Everything Joe DeCamillis said previewing South Carolina's matchup with Missouri

South Carolina special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis met with the media on Wednesday to preview the Gamecocks’ upcoming trip to Missouri. Kickoff on Saturday is at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

Here’s everything DeCamillis had to say.

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Is there maybe the line now that Mason Love will kick field goals from 50 or above, while William Joyce will kick anything under that range?

“It’s not really that simple. It’s more of a game-to-game situation. We felt like it was flying better in his way, that way, that night. So we’ll see as we go forward and keep working that process through. But unfortunately, made the miss right there. Would have liked to hit that before the half. Maybe that would have given us a little momentum. So that was disappointing, but that’s how it goes, and hopefully we keep going from there.”

Now, through three games, how do you feel about special teams as a whole?

“Pleased, but not satisfied. I think we were close the other night, and we took the one out nine deep, and (Nyck Harbor) was darn close to going to the house on that one. We just didn’t finish the technique on the backside, like what we would have liked to have. And then, to be honest with you, on Vicari (Swain)’s return, it was close. He made a cut inside that he’d probably like to have back. I know I’d like to have it back because I think he stays outside, at least we got a chance, so we’ll see. But the coverage part of it was good. I thought Mason did a good job of punting. But as we know in the SEC, it’s a different situation every single week, and you get a different club that you’re playing against. It’s another challenge this week, going into Missouri.”

With Nyck Harbor on that kickoff return, did you tell him to take it out regardless? Or was that a decision he made?

“No, he just said, you know, I’ll do it on my own. No, yeah, we talked about it on the sideline. We’re going to try to give him parameters to hit every single time. And we felt like, at that point in the game, trying to make something happen. But you never know how it goes from here. Who knows? He might start taking them all out nine deep. Don’t know.”

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