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More ‘soft’ talk, and an explainer from USC’s Bobby Bentley

There’s that word again.

Will Muschamp opened South Carolina’s spring practice using it, and now running backs coach Bobby Bentley is doubling down.

“We were kind of soft. Bottom line, we have to be a better, more productive running football team,” Bentley said. “That’s our head coach’s mentality. That’s the mentality of this program. It’s a blue-collar program, and we’ve got to be more productive in the run game.”

But what exactly does “soft” mean? What does it look like? Easy answer, says Bentley. Look at the first three snaps of the South Carolina-Florida game on Nov.