Many professional football fans first learned of RPO (run-pass option) plays during Super Bowl LII because of the Philadelphia Eagles’ liberal use of them in a 41-33 win over the New England Patriots, but college football fans had been in on the secret for some time. At least, some college football fans had.
In 2018, South Carolina fans are going to have to familiarize themselves with the concept in a big way.
Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper at the end of the 2017 regular season, promoted wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon to coordinate the offense and hired Dan Werner to coach quarterbacks.