Shane Beamer discusses ‘pretty good tweaking’ to offensive playbook following staff changes
By Jacob Moss
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The South Carolina Gamecocks are coming off their second bye week of the season, and they will have another massive SEC road test against the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies waiting for them this Saturday.
Carolina handed the Aggies a shocking 44-20 upset last season, and now they will be looking to do it once again this weekend in hopes of getting to 4-6 on the season and keeping their bowl game hopes alive.
Any key to a potential victory will have to come from the offensive side of the ball, and head coach Shane Beamer touched on the tweaks the team’s new play caller, Mike Furrey, has made over the bye week on Tuesday.
According to the Post and Courier’s David Cloninger, Beamer said that the playbook has had a “pretty good tweaking” with some plays being taken out, and others being added in.
Cloninger also reported that the Gamecocks will probably still end up having the same number of plays as in the past, but more emphasis will be put on what Furrey and the rest of Carolina’s offensive staff want to run.
Furrey, who has served as the team’s wide receivers coach over the past 2 seasons, was named as the team’s new primary offensive play caller after Beamer fired former offensive coordinator Mike Shula following the team’s most recent loss to Ole Miss a couple of weeks back.
Now he’ll be tasked with reviving Carolina’s dormant offense against one of the top defenses in the entire country in front of 100,000+ opposing fans in Kyle Field.
