South Carolina has been near the bottom of the SEC in total offense for three consecutive seasons, and new coordinator Bryan McClendon is hoping that simply running more plays will help provide a boost.
The Gamecocks have finished 11th, 13th and 12th in total offense the past three seasons; they also have finished 13th, 11th and 10th in total plays in the same stretch.
“It’s really simple – the more plays you run, the more opportunities you get for yards and points,” McClendon told reporters after the Gamecocks’ first practice of the spring Wednesday.
Coach Will Muschamp said Tuesday in a pre-spring news conference that new quarterback coach Dan Werner – a former offensive coordinator under Hugh Freeze at Ole Miss – was helping in the transition to a faster-paced offense, and McClendon said Wednesday that the goal is to “be in attack mode as much as possible.