It didn’t take long for perceptions to change about South Carolina’s football team.
They’ve gone from SEC East surprise to folks wondering if it’s the same-old Gamecocks. The more important perception change is more specific than that. South Carolina was supposed to be carried by its offense this season. Sophomore quarterbackJake Bentley’s improved grasp of the playbook was supposed to have taken this group to new heights. Bentley is better, but the offense isn’t producing on par with the quarterback’s progress, and that was before star wide receiver Deebo Samuel went down with a broken leg.
The Gamecocks are 9.