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Two years ago the South Carolina football team was in search of an offensive coordinator. Last year, they were in search of an offensive coordinator. This year, the Gamecocks are potentially in the search for an offensive coordinator. Marcus Satterfield wrapped his first year in Columbia leading one of the worst offenses in the country, ranking 116th out of 130 teams.  That equals out to 319.6 yards per game and just 27 touchdowns on the year.  Granted, the drop wasn't much from the previous year under Mike Bobo, which finished 72nd overall, but that unit was able to field a 1,000-yard rusher in Kevin Harris. This year's team, under new head coach Shane Beamer, did not have a 1,000-yard rusher, but the overall yardage was comparable to last year, and was spread across four backs. The top passer Luke Doty didn't eclipse 1,000 yards, but battled injury and missed the latter half of the season. Top receiver Josh Vann, had 679 yards but the rest of the corps was inconsistent to...

The South Carolina football team wrapped up its first regular season under first-year coach Shane Beamer, and all signs point to a positive direction moving forward.  There is still a bowl game likely to be announced, but I don't really count bowl games into how a season goes, unless you are in the college football playoff, which at 6-6, is not happening for Carolina. LINK: Grading the 2021 Gamecocks After going 2-8 last season, Beamer and staff worked Carolina to a 6-6 mark and also snapped a two-year bowl dryspell. It is the best debut in six decades and arguably best all-time. Over the last 60 years, first year coaches have seen mixed debuts at Carolina.  • 1961: Marvin Bass took over a three-win team and went 4-6. He did not have a winning season in his five-year stint. (+1 game swing) • 1966: Paul Dietzel took over a five-win team and stuck up the joint going 1-9. He went on the have just three winning seasons and one bowl appearnce in nine seasons. (-4) • 1975: Jim Ca...

The 2021 football season is mostly wrapped up for South Carolina.  While there is a bowl game left, I don't put much stock into how bowl games go. So, let's pull our best Montessori school impersonation and arbitrarily grade this season. LINK: Beamer's first year cause for optimism Special Teams The most overlooked phase of the game was about as good as one could as for. Kai Kroeger averaged 43 yards per punt, pinned nearly 40 percent inside the 20 and boomed 13 50 yards or more. Mitch Jeter booted half of his kickoffs for touchbacks while Parker White capped his career going 13-of-14 on field goals and was perfect on extra points.  The return game didn't yield points, but it was actively destructive to the cause either.  Fans should feel confident heading into next year with both Kroeger and Jeter set to return. Jeter is the early heir to kick field goals with graduation of White.  Give this side of the ball an B for the year. Nothing damaging, but there is room to ...