South Carolina practiced in the morning most days over preseason camp and it will continue to do so throughout the regular season. Head coach Will Muschamp said he originally did it when he was a defensive coordinator at Auburn. His players loved it there and his current players have really enjoyed it as well.

"Our players really enjoy it because they’re not in study hall until 10, 10:30 at night," Muschamp said. "They have classes in the afternoon. Now, academically, you’ve got to make sure that your school, obviously, can have classes in the afternoon. Nowadays, because there’s so many Internet classes, a lot of the young men aren’t even stepping in the building, they’re taking an online class. So it just makes more sense to get ’em up in the morning."

Practices, meetings and tape sessions take up the first part of the football team's day. The players then have the second half of the day to solely devote to academics, a more structured schedule rather than classes in the morning, then practice and then late-night study hall sessions. Muschamp also believes this schedule better prepares players for the next level.

"That’s when you practice in the NFL – when I was with the Miami Dolphins, we started meetings at 7 in the morning," Muschamp said. "And you practice and you watch the film and then you lifted and then the guys were done."

Muschamp said it was an adjustment at first, but his players have started to embrace the consistent morning schedules.

With the season opener on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, the game week schedule has not been what it will usually be starting this Sunday. Here is what a normal game week will look like.

Sunday – Practice 5 p.m.

Monday – No practice

Tuesday – Practice 9 a.m.

Wednesday – Practice 9 a.m.

Thursday – Practice 9 a.m.

Friday – Walk-thru

Saturday – Game day

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