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...
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Consider the source. Losing is frustrating if you've never put a jock strap on in your life. But for people that compete and know how to win and know what this game is all about, it's not hard. It can be if you don't have character, if you don't have a winning attitude. But if you're a winner, let's live to fight another battle.
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We had four shots to win it and he's the guy who got us down there. He's just so much better this year than last year because he's got those 11 games under his belt and now he's got four more under his belt.
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We fought hard and that was Jay's best game yet. He really commanded our team. Our running game looks good, but we need to dominate more up front on defense.
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What they did five of the last six games has to rank as one of the best things this football program has ever done. You know, historically, we might look back and this could be one of the greatest wins. Because it could be a stepping stone for something big.
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You're always concerned about that. As I've told our players, half of our young men haven't played in a bowl game either, and of the half who haven't, there are an awful lot of them who are playing and starting. It is a big, big day in the history of South Florida to play in their first bowl. Hopefully, we can make it a day that they won't want to remember.
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I think it adds excitement to all of us. All of us are dreamers. None of us have lost a game yet.
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We talked about we'll play the game and chat after that. I know nothing.
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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.
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That might be Jay's best game he's ever played here.
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I don't know if we were in as good game condition as we have been in the past.
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I'm really not worried about it. We're going to start the game and see how it's going.
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We're very fortunate because we're starting fall break tonight. Could you think about missing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday classes two weeks in a row? But, you know they do it in basketball and do it in other sports.
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I've talked to our trainers and managers. If we can't get (the running backs) in the game, we'll let them run the water out during timeouts. That way I can tell their parents they got on the field.
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I've never seen so many long runs on kickoffs. Darrell Blackman is an awfully good athlete.