Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's Press Conference
October 05, 2020 | Football
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After a week off following a 23-20 loss at Pittsburgh, the University of Louisville football team returns to the field on Friday night to make their first appearance at Georgia Tech. The game will kickoff at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
UofL head coach Scott Satterfield previewed the key Atlantic Coast Conference match-up at his weekly Monday press conference. Here are some of the takeaways from his press briefing.
The Cardinals were a little banged up following the loss to Miami on Sept. 19 and in the defeat at Pittsburgh. Satterfield thinks the bye week came at an opportune time for the Cardinals.
"I think it was a good time for us to have a bye week after playing those first three games, so it was nice to have not be able to play in in that regard. We were able to get some guys healed up last week and I think that we are in pretty good shape heading into Tuesday practice. We should have all of our guys available for this week."
Quarterback Malik Cunningham was taken off the field on the last offensive play for the Cardinals in the loss to Pitt. The quarterback went 9-of-21 for 107 yards and a touchdown in the 23-20 defeat.
"He has made a lot of progress and got a lot better. He was able to practice last week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. He was a limited in practice last week, and then he was full participation on Saturday, yesterday we had a day off to get our guys some rest. He will be a full participant today, so he is feeling good. He will ready to go so there should not be any limitations for him as we head into this game."
The Cardinals, who were picked to finish in the upper half of the ACC, is off to a 1-2 start in Scott Satterfield's second season.
"We need to take it one game at a time. We obviously are trying to learn from anything we can in the past, whether it be had we hit one of those balls at the end of the game for a touchdown and we won that game, but for us this week wouldn't be any different. We still had a lot of work we had to get done during the off week last week, and then we're coming this week, it's a new week. Whether you win or lose in the past, this week's a new week. How hard can we play? How much fundamentally better can we get this week? That's how we approach it every year. It's really game-to-game. Each game in itself is its own season. What can you do this week to go out and play good enough to get a win."
The Cardinals face a Georgia Tech team that is also 1-2 following a loss two weeks ago to Syracuse.
"They started a new freshman at quarterback and he is a very talented player.  He's got great size, he can run. I think he may be leading them in rushing. He has turned the ball over so that's one thing that obviously we have in common.  Both teams have turned the football over which is not good, but they also have a freshman running back who I think is a really good running back. He's a good player and is very fast.  He's also they're starting kick returner."Â
They have some play makers offensively and defensively.  I coached with Coach Collins at FIU in 2010, when I was the OC and he was the DC and I know he likes to bring pressure, he's a very aggressive coach when it comes to the defensive side of the ball.  He wants his kids to play fast and cause havoc on that side of the ball.  I think in the last couple years they've been able to manufacture some wins a lot of it in special teams they've done some good things and special team wise the last year and a half to.  They also have a good punter. I think he's leading the ACC in punting, about 48 yards a punt, and also in the net punting so they can flip the field in that regard. He's building that program up. They've done a good job in recruiting and he's playing some of those young players. I think it comes back to us. We're really more worried about us and focused on what we have to do in order to go out and play well in order to get to win."
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UofL head coach Scott Satterfield previewed the key Atlantic Coast Conference match-up at his weekly Monday press conference. Here are some of the takeaways from his press briefing.
The Cardinals were a little banged up following the loss to Miami on Sept. 19 and in the defeat at Pittsburgh. Satterfield thinks the bye week came at an opportune time for the Cardinals.
"I think it was a good time for us to have a bye week after playing those first three games, so it was nice to have not be able to play in in that regard. We were able to get some guys healed up last week and I think that we are in pretty good shape heading into Tuesday practice. We should have all of our guys available for this week."
Quarterback Malik Cunningham was taken off the field on the last offensive play for the Cardinals in the loss to Pitt. The quarterback went 9-of-21 for 107 yards and a touchdown in the 23-20 defeat.
"He has made a lot of progress and got a lot better. He was able to practice last week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. He was a limited in practice last week, and then he was full participation on Saturday, yesterday we had a day off to get our guys some rest. He will be a full participant today, so he is feeling good. He will ready to go so there should not be any limitations for him as we head into this game."
The Cardinals, who were picked to finish in the upper half of the ACC, is off to a 1-2 start in Scott Satterfield's second season.
"We need to take it one game at a time. We obviously are trying to learn from anything we can in the past, whether it be had we hit one of those balls at the end of the game for a touchdown and we won that game, but for us this week wouldn't be any different. We still had a lot of work we had to get done during the off week last week, and then we're coming this week, it's a new week. Whether you win or lose in the past, this week's a new week. How hard can we play? How much fundamentally better can we get this week? That's how we approach it every year. It's really game-to-game. Each game in itself is its own season. What can you do this week to go out and play good enough to get a win."
The Cardinals face a Georgia Tech team that is also 1-2 following a loss two weeks ago to Syracuse.
"They started a new freshman at quarterback and he is a very talented player.  He's got great size, he can run. I think he may be leading them in rushing. He has turned the ball over so that's one thing that obviously we have in common.  Both teams have turned the football over which is not good, but they also have a freshman running back who I think is a really good running back. He's a good player and is very fast.  He's also they're starting kick returner."Â
They have some play makers offensively and defensively.  I coached with Coach Collins at FIU in 2010, when I was the OC and he was the DC and I know he likes to bring pressure, he's a very aggressive coach when it comes to the defensive side of the ball.  He wants his kids to play fast and cause havoc on that side of the ball.  I think in the last couple years they've been able to manufacture some wins a lot of it in special teams they've done some good things and special team wise the last year and a half to.  They also have a good punter. I think he's leading the ACC in punting, about 48 yards a punt, and also in the net punting so they can flip the field in that regard. He's building that program up. They've done a good job in recruiting and he's playing some of those young players. I think it comes back to us. We're really more worried about us and focused on what we have to do in order to go out and play well in order to get to win."
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