COLUMBIA — It was a bolt out of the springtime blue, as unwelcome as it was surprising. Will Muschamp was at the SEC’s annual meetings on the Florida panhandle when the South Carolina head coach dropped the bombshell that Skai Moore would not play in 2016.
One ramification was immediate: the Gamecocks would be without their most decorated returning player, an All-SEC linebacker who’s led USC in tackles for three consecutive seasons, and was the South Carolina defender with the best nose for the ball. Another promises to unfold during preseason camp, as savvy senior T.J. Holloman steps into the void created by Moore’s absence.