Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's Press Conference
November 18, 2019 | Football
The Cardinals host Syracuse on Saturday at 4 p.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville will play its final Atlantic Coast Conference home game Saturday when Syracuse visits Cardinal Stadium at 4 p.m. at Cardinal Stadium. The Cardinals will say good-bye to 27 seniors.
UofL head coach Scott Satterfield has the Cardinals at 6-4 in his first season and bowl eligible after a 34-20 win over NC State last Saturday
Louisville and Syracuse are meeting for the 18th time on Saturday, with the Cardinals owning a 10-7 series advantage. The Cardinals have won five of the last seven meetings in Louisville.
Satterfield met with the media on Monday, and below are some of the takeaways from his weekly press conference.
Running back Javian Hawkins became the first running back to reach the 1,000-yard plateau for the first time since 2010.
"With who our running backs were coming into the season, we felt they had the opportunity to reach 1,000 yards. I just saw App. State's running back has had eight straight years with a 1,000 yard rusher. That's just what we want do offensively. We've been able to here. Hawkins is the kind of player that you love as a running back. He's explosive, he's powerful, he's a little bit undersized but he makes up for that with his grit and his fight. I think our offensive line has played well this year with blocking for the run. We've made enough big plays on the perimeter outside of here to open up some of those rushing lanes throughout the season."
The Cardinals will face a tough opponent in Syracuse, which is led by Tommy DeVito, who has thrown 169 passes without an interception.
"He's a he's a good player, he's got a live arm and what they do scheme wise, they kind of protected him not thrown into many, many cover situations with the RPOs you know, usually it's a one on one look where he's got a clean look passing lane to throw the football that utilize the screen game. Just the quick screens with the wide receivers and a lot of quick game. So, he's done a good job taking care of the ball and with that regard and, you know, obviously we want to try to do something to disrupt that. And, you know, hopefully we can rush the passer. We haven't been great at that. They are have they have given up some sacks this year and so hopefully we got to create some pressure there and maybe make them throw the ball earlier."
After a 2-10 season last year, head coach Scott Satterfield has led the program back to the postseason after a 34-20 win at NC State last weekend.
"I think the first half of Notre Dame, I felt and these guys are competing, they were playing hard. They were fighting, we were right there in this game. At that point, I was like, you know, we got a chance and I, you know, you never know what the season was going to lay out, how many games you're going to win and all that, but I thought we would be able to be competitive from that point, right, the begin of the season. I didn't know a lot about the ACC, but never coach weekend and week out and see the competition that you have and what you're going to have to overcome. I think our guys have played well enough where we're sitting here and, you know, six wins is pretty, pretty remarkable. As we looked at it from the beginning of the season, and proud of these guys were, they continue to fight every single day. And again we got to finish this up. So, finish it out strong."
The Cardinals have improved drastically from last season when they averaged less than 400 yards of total offense. After 10 games, the Cardinals are ranked in the top 45 in offense.
"We want to be able to run the football and when teams load up, we won't be able to throw it down the field. I think we have the big play receivers to be able to do that. Tutu (Atwell) is having an all-conference type year. He is very consistent big play guy for us. We thought that goal going into this year, (Dez) Fitzpatrick's had a really nice year as well. He's a big play receiver for us. Seth Dawkins and you couple that with Hassan Hall and (Javian) Hawkins at the running back position. Big play guys and then we saw, you know, (Marshon)Ford, I love Ford. Marshon, he had a big game this past weekend with some of the big plays that he made and we want to be able to do both throw it and run the football."
UofL head coach Scott Satterfield has the Cardinals at 6-4 in his first season and bowl eligible after a 34-20 win over NC State last Saturday
Louisville and Syracuse are meeting for the 18th time on Saturday, with the Cardinals owning a 10-7 series advantage. The Cardinals have won five of the last seven meetings in Louisville.
Satterfield met with the media on Monday, and below are some of the takeaways from his weekly press conference.
Running back Javian Hawkins became the first running back to reach the 1,000-yard plateau for the first time since 2010.
"With who our running backs were coming into the season, we felt they had the opportunity to reach 1,000 yards. I just saw App. State's running back has had eight straight years with a 1,000 yard rusher. That's just what we want do offensively. We've been able to here. Hawkins is the kind of player that you love as a running back. He's explosive, he's powerful, he's a little bit undersized but he makes up for that with his grit and his fight. I think our offensive line has played well this year with blocking for the run. We've made enough big plays on the perimeter outside of here to open up some of those rushing lanes throughout the season."
The Cardinals will face a tough opponent in Syracuse, which is led by Tommy DeVito, who has thrown 169 passes without an interception.
"He's a he's a good player, he's got a live arm and what they do scheme wise, they kind of protected him not thrown into many, many cover situations with the RPOs you know, usually it's a one on one look where he's got a clean look passing lane to throw the football that utilize the screen game. Just the quick screens with the wide receivers and a lot of quick game. So, he's done a good job taking care of the ball and with that regard and, you know, obviously we want to try to do something to disrupt that. And, you know, hopefully we can rush the passer. We haven't been great at that. They are have they have given up some sacks this year and so hopefully we got to create some pressure there and maybe make them throw the ball earlier."
After a 2-10 season last year, head coach Scott Satterfield has led the program back to the postseason after a 34-20 win at NC State last weekend.
"I think the first half of Notre Dame, I felt and these guys are competing, they were playing hard. They were fighting, we were right there in this game. At that point, I was like, you know, we got a chance and I, you know, you never know what the season was going to lay out, how many games you're going to win and all that, but I thought we would be able to be competitive from that point, right, the begin of the season. I didn't know a lot about the ACC, but never coach weekend and week out and see the competition that you have and what you're going to have to overcome. I think our guys have played well enough where we're sitting here and, you know, six wins is pretty, pretty remarkable. As we looked at it from the beginning of the season, and proud of these guys were, they continue to fight every single day. And again we got to finish this up. So, finish it out strong."
The Cardinals have improved drastically from last season when they averaged less than 400 yards of total offense. After 10 games, the Cardinals are ranked in the top 45 in offense.
"We want to be able to run the football and when teams load up, we won't be able to throw it down the field. I think we have the big play receivers to be able to do that. Tutu (Atwell) is having an all-conference type year. He is very consistent big play guy for us. We thought that goal going into this year, (Dez) Fitzpatrick's had a really nice year as well. He's a big play receiver for us. Seth Dawkins and you couple that with Hassan Hall and (Javian) Hawkins at the running back position. Big play guys and then we saw, you know, (Marshon)Ford, I love Ford. Marshon, he had a big game this past weekend with some of the big plays that he made and we want to be able to do both throw it and run the football."
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