Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's Press Conference
September 14, 2020 | Football
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville opened the 2020 season with a 35-21 victory over Western Kentucky and now looks to turn the page to it's ACC opener as No. 18 Miami visits Cardinal Stadium on Saturday night. The game will be televised on ABC at 7:30 p.m.
UofL head coach Scott Satterfield visited with the media for his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon to recap the win and preview Saturday's top-20 match-up with the Hurricanes.
1). Miami defeated Louisville 52-27 last season in Miami behind a 6-touchdown performance behind Jarren Williams set a school record with six touchdown passes, but know this matchup presents a bigger challenge.
"(D'eriq) King is a player that was hyped up at Houston, and deservedly so, he was an outstanding player there. Then, he comes to Miami and it was interesting to see how they utilized him the other night, but we know that he can run. He's got a good arm as well. He's a playmaker. I think that it is now 16 or 17 straight games where he's thrown for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown, that is pretty remarkable. He is hard to contain, then you couple that with their running backs. They do not have just one running back, they have several running backs that I think are very explosive runners. They have speed and they are able to break tackles, and then we know that they have some skill out there a wide receiver that can knock the top off the defense and catch the football."
2). On Miami's defense that limited UAB to 14 points
"Defensively, the two defensive ends that transferred in are very athletic, strong, have all the attributes you want to have in a defensive end to put pressure on the passer but they're also good in the run game too. The defensive tackle, number one (Nesta Jade Silvera) that we played against last year, I thought that he had a really good game against UAB, he is as a big strong guy that can plug the middle. They are playing with a couple of new linebackers out, but have some returning experience in the secondary. I think just overall when you look at their team, they are very athletic and can run well. I think overall as a team, they have the potential to be outstanding. We went down there last year and played them, we did not play very well at all and to say the least we were never really in that game, and we are looking forward to the opportunity to play them again."
"It's pretty cool. You think about when I got hired here where we were at program-wise and what everybody wrote about us and what everybody thought about us nationally. To come about a year and a half later we're ranked and College Gameday is going to be here. I mean, that's pretty incredible. We appreciate the fact that we are getting attention nationally. As far as getting ranked and also having College GameDay here, at the end of the day, for us it's nice, but it doesn't really mean anything. You still have to go out and play and you have to perform at a high level and you have to be extremely competitive and focused on the task at hand."
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4). Wide receiver Braden Smith was named the ACC Receiver of the Week after catching four passes for 110 yards
I think (we realized it) in the spring. We only had half a spring, but we saw early on that he's got a lot of ability. He's very quick. He's a strong athlete at receiver, and he's got really good hands. He understands football, he understands spatial awareness when he's running his route. He made some big time plays for us out there last Saturday, a couple of contested catches. And really big plays at some critical times like third long. So I'm really proud of him and the way he came out and make plays for us. Sometimes you come into the receiver room, particularly, because you got Fitzpatrick and Tutu Atwell, who have had great careers and all of a sudden you think "wow, maybe I don't belong." But man, he came out from day one in spring and really came out there and started turning heads right off the bat. He had a really good fall camp, and it really wasn't surprising for him to go out and make plays for us Saturday.
5). The Cardinals' offensive line allowed one sack in the win over Western Kentucky
"I thought we had a solid outing . I think No. 10 (DeAngelo Malone) is a really, really good football player on that defense. He's as fast as anybody we'll play, and we're going to play some great defensive ends this year in the ACC. We know we're going to have to be able to face that again this weekend. We got a couple of great ones. But I think he what he presents the problems was with so much speed, and he had some great links. But I thought our guys played a pretty good overall. Renato Brown over at right tackle, for his first start, played outstanding. He has got great feet. He's going to be a really good player for us. I think our veterans up front, as you looked at the middle three, they had a solid outing. Could have played better? Absolutely. And I think they will play better as we move forward. But they were a loading up the box with everybody in there. I think that's why we were able to get some of those throws down the field."
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