South Carolina dropped its second game in its last three tries Saturday night, falling 24-17 to Texas A&M. The Aggies erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter after the Gamecocks (3-2, 1-2 SEC) offense disappeared. Between the offensive struggles and a defense that’s just holding on at this point, here are five things we learned from South Carolina’s trip to College Station, Texas:
First and second down are a problem
South Carolina’s ineffectiveness on third down is getting a lot of attention, as it should, but the root cause of that problem is what’s happening on first and second down.