A South Carolina football team that averaged 33 points per game in the first two games has averaged 15.7 in the past three games, and the Gamecocks offensive coaching staff will spend their week trying to come up with ways to turn that around.
South Carolina has fallen to 11th in the SEC in yards per game (336) and 13th in the SEC in points per game (22.6). Here are five things that could help between now and the time the Gamecocks face Arkansas on Saturday in Williams-Brice Stadium:
Offensive line health
By the second quarter of Saturday’s loss to Texas A&M, the Gamecocks were playing without three offensive linemen who began the year as starters – tackle Zack Bailey (ankle), guard Cory Helms (ankle) and tackle Malik Young (ankle).