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Takeaways from Scott Satterfield's UCF Press Conference
September 13, 2021 | Football
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville looks for its second-straight win when the Cardinals host UCF on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Cardinals are coming off a 30-3 win over Eastern Kentucky last Saturday behind three touchdowns from quarterback Malik Cunningham.
Head coach Scott Satterfield addressed the media and here are some of his thoughts from Monday's weekly press conference.
Similar to Mississippi's style of play, UCF's tempo will be another adjustment for the Louisville defense.
:We learned a lot in the Ole Miss game. They (Ole Miss) did not go as fast as they probably could have, there were a lot of times in the Ole Miss game, where they would look back toward the sideline, but as you look at Central Florida, they move really fast and are not worried about trying to get the best play like some teams, they run fast plays and hope to catch the defense not lined up. Hopefully we learned some things to do good and correct for the Ole Miss game."
"As far as practice goes, we will have one big workday this week, which will be tomorrow for us, again with this short week, our guys haven't had a day off, since we started practice at the beginning of Ole Miss prep, so today will be light for us and then basically one big workday tomorrow, where we will go tempo against our defense for that day with our scout teams."
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The Cardinals were just 4-of-14 on third down in the win last week, and Satterfield knows it has to improve for the offense to take a step forward.Â
"On the first one that we didn't get on third and two, we had two tight ends, he should have hit it more front side and we ended up banging it back but the linebackers were playing off. We hit it front side and we get a first down, so some of that is just experience I think in the backfield with our guys and some of it is it is the blocking up front but sometimes it's a combination. We got to be able to read that in short yardage because they do most of the time pinch and scrape backers and so you got to find out what your align is and get behind those guys and I think we did. We've got to learn from that and do a better job with that it's no question."
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UCF enters Friday night;s game facing one of the top run defenses in the country, allowing just 22.0 yards per game.
"They're a really good run defense and I think they do that with how aggressive they are up front. We got to find ways to do it and that's what we're doing now in game planning, finding the ways where we can try to get some edges and to be able to get some pops from runs in there. There may be something that you do different on that as well, if they're all stacked in the box and we got to do something outside so a lot of it is just kind of going where they're not mentality, but we've got to figure out a way to stay on the field, keep sustaining drives, keep their offense off the field and then we got to get down there and score touchdowns."
Ahmari Huggins Bruce caught four passes for 150 yards in the win over EKU to give the Cards needed production at the wide receiver position.
 "It's still a work in progress. The good news is a lot of these guys have made plays. The one we struggle the most getting the ball to Tyler Harrell. That's the one that we'd like to be able to find ways to get the ball to, and I think we had five targets last week, but we didn't connect on any. I think (Jordan) Watkins is obviously solid, Braden Smith is very solid, I think JJ (Josh Johnson) is very solid, I think Justin Marshall is very solid and Marshon Ford is a great target. We have our nucleus that we're going to get the ball to for sure."
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Head coach Scott Satterfield addressed the media and here are some of his thoughts from Monday's weekly press conference.
Similar to Mississippi's style of play, UCF's tempo will be another adjustment for the Louisville defense.
:We learned a lot in the Ole Miss game. They (Ole Miss) did not go as fast as they probably could have, there were a lot of times in the Ole Miss game, where they would look back toward the sideline, but as you look at Central Florida, they move really fast and are not worried about trying to get the best play like some teams, they run fast plays and hope to catch the defense not lined up. Hopefully we learned some things to do good and correct for the Ole Miss game."
"As far as practice goes, we will have one big workday this week, which will be tomorrow for us, again with this short week, our guys haven't had a day off, since we started practice at the beginning of Ole Miss prep, so today will be light for us and then basically one big workday tomorrow, where we will go tempo against our defense for that day with our scout teams."
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The Cardinals were just 4-of-14 on third down in the win last week, and Satterfield knows it has to improve for the offense to take a step forward.Â
"On the first one that we didn't get on third and two, we had two tight ends, he should have hit it more front side and we ended up banging it back but the linebackers were playing off. We hit it front side and we get a first down, so some of that is just experience I think in the backfield with our guys and some of it is it is the blocking up front but sometimes it's a combination. We got to be able to read that in short yardage because they do most of the time pinch and scrape backers and so you got to find out what your align is and get behind those guys and I think we did. We've got to learn from that and do a better job with that it's no question."
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UCF enters Friday night;s game facing one of the top run defenses in the country, allowing just 22.0 yards per game.
"They're a really good run defense and I think they do that with how aggressive they are up front. We got to find ways to do it and that's what we're doing now in game planning, finding the ways where we can try to get some edges and to be able to get some pops from runs in there. There may be something that you do different on that as well, if they're all stacked in the box and we got to do something outside so a lot of it is just kind of going where they're not mentality, but we've got to figure out a way to stay on the field, keep sustaining drives, keep their offense off the field and then we got to get down there and score touchdowns."
Ahmari Huggins Bruce caught four passes for 150 yards in the win over EKU to give the Cards needed production at the wide receiver position.
 "It's still a work in progress. The good news is a lot of these guys have made plays. The one we struggle the most getting the ball to Tyler Harrell. That's the one that we'd like to be able to find ways to get the ball to, and I think we had five targets last week, but we didn't connect on any. I think (Jordan) Watkins is obviously solid, Braden Smith is very solid, I think JJ (Josh Johnson) is very solid, I think Justin Marshall is very solid and Marshon Ford is a great target. We have our nucleus that we're going to get the ball to for sure."
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