Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's Press Conference
September 21, 2020 | Football
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 24 Louisville Cardinals hit the road for the first time during the 2020 season when they visit No. 21 Pittsburgh on Saturday for a noon game on the ACC Network. Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Kelsey Riggs will call the action.
The Cardinals are making their first appearance in the Steel City since losing a 45-34 decision to the Panthers in 2014. Pittsburgh is 2-0 after opening league play with a 21-10 win over Syracuse at Heinz Field.
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The Cardinals dropped their ACC opener to No. 17 Miami 47-34 at Cardinal Stadium despite quarterback Malik Cunningham going 26-of-36 for 307 yards and three touchdown in the defeat. It was the junior's eighth-straight game with a passing touchdown and ninth multi-touchdown passing game of his career.
Running back Javian Hawkins recorded his ninth career 100-yard rushing game — the third against a ranked opponent — with 164 yards on 27 carries in the loss. It was his seventh time going over the century mark at home in his career.
Wide receiver Tutu Atwell registered his ninth 100-yard receiving game of his career and his fourth multi-touchdown performance. The native of Miami finished with a game high eight receptions for 114 yards and two scores.
Here are some takeways from head coach Scott Satterfield's weekly press conference:
Running back Javian Hawkins rushed for a season high 164 yards on 27 carries in the loss to Miami. He ranks fourth nationally in rushing with 235 yards.
"I told our team when you go to a game and there's one guy we're going to take, it's going to be Hawkins because he plays his butt off each and every rep. He's not the biggest running back in the world. 185 pounds. But he had 27 carries, incredible. He's also the guy that got the onside kick at the end. He is exactly what you want as a competitor to have on the football field. He wanted the ball. He wanted to ball more, and he got he got to hit hard throughout the night as you can imagine. We love the way plays. He's an inspiring player. The guys want to play around him. They want to block for him."
"They feed off of his enthusiasm the way he can run. I mean, the run that he made where he started off to the right, spun around and outflanked the defense and scored a touchdown against Miami. I mean, you see that in high school sometimes and then when guys get to college people say you can't do that in college. These guys are too good. The kid can run, and he outflanked the whole defense for a touchdown. That's big-time impressive. He's a big-time player. He's just continued to get better and better. It's hard to beat what he did last year as a running back, one of the best in the country, and he's doing it again this year. We'll continue to lean on him and continue to give him the football because he makes plays."
The Pittsburgh offense has relied on the play of quarterback Kelly Pickett, who has thrown for 492 yards and three touchdowns through the first two games of 2020.
"Over 50 percent of their offensive plays, be either attack a certain side or some sort of form of unbalanced where they are trying to outflank the defense with their unbalanced sets. I think (Kenny) Pickett is a very underrated player, he threw for over 3,000 yards last year. He is very solid in doing exactly what they wanted to do within their offense. If they do not make mistakes on offense, then they feel like they are going to be in every game with how their defense plays."
"They can also run the football. They try to outflank you with their formations. They run the football well, the next thing you know, here comes a play action where try to get your secondary off kilter out there so they free up one of their guys down the field and Pickett is going to hit him. They do a really good job and they have a good scheme. I think what they do is their offense fits well what their defense does and how solid the defense is and that is a big reason why they have been successful there at Pittsburgh."
The Cardinals face the third ranked defense this weekend at Pitt. The Panthers are are allowing only 154.0 yards per game, including 26.0 on the ground.
"I think that number one, the defense keeps it pretty simple in what they do. They not do a lot of exotic things; they have four down linemen that I think are as good of a unit as anyone that we will play. They have two big defensive ends that can rush the passer, the defensive tackles are very solid on the inside. They are going to put pressure on your offense a lot with those four. Then as you mentioned, the free safety (Paris) Ford is an outstanding tackler but he also can cover. He is an amazing football player. The defense can lock you down on the outside with their corners."
"They play a lot of man to man and let the rest of the linebackers and safeties fit the run. They are a very aggressive defense, the linebackers play downhill, so they are able to continually put pressure on offenses to whole game. It does not matter you can turn on film from any game, that is just a Narduzzi type defense. They have done an outstanding job there; he has been doing it for many years. That it, the defense has good pass rushers, the corners can cover man to man and the other guys can handle the run. It's not complicated, but they are good, they are very good at what they do. You have to earn everything, there will not be any freebies, it is a very solid defense."
