Eagles couldn’t get in rhythm against dominant Bison team

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STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern resurrected its football program in 1982, but until this fall, the triple option was the only offensive option.

Enter first-year coach Brian VanGorder, a former pro-level defensive assistant who has installed a pro-style offense. And in Saturday’s 34-14 loss to North Dakota State, the Eagles looked like a team with an offensive identity crisis.

“The rhythm of our offense again – I thought it changed from first half to second half,” VanGorder said. “Our defense might have something to do with that; it kept our offense off the field for a long time on different drives in this game. We just lost tempo, lost rhythm.”

Yet GSU (2-3) didn’t lose the lead until the third quarter.

The Eagles scored 14 points in the second quarter, more in that frame than NDSU’s previous four opponents combined. But in the second half, GSU’s offensive unit allowed more points than it scored