Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's Press Conference
October 07, 2019 | Football
The Cardinals face No. 19 Wake Forest on Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Coming off a 41-39 win over Boston College – the first league win since 2017 – the Cardinals hit the road to face No. 19 Wake Forest on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on the ACC Network.
Head coach Scott Satterfield, who is 3-2 in his first season, addressed the media on Monday to discuss the key league match-up with the Demon Deacons.
Wake Forest, behind the play of quarterback Jamie Newman, brings an explosive offensive attack that averages over 515 yards per game.
Here are a few takeaways from Satterfield's weekly press conference.
Wake Forest is currently riding a streak of seven-straight games in which it has compiled 400 or more yards of total offense. The seven game streak is a school record.
"I'm not sure anyone else in the country is doing it," Satterfield said. "The way they run there zone read. It's extremely slow, the quarterback is walking up the ball with the running back and putting the ball in the pocket of the running back. The quarterback can pull it and make those throws. He can hand it off or the quarterback can run behind him. It makes it challenging, you have to cover the receivers.
Every play is an RPO. They have the ability to throw it out there to any one of those guys. They're so big they can post up a corner or safety and be able to make those catches. You have to contain those wide outs and when you do that, your box is limited. Therefore, these quarterbacks and running backs are able to find these lanes and create yards. It is a tough offense to defend because if the quarterback is a good decision maker, and Jamie Newman is."
Wake Forest's quarterback Jamie Newman is off to a fantastic start to his career, winning eight of his first nine starts. He's the ACC leader in total offense yards per game with 356.6 and ranks fourth in the nation in total offense yards per game. As a thrower, Newman is the ACC leader in passing yards per game with 304.2 and ranks No. 12 in the nation.
"What I like about quarterbacks, one of the biggest attributes is decision making," said Satterfield. "It has to happen within a second. That's why they are good on offense because he makes it all go. If you're an RPO team, you have to read the defense pre snap. Then you have to read it post snap. I think that's why his completion percentage is so high because if the defense allows you to hit one of those little slants or hitch. He can see that and can make the throw. It leads to completions. But you have to have that mental capacity to be able to do that and he can. But he is also physically talented. He's got a big arm and is a big guy. He can run. He's a total package and I think he is playing that way right now."
On the other side, Micale Cunningham has been at his career best over the last two weeks, throwing for 574 yards and three touchdowns. The sophomore is completing 65.0 of his passes and ranks fifth in the country in passing efficiency. He threw for a career high 288 yards last weekend in the win over Boston College.
"Micale has gotten a lot better," Satterfield said. "I think he's starting to fully kind of understand our offense now a lot better. It's a pretty simple offense to be in as a quarterback. It enables them not to think as much because when you can get that run game established, then it's going to allow these guys to get open out here and we got some playmakers outside.
"He did a great job of really correcting some of those mistakes and again, come out and playing his best game. The receivers had a lot to do with it o line had a lot to do with it, you know, so, we don't put it all on him. But I think he had some good teammates to play well Also, we're trying to simplify it for him and allow him to play fast in and not have to think as much so I'm proud of the way he played."
Expectations were low heading into the 2019 season, but the Cardinals have exceeded their win total from 2018, and the coaching staff continues to change the culture every day. The Cardinals were able to hold on to a 41-39 win over Boston College for their first league win since 2017.
"We're just trying to be consistent," Satterfield said. "From day one, when we came in here, this is who we are, this is how we're going to run our program. We're going to hold you accountable. We're going to ask you to do some things that maybe you weren't asked to do before. We're going to ask you to give great effort and when you come into the building to have a great attitude. That's what we've been trying to do.
"These guys are now they're seeing the fruit of that labor and that hard work. We have to continue to do that. We're nowhere near where we need to be. We really have to clean up a lot of things, and that's what we're continuing to strive on and really trying to stay in the moment."
Head coach Scott Satterfield, who is 3-2 in his first season, addressed the media on Monday to discuss the key league match-up with the Demon Deacons.
Wake Forest, behind the play of quarterback Jamie Newman, brings an explosive offensive attack that averages over 515 yards per game.
Here are a few takeaways from Satterfield's weekly press conference.
Wake Forest is currently riding a streak of seven-straight games in which it has compiled 400 or more yards of total offense. The seven game streak is a school record.
"I'm not sure anyone else in the country is doing it," Satterfield said. "The way they run there zone read. It's extremely slow, the quarterback is walking up the ball with the running back and putting the ball in the pocket of the running back. The quarterback can pull it and make those throws. He can hand it off or the quarterback can run behind him. It makes it challenging, you have to cover the receivers.
Every play is an RPO. They have the ability to throw it out there to any one of those guys. They're so big they can post up a corner or safety and be able to make those catches. You have to contain those wide outs and when you do that, your box is limited. Therefore, these quarterbacks and running backs are able to find these lanes and create yards. It is a tough offense to defend because if the quarterback is a good decision maker, and Jamie Newman is."
Wake Forest's quarterback Jamie Newman is off to a fantastic start to his career, winning eight of his first nine starts. He's the ACC leader in total offense yards per game with 356.6 and ranks fourth in the nation in total offense yards per game. As a thrower, Newman is the ACC leader in passing yards per game with 304.2 and ranks No. 12 in the nation.
"What I like about quarterbacks, one of the biggest attributes is decision making," said Satterfield. "It has to happen within a second. That's why they are good on offense because he makes it all go. If you're an RPO team, you have to read the defense pre snap. Then you have to read it post snap. I think that's why his completion percentage is so high because if the defense allows you to hit one of those little slants or hitch. He can see that and can make the throw. It leads to completions. But you have to have that mental capacity to be able to do that and he can. But he is also physically talented. He's got a big arm and is a big guy. He can run. He's a total package and I think he is playing that way right now."
On the other side, Micale Cunningham has been at his career best over the last two weeks, throwing for 574 yards and three touchdowns. The sophomore is completing 65.0 of his passes and ranks fifth in the country in passing efficiency. He threw for a career high 288 yards last weekend in the win over Boston College.
"Micale has gotten a lot better," Satterfield said. "I think he's starting to fully kind of understand our offense now a lot better. It's a pretty simple offense to be in as a quarterback. It enables them not to think as much because when you can get that run game established, then it's going to allow these guys to get open out here and we got some playmakers outside.
"He did a great job of really correcting some of those mistakes and again, come out and playing his best game. The receivers had a lot to do with it o line had a lot to do with it, you know, so, we don't put it all on him. But I think he had some good teammates to play well Also, we're trying to simplify it for him and allow him to play fast in and not have to think as much so I'm proud of the way he played."
Expectations were low heading into the 2019 season, but the Cardinals have exceeded their win total from 2018, and the coaching staff continues to change the culture every day. The Cardinals were able to hold on to a 41-39 win over Boston College for their first league win since 2017.
"We're just trying to be consistent," Satterfield said. "From day one, when we came in here, this is who we are, this is how we're going to run our program. We're going to hold you accountable. We're going to ask you to do some things that maybe you weren't asked to do before. We're going to ask you to give great effort and when you come into the building to have a great attitude. That's what we've been trying to do.
"These guys are now they're seeing the fruit of that labor and that hard work. We have to continue to do that. We're nowhere near where we need to be. We really have to clean up a lot of things, and that's what we're continuing to strive on and really trying to stay in the moment."
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