated down to club areas, stood at some of our rail areas where you can hold your drinks.  Several people deep watched the game, or stepped back and watched on the video board. It's a big part of what we want our stadium to be" Jones said.

Right now, the Party Pass will be available for the inaugural regular season game against the New York Giants on September 20th.

Jones said it's not just about having a ticket to the first ever game at the stadium, but to help create an atmosphere that fans haven't experienced around here before.  "We want to make this stadium one of the real amazing venues of sports" Jones said. "To have that kind of electricity in the end zone, people at other parts of the stadium will gain energy.  We hope to have a loud stadium when the Cowboys are at home."