South Carolina is getting ready to play Wofford on Saturday, which means the Gamecocks defenders are getting ready to face a lot of cut blocks. South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp is not happy about that.
“We talk about player safety a lot, don’t we?” Muschamp asked rhetorically Tuesday during his weekly news conference. “I see cut blocks creating some issues for player safety. That’s where I stand on it.”
Cut blocks, in which an offensive players dives at a defenders lower leg or feet in order to get him on the ground, are a staple of option offenses and a source of consternation for many defensive coaches.