South Carolina’s football team put up some numbers in a 56-35 loss to Clemson.
Yet the Gamecocks still left some crucial points on the table in the first and third quarters.
Those moments came when South Carolina was going score-for-score with Clemson early and as the Tigers were pulling away. Each time they got to the Clemson goal line. Each time Will Muschamp and the offense went for it on fourth down. And each time USC came away empty.
“We needed to score touchdowns in the red zone,” Muschamp said. “In both situations, I told (offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon) he had four downs.