The University of South Carolina football program needed new direction. Halfway through the 2016 season, the team looked lost and down hard. Will Muschamp found himself in a difficult, precarious position. His vanilla offenses barely managed to put up two touchdowns a game. All offseason, critics had predicted Muschamp’s old demons from Florida continued to haunt him. It seemed as if their predictions had come to fruition. He had started a senior quarterback and a dual-threat freshman. Neither clicked with the offense.
During the bye week, Coach Muschamp mashed that big red button and burned a redshirt. He unleashed his wild card in pro-style freshman quarterback Jake Bentley.