It started with a bold declaration in the wake of South Carolina football’s comeback win in the Outback Bowl in January.
Celebrating with his players, Will Muschamp predicted that USC would win a national championship. In doing so, he invoked the mantra “All Gas, No Brakes.”
Muschamp and South Carolina are not the first to use that phrase in sports — the Atlanta Falcons did so just a few years ago and are starting to bring it back, among others. But it caught fire with the Gamecock fanbase, becoming a rallying cry throughout the offseason as expectations for 2018 rose.