It was clear when South Carolina took the practice field Tuesday morning which Gamecocks had experience facing an option offense.
“Sherrod Greene, who is from Rocky Mount High School in North Carolina and faced the option about six times last year, his reads were a lot quicker than some other guys,” South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said. “There’s not as many teams running option football anymore at whatever level they may be on. Certainly, you can see the guys, in our preparation for this ball game, whether it was in training camp or our open week, to see guys that were a little bit more accustomed to playing it and understood a little bit more about the angles and the ball distribution and things.