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The Cardinals are making their first appearance in the Steel City since losing a 45-34 decision to the Panthers in 2014. Pittsburgh is 2-0 after opening league play with a 21-10 win over Syracuse at Heinz Field.
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The Cardinals dropped their ACC opener to No. 17 Miami 47-34 at Cardinal Stadium despite quarterback Malik Cunningham going 26-of-36 for 307 yards and three touchdown in the defeat. It was the junior's eighth-straight game with a passing touchdown and ninth multi-touchdown passing game of his career.
Running back Javian Hawkins recorded his ninth career 100-yard rushing game — the third against a ranked opponent — with 164 yards on 27 carries in the loss. It was his seventh time going over the century mark at home in his career.
Wide receiver Tutu Atwell registered his ninth 100-yard receiving game of his career and his fourth multi-touchdown performance. The native of Miami finished with a game high eight receptions for 114 yards and two scores.
Here are some takeways from head coach Scott Satterfield's weekly press conference:
Running back Javian Hawkins rushed for a season high 164 yards on 27 carries in the loss to Miami. He ranks fourth nationally in rushing with 235 yards.
"I told our team when you go to a game and there's one guy we're going to take, it's going to be Hawkins because he plays his butt off each and every rep. He's not the biggest running back in the world. 185 pounds. But he had 27 carries, incredible. He's also the guy that got the onside kick at the end. He is exactly what you want as a competitor to have on the football field. He wanted the ball. He wanted to ball more, and he got he got to hit hard throughout the night as you can imagine. We love the way plays. He's an inspiring player. The guys want to play around him. They want to block for him."
"They feed off of his enthusiasm the way he can run. I mean, the run that he made where he started off to the right, spun around and outflanked the defense and scored a touchdown against Miami. I mean, you see that in high school sometimes and then when guys get to college people say you can't do that in college. These guys are too good. The kid can run, and he outflanked the whole defense for a touchdown. That's big-time impressive. He's a big-time player. He's just continued to get better and better. It's hard to beat what he did last year as a running back, one of the best in the country, and he's doing it again this year. We'll continue to lean on him and continue to give him the football because he makes plays."
The Pittsburgh offense has relied on the play of quarterback Kelly Pickett, who has thrown for 492 yards and three touchdowns through the first two games of 2020.
"Over 50 percent of their offensive plays, be either attack a certain side or some sort of form of unbalanced where they are trying to outflank the defense with their unbalanced sets. I think (Kenny) Pickett is a very underrated player, he threw for over 3,000 yards last year. He is very solid in doing exactly what they wanted to do within their offense. If they do not make mistakes on offense, then they feel like they are going to be in every game with how their defense plays."
"They can also run the football. They try to outflank you with their formations. They run the football well, the next thing you know, here comes a play action where try to get your secondary off kilter out there so they free up one of their guys down the field and Pickett is going to hit him. They do a really good job and they have a good scheme. I think what they do is their offense fits well what their defense does and how solid the defense is and that is a big reason why they have been successful there at Pittsburgh."
The Cardinals face the third ranked defense this weekend at Pitt. The Panthers are are allowing only 154.0 yards per game, including 26.0 on the ground.
"I think that number one, the defense keeps it pretty simple in what they do. They not do a lot of exotic things; they have four down linemen that I think are as good of a unit as anyone that we will play. They have two big defensive ends that can rush the passer, the defensive tackles are very solid on the inside. They are going to put pressure on your offense a lot with those four. Then as you mentioned, the free safety (Paris) Ford is an outstanding tackler but he also can cover. He is an amazing football player. The defense can lock you down on the outside with their corners."
"They play a lot of man to man and let the rest of the linebackers and safeties fit the run. They are a very aggressive defense, the linebackers play downhill, so they are able to continually put pressure on offenses to whole game. It does not matter you can turn on film from any game, that is just a Narduzzi type defense. They have done an outstanding job there; he has been doing it for many years. That it, the defense has good pass rushers, the corners can cover man to man and the other guys can handle the run. It's not complicated, but they are good, they are very good at what they do. You have to earn everything, there will not be any freebies, it is a very solid defense."
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