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Gamecocks film breakdown: 3 ways Roper, Gamecocks got creative on offense vs. Arkansas

It wasn't perfect by any stretch, but South Carolina's offense was better against Arkansas.

Not the potential high-scoring unit fans hoped for in the preseason, but there was a little more spark and life.

South Carolina's offense had nine or so drives before putting the game completely out of hand. Three produced touchdowns, two field goals and two more long field goal attempts (one of those produced zero yards after a turnover). Six gained 34 or more yards, five 44 or more, four 50 or more.

The difference between that and the preceding three games of mostly inert offense was mostly about blocking better, winning one-on-one battles and the smaller things that separate teams, but USC did make a few tweaks:

Turn on the jets: Even though jet sweep specialist Deebo Samuel is currently on the shelf, South Carolina started getting a few other players involved.