South Carolina updates injuries ahead of Arkansas

South Carolina has three offensive linemen who are “day-to-day” headed into Saturday’s home game against Arkansas, head coach Will Muschamp said.

Zack Bailey (ankle), Cory Helms (ankle) and Malik Young (ankle) will be evaluated later in the week to see if they can play. Bailey has missed the last two games. Helms missed last week’s game, and Young was injured against Texas A&M.

Wide receiver Terry Googer, who was taken off the field on a stretcher, also is “day-to-day.”

Arkansas opened as a slight favorite for the 4 p.m. game.

Strong words. Muschamp made it clear he wasn’t happy with his team’s offensive line play against Texas A&M.

“We didn’t play well at all on the offensive line,” Muschamp said. “We got whipped up front a lot, in a lot of situations. In one-on-one situations, we just got beat. We did have some missed assignments so we have to go back and narrow down again and say, ‘Where can we get a hat on a hat?’ I can live with getting beat physically but getting beat mentally to me is an issue.”

Twice, Muschamp referred to his team’s running game as “non-existent.” The Gamecocks are averaging 84.6 yards per game on the ground, which ranks 12^th in the SEC. On top of that, South Carolina surrendered seven sacks against the Aggies.

This story was originally published October 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM with the headline "South Carolina updates injuries ahead of Arkansas."