Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato
Charles "Chuck the Chest" Amatois an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State University from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. On January 17, 2007, Amato returned to Florida State, where he had coached as assistant for nearly two decades before moving to NC State, as executive associate head coach and linebackers coach, a position he held for...
enjoy laugh month saw
I saw it about a month ago, I laughed. You know me, you know I like to have fun, I like to enjoy life. If you're going to laugh at other people, you have to be able to laugh at yourself.
field missed opportunity turn
That one play did something to turn it all around. We missed the opportunity to make a play, and they just went down the field and steamrolled.
penalty possessed took
I was just possessed to do it, I couldn't wait. We actually took that 5-yard penalty intentionally.
athletics good runs seen
I've never seen so many long runs on kickoffs. Darrell Blackman is an awfully good athlete.
adds excitement game lost none
I think it adds excitement to all of us. All of us are dreamers. None of us have lost a game yet.
friend nice
It's nice to be important, but you know what, it's more important to be nice. ... If you live with that, you'll have friends all over the world and you'll be a friend of everybody.
dropped freshmen guy mistake second true
It's going to be hard. Because all I know is that one time, two true freshmen are in there and one guy made a mistake on the first play, and then on the second play the other guy dropped a pass. They're true freshman. They've just got to get in there and play.
deserve felt good injuries themselves
I felt comfortable that they could go out there and do really good things themselves because they're all playmakers, and I think they deserve that. It had nothing to do with injuries at that point. I just wanted to get them in there.
months since taking
With Dunlap, we're taking it real slow. It's only been eight-and-a-half months since Dunlap had his operation, so we want him healthy.
answer dropping questions running
We are dropping too many passes. If that continues, then that'll answer your questions about what we are going to do with all those running backs. We'll put the wishbone in.
practicing whether
We've been getting them up early. We've been practicing early. It don't know if that has any consequence. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know.
hard time waking
We have a hard time waking up everybody.
chat game talked
We talked about we'll play the game and chat after that. I know nothing.
crazy everybody fans game georgia home imagine last played week win won
We've got to win, period. Home or away. But we do have to win a game here for everybody involved. Could you imagine this place if that game (last week at Georgia Tech) was played here, won here, how crazy the fans and everything would have been on that last play.