Penalties are not the reason South Carolina is playing below its potential, even though the Gamecocks are committing lots of them. (We’ll talk a lot more about that later in the week.)
The reason South Carolina is playing below its potential is because of what it’s not getting a lot of – turnovers. The Gamecocks are 10th in the SEC and 83rd in the nation in takeaways with seven. South Carolina has five interceptions and two fumble recoveries as a team.
“As much as we emphasize it and go through it, that’s been extremely disappointing part of not creating momentum for our team, creating field position for our team in those situations,” Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp said.