I know it smacks of coachspeak to refer to the games that fall after a bye week as a fresh start or a new season, but it’s kind of true. Off weeks can help teams get healthy, refine technique, settle personnel debates, and otherwise hit the reset button. Of course, there’s only so much you can do with that time off, and a team like South Carolina simply has too many problems to tackle in such a short span. But every bye week gives rise to at least some optimism that things might not just be different when the team re-takes the field, but better.
What will the Gamecocks do with their ‘new season’?
