Pat Narduzzi Press Conference: Previewing Louisville

PAT NARDUZZI: Okay. You guys ready to roll? It’s been a couple weeks. I hope you guys all have forgot about Virginia Tech and moved on. But probably to just hit on it quickly because like I normally do.

Probably one of our better performances of the year where all three phases you felt clicked a little bit. And I still think we haven’t played our best game of the year. So I think that’s a good thing. I think we still have more.

I think our kids understand after watching the tape, we still have more. I think our attitude, our effort, outstanding. You love how our guys fight. There’s always adversity in the game of football. We’ve made more — we’re going to create more adversity and make it harder on ourselves.

And so, it’s good. And just getting prepared. You know, last week, went on the road recruiting a little bit. Prepared for Louisville at the same time as you’re on the road.

And, you know, coordinators and myself had, you know, extra days in the office just to focus on football and really just kind of getting things together so when the coaches came off the road, we were head-on Louisville.

Obviously, Scott Satterfield does a great job. I believe he calls most of the offense. So he’s been doing it for a while. So we’ve gone back and watched a lot of the 2020 game here during COVID when nobody else really saw that game except on TV. And, you know, they’re really athletic.

Obviously, offensively, it starts with Malik Cunningham. You know, just a — it’s him. I mean, he’s kind of like the Sims guy from Georgia Tech. He’s athletic, he can run, he can throw. We’ve got to stop the run, you know, whether he’s handing it off or he’s running it himself. He’s the key to the offense for sure.

And, you know, they got good backs. Tiyon Evans. They got Hudson, wide-out No. 0, who’s their go-to guy. I think he’s got 29 catches.

And, defensively, again, really athletic. They can run. And, you know, they run a 3-4 a lot of times. So we’ll see a lot of 3-4 front this week. It’ll be a great challenge for us on the road.

8 o’clock. I think we’re the 8 p.m. darling team on the road. Because I think we got North Carolina at 8 p.m., too. So I guess we’re the only ones fit to, you know, run a game, I guess, at 8 p.m. It’ll be the third one of the year next week. And, again, it’ll be two in a row at 8 p.m. So, you know, we’re ready to roll….