Before the 2005 Football Season, Caulton Tudor crystalized NC State’s precarious situation at the quarterback position. You can see the quote here.
In an article on Sunday following State’s victory over Maryland, Tudor followed up on his comments:
…it’s difficult to hide an average quarterback, and it’s next to impossible to win championships without one.
The Pack didn’t win a championship in 2005, nor did it come close. But no one seemed to care about that Saturday. The 6-5 regular-season finish obviously pleased Amato and his players.
In one light, such positive reaction was justified. This team was 2-4 not so long ago. At that point, bowl eligibility looked out of the question.
That was when Amato and offensive coordinator Marc Trestman made the switch from Jay Davis to Stone as the starting quarterback. Stone responded with just enough to help the team bleed out a 4-1 stretch run.
“The offense gave us what we needed. They gave us enough,” Hudson said.
But barely enough. More, maybe much more, will be needed from the offense when the Pack next plays a game in Carter-Finley.