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Gamecocks hope to ‘embrace’ adversity, opportunity in 2017

South Carolina’s football team will hold its first fall practice Monday morning, and coach Will Muschamp quickly will have some idea of what kind of season is in store from the sound that emanates from his unit once the work begins.

“Championship teams that I have been a part of embraced camp. They understood, we are going to practice no matter what. The schedule is not changing. So embrace that part of camp. Embrace the grind. Embrace the toughness of what you have to go through. The average teams I have been a part of (complained) about camp,” the Gamecocks second-year head coach explained colorfully Sunday in his season-opening news conference.