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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- After two transfer newcomers help pull No. 4 South Carolina to an opening win, two returning veterans moved into the spotlight to lead the Gamecocks to a 92-38 win over Hampton on Sunday.Alaina Coates scored 28 points and had 16 rebounds and her fellow frontcourt player Aja Wilson added 20 as South Carolina (2-0) used a decided size advantage to breeze past the Pirates (0-4).In the opening win over Ohio State, all-Atlantic Coast Conference transfer Kaela Davis scored 37 points. The former Georgia Tech star had just three on Sunday. But with a solid roster, Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley expects a different star most nights.If everybody wants to be in the spotlight -- theres not enough room, Staley said.Allisha Gray, the transfer from North Carolina who Staley calls her silent assassin, had 16 points after debuting for South Carolina with 24 against the Buckeyes.Hampton (0-4) trailed just 21-15 at the end of the first quarter and pulled down one rebound more than the Gamecocks. I thought that was disgraceful, Staley said.So Staley challenged her players to dominate inside. They were helped because two of the Pirates tallest players Kaylah Lupoe and Monnazjea Finney-Smith each ended the first quarter with three fouls. Coates had 14 points in the quarter, while Wilson made all eight of her free throws as South Carolina pulled away with a 32-11 run, outscoring Hampton 18-2 in the paint in the quarter.Theres really nothing you can do. It is what it is with the fouls, Hampton coach David Six said.Coates 28 points were one off her career high, and Wilson made all 14 of her free throws, setting a school record for most makes without a miss.Malia Tate-Defreitas, the reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player of the year the past two seasons, led Hampton with 10 points.BIG PICTUREHampton: Six seemed to acknowledge his teams size disadvantage from the start, sending 5-foot-5 guard Georgianna Gilbeaux out for the opening tap, which she didnt even try to get against the 6-foot-5 Wilson. Hampton has played a Power 5 team in each of its first four games, losing by an average of 33 points. The Pirates are trying to win the MEAC for the first time since 2014, when they capped a five-year NCAA Tournament run.South Carolina: All 11 South Carolina players played at least 10 minutes, a nice luxury with three games in three days. The Gamecocks forced 24 turnovers and held Hampton to 24 percent shooting. South Carolinas reserves played almost the entire fourth quarter, holding the Pirates to just four points on 2-of-15 shooting.AILING AJAWilsons 14-of-14 day from the foul line masked another quiet night from the field. The first-team All-American was 3-for-8 from the field against Hampton after going just 1-of-3 struggling with foul trouble at Ohio State.Staley said Wilson is rusty because she spent most of her summer resting her shins, which bothered her at the end of last season, instead of playing basketball.Shes kind of paying for it right now. But she will work things out, Staley said.Others are welcome to shoot as much as they want, Wilson said. If were winning, Aja is happy, the junior said.POLL IMPLICATIONSSouth Carolina could move up from No. 4 on Monday after No. 2 Baylor lost to third-ranked Connecticut. But it is very possible poll voters wont punish the Bears. 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Donta Hightower Jersey . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN.HOUSTON -- The quizzes began early.Houston Texans head coach Bill OBrien and offensive coordinator George Godsey sent Brock Osweiler?to the front of the team meeting room to stand on stage with five linemen during the first week of the teams offseason program. The offensive players he would soon lead sat in oversized office chairs behind rows of ascending desks. Oversized game photos adorned the walls on either side.Godsey and OBrien called out a play, and the dress rehearsal began. Osweiler barked out cadences for the room to hear, just like he would in a game. When he got it wrong, good-natured cat calls followed. But he didnt get it wrong often.I remember the first time that we did it, which was at the beginning, Texans coach Bill OBrien said. He had it.Most of the time, Osweilers response showed a mastery of the four pages of cadences he had been asked to learn before he set foot in the building for offseason meetings. Most of the time, Osweiler showed his commitment to the great expectations facing him.It has to work. The Texans are counting on him. The fates of general manager Rick Smith and OBrien are tied to Osweiler -- to whom they paid $37 million guaranteed and $72 million over four seasons -- whether their owner admits it or not. And Osweiler is counting on himself. He brims with confidence that hell bring the Texans exactly what they need to give their superlative defense a worthy complement.Its exciting. Its a new challenge, Osweiler said. Its something to wake up for and chase after, just to learn this new offense. ... Thats the playbook, thats getting to know your teammates. Understanding the ins and the outs and the operation and style of this building and how our strength staff operates.Its like the first day of school and going to a new school. Whos going to be my new best friend? Whats our teacher like? I cant wait to see the playground, maybe our weight room and cafeteria.To make this work, Osweiler has to know everything about the Texans offense. He has to master the contents of a 4-inch-thick binder that is the work of generations of brilliant coaching minds. That process began as soon as he walked out of the building for the first time March 10, armed with a tablet filled with film and terminology. It continued on a field at Arizona State, where his new teammates joined him. It crystallized over weeks of study in the facility during the Texans offseason program and in his office at his new Houston-area home.Indoor and outdoor learningThat first day marked a rare time that Osweiler followed instead of led.This is where we sit, a fellow quarterback told him. Osweiler followed his backups,?Tom Savage and Brandon Weeden, into their unassigned seating arrangement in the team meeting room. It ensured that the receivers, including Pro Bowler DeAndre Hopkins, sat right behind him.By then, Osweiler had memorized the basic information section of the Texans playbook, which includes four pages of cadences, and also huddle instructions, explanations of how the play is called, personnel groupings, the