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Different styles, same goals
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Delaware quarterback Pat Devlin throws a 38-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Crosby during the third quarter of the Blue Hens' 42-20 win against Lehigh in Newark, Del. in the second round of the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. - photo by WILLIAM BRETZGER/The News Journal
You can say the same thing almost every time the Georgia Southern Eagles take the field for an out-of-conference game — the opponent hasn’t seen anything quite like GSU’s triple-option attack. It's no different for Delaware (11-2), which the Eagles (10-4) will face Saturday at noon in Newark, Del. for a trip to the Football Championship Subdivision national championship game. The different mentalities — GSU’s run-first and shut-down-the-run-and-blitz approach versus Delaware’s spread passing attack and balanced, lights-out defense — provides intriguing matchups all over the field.