On Wednesday morning, the South Carolina Gamecocks moved on from embattled offensive coordinator Kurt Roper.
Roper had been linked to the Rice head coaching vacancy, but lost out on the position earlier this week when the Owls decided to go with Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren. South Carolina coach Will Muschamp had given lukewarm support to Roper in a recent interview, saying that he expected his assistant to be around for the bowl game because “that was the plan.” But the Gamecocks clearly wanted to part ways with Roper even after nothing materialized from Rice’s interest.