Based on comments made by Ryan Hilinski on Friday, South Carolina offensive coordinator Mike Bobo has done an impressive job exuding confidence in his unit just a few weeks into training camp.

The Gamecocks plan on looking much different on that side of the ball this season as South Carolina is moving away from a tempo, spread offense to a more pro-style based system.

One advantage of the move? Hilinski never realized the value of huddling before the snap.

“We huddled rarely last year. The biggest thing going into the huddle this year is you get to talk to the guys a little bit before the play,” Hilinski said. “Whether it’s just a little subtle message thing, ‘Hey! Let’s get after it,’ or ‘We’ve got 10 plays here,’ or ‘Let’s get one drive, let’s get to work. We got to get 7 here or a field goal here.’

“Whatever it is, you can talk to those guys and take a breath rather than just being spread out from each other and relaying a message — which we are excited to do and we’re going to do a bunch of other stuff. But I think I think being in a huddle more than last year is really beneficial for us as a team.”

Following those comments, Hilinski was asked about the expectations of the South Carolina offense this season.

His answer is one that should fire up Gamecock fans.

“Coach Bobo just touched on it, every time we step into Williams-Brice, we want to bust the scoreboard. That’s the thing that Coach wants us to do, we want to bust the scoreboard,” Hilinski continued. “We want to go out there and do everything we can, that we prepared for in that week, with the utmost confidence and just do what we’ve been practicing.

“Go out there and execute, and like I said, bust the scoreboard. In the end, we trust our defense, we trust Coach Muschamp and everything they are doing and we just want to win ball games.”

While it’s easy to believe Hilinski may be writing a check he can’t cash with those comments, how many fans were buying similar comments from Joe Burrow this time last year when he said LSU planned to score 50-60 points per game?

The first step to achieve a lofty goal like this is to believe it’s going to happen. So far, it appears the Gamecocks have that part down.