Well I was wrong…FSU wasn’t concerned enough with State to modify their offense at all. The bright points were few….but there were a few nice surprises. – Jamelle Eugene: 14 carries for 101 yards against the nation’s 10th best rushing defense (which is only good enough for third place in the conference). – The State […]
Chuck Amato
Gameday: NC State vs FSU
Gameday. NC State vs FSU. We will update this later in the day. Great slate of college football games today. We found some quotes from Amato that didn’t make it into various media articles this week. Q: Do you still love the school? A: “Yeah. I have nothing against the school. I’m not a vindictive […]
Amato Holds No Grudges
“I love those kids up at North Carolina State,” Amato said Monday at FSU’s weekly press conference. “If I had one wish, it would be to meet them somewhere Friday night so I could hug every one of their necks.” The Wolfpack, 3-9 in Amato’s final season, is 1-4 in Tom O’Brien’s first year as […]
OL: The death spiral, the long road to recovery, and three steps to get there
Two years ago, I penned an entry ranking the best to worst offensive lines of the (then six year) Chuck Amato tenure. In retrospect, it is unanimously accepted that this position was in a swift downward spiral over the final few seasons of the Amato era. While no one could imagine the situation could get […]
Closing the Book on CTC vs BTB
As we head into the 2007 NC State football season, the N&O posted a blog entry to “Close the book” on the fun that has been then the Chuck “The Chest” Amato vs John “The Belly” Bunting rivalry of the last seven years. If you want to do some reviewing of our comments in the […]
It is Nice to Have Practice Notes
The noticeable differences between CTC and TOB tenures continue to evolve right in front of us. The Amato era’s secrecy and privacy seems to have been replaced by a much more open and amicable environment for the media. For example, Amato’s closed practices have been replaced with the allowance of video and local media coverage […]
Amato’s Staff Follow-up
We have already tackled the topic of what happened to the former NC State football coaching staff in this great entry that you should read. (You know, the ones that were left after seven years of Chuck losing his absolute best coaches like Norm Chow, Marty Galbraith, Joe Pate, Buddy Green, Manny Diaz, Mike Canales, […]
Football Coaches: Where are they now?
If the balance of the recent posts on SFN are any indication, football seems to be evolving more into the mainstream consciousness right now. This makes the timing perfect for the N&O’s quick assessment of what happened to Chuck Amato and John Bunting’s former football staffs at State and Carolina, respectively. Great stuff here. I […]
FSU Football Coaches Get Big Pay Spikes
We talked about the pay of certain basketball coaches earlier this morning… …and we highlighted this Chuck Amato situation late last week (see 850TheBuzz’s comments today)… …so, we thought it would make some sense to blend the two and talk about the coin that Florida State football coaches are now pulling down. (OK, we admit […]
Small Fowler Comment From The Amato Article
We wanted to highlight a couple of quotes from different articles regarding Chuck Amato’s dismissal from NC State. Based on our understanding of private information as well as some comments made in the public domain, we contended that Chuck Amato never knew his job was in jeopardy until Lee Fowler actually fired him. Additionally, it […]