names of motions and shifts, and defensive terminology. The most extensive part of the playbooks opening section explains all the Texans formations. Its 18 pages.If you asked a player, thats probably one of the hardest things to learn, OBrien said. We probably have more formations than most any offense.They dont expect to spend more than a week on that.Since he signed March 10, Osweiler set daily goals for himself. One day, he challenged himself to learn all the Texans cadences. Another day, he tried to learn all the empty formations. He would say a formations name out loud, then draw it until he got it right.The receivers showed up in late March on Osweilers invitation to Arizona State, as did Savage. They ran routes, and he threw to them. Sometimes, they taught Osweiler a route signal, then surprised him later with a quiz.Whats the signal for a quick out?Whats the signal for an in-cut from the slot?He was like a student from the jump, receiver Cecil Shorts said. Very professional. I can see what he learned from 18 [Peyton Manning].Those extra sessions continued in Houston. Even when throwing at the Texans facility wasnt allowed, the group would get together somewhere off-site. Once the offseason program began April 20, finally Godsey and OBrien could help.One thing that weve learned as coaches: Were teachers, OBrien said. Hes the quarterback. If Im just talking to him, eventually theyll just see my mouth moving. Blah blah blah. We want them to get up there and actually do it.The coaches had Osweiler draw formations on a board in the Texans quarterback room, an often dimly lit space with walls covered completely in whiteboard. They showed a cut-up of film from one of the past seven years and asked Osweiler to identify the protection and middle linebacker.In the team meeting room, they practiced the cadences on stage. TThey asked Osweiler to explain what he expected from his teammates and from a defense on certain plays.ddddddddddddWhereas last years starting quarterback,?Brian Hoyer, might have given a less robust answer, Osweiler sometimes stood up, his 6-foot-7 frame overpowering the room, and verbally diagrammed an entire play. Sometimes in team meetings, he closed his eyes to imagine the play unfolding.If he sees something that he knows he can help us out with, then hell speak out, Hopkins said. Hes not the QB thats going to hold his opinion.Sometimes he turned around to Hopkins, who sat behind him, just above his left shoulder.Therell be times where hell probably say, Hey, Brock, I need you to do this for me, or Ill say, Hey, Hop, I need you to do this for me, Osweiler said. But for the most part its, Hey, Hop, whatd you see there? or Hey, Brock, whatd you see there? ... We work together, and its a partnership.Its also a partnership between Osweiler and the coaching staff. They want to call the plays the quarterback is most comfortable with, so theyll sometimes alter details to suit him.I see him as a colleague, and so we talk about things to, one, help him understand where this word or what the genesis of the term or situation were in, Godsey said. But theres also a little bit of information Im receiving from him that may enhance our own particular way of calling things. That I enjoy.When the on-field work began in organized team activities, Osweiler tested himself. He could see the offense he studied so long unfold. He could make the mistakes he hoped to not repeat in games, then talk with his teammates in the field about them.He had good days and bad days. During one practice, he threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, and he chased the defensive back all the way to the other end zone. What was important then -- and will still be important in training camp -- is that hes learning.OTA days ended around 3 p.m., and Osweiler often stayed later to watch that days practice film. Each night, he went home to study for the next days practice. When he felt comfortable with what he learned, usually between 8 and 9 p.m., he called for his wife, Erin.My wife will act as the offensive coordinator at times during the evening, Osweiler said. Ill have her read the full play to me. Ill sit there and try to picture it, spit it back out to her, make sure Im verbalizing it the right way so that when I step into the huddle the next day in practice, things are coming out clear.Veteran wantedFor a rookie quarterback to come in and be able to run this offense would be extremely difficult, OBrien says. First of all, theyre getting adjusted to pro football. The time, totally different. From 7:30 in the morning to 5:30 at night, its all football. They have to get adjusted to that, get adjusted to a new city.Then they have to learn this. Some colleges dont even have a playbook.Sitting in the quarterbacks room, wearing Texans warm-ups, OBrien lifts a copy of the Texans playbook and flips through the pages to emphasize their number. This is the physical version of the digital playbook Osweiler and his teammates have.Colorful tabs separate the pages in the binder that holds a playbook whose roots go all the way back to Ron Erhardt, the offensive coordinator who helped Bill Parcells win two Super Bowls. It passed down to Bill Belichick, Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and OBrien, among others. Now Godsey is adding to it. One personnel grouping is named Detroit because Belichick concocted it while coaching in Detroit. There are others created for former Patriots players. In their first season with the Texans, OBrien and his staff added a personnel grouping that could get running back Arian Foster on the field as a receiver.It makes for a complex system designed to maximize a teams roster. It also gives the quarterback near complete control at the line of scrimmage. That means he has to know the offense so well that, ideally -- and its a lofty ideal -- he never runs a bad play.Gary Kubiak, the Broncos head coach since 2015, runs a more streamlined offense, with less complication at the line of scrimmage. The quarterbacks in his system typically have less responsibility before the snap.But the Texans playbook is not completely foreign to Osweiler. The Broncos drafted him in 2012, a season after McDaniels was fired as their head coach, and some similarities remained with coordinator Mike McCoy and then-quarterbacks coach Adam Gase, both of whom worked under McDaniels.It might have been too much for a rookie. Thats part of the reason the Texans were delighted when that rare thing happened: A veteran quarterback they liked hit the market.So far, Osweiler has rewarded their faith, but the quizzes arent over yet. ' ' '