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One tidbit Will Muschamp dropped about South Carolina’s defensive philosophy

Will Muschamp was running through the background of his newest coaching hire when he dropped a small nugget about why he hired John Scott Jr., which started with the last coach he worked for.

Todd Bowles is a 3-4 guy,” Muschamp said. “It’s hard to find D-line coaches that know how to teach two-gap. He knows how to coach it. It’s exactly how we coach it. Some of the one-gap ideas they had very good.”

South Carolina’s defense under Muschamp has operated under the nebulous term of “multiple,” a buzzword that becomes a catch-all for a scheme that does a little of this and a little of that.