HAMPTON, Virginia -- Poor special teams play cost Norfolk State its first conference game. An awful offense cost them the second. A referee's decision took away the third. Small issues cost the Spartans in three close losses.On Saturday, they were afflicted with all those problems, all in the first half of a painful 28-14 loss at previously winless Hampton that NSU never seemed close to winning.
"Sometimes when it rains it pours," Spartans quarterback Jake Basmagian said. "We're saying that a little too often around here."
The trickle of concerns that ate away at the foundation of NSU's season has turned torrential.
Defending MEAC champion Norfolk State (2-5, 0-4) struggled against Hampton (1-4, 1-2) in the same areas that have hampered it all season, turning the ball over five times and compiling just 72 yards of offense in the first half. The Spartans also struggled with more basic tasks.
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