No. 20 ranked Louisville will take on the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay Saturday afternoon at 12 pm.

Despite a stunning 38-25 loss to the Cardinals on Oct. 18 against Central Florida, Louisville coach Charlie Strong still believes his team is on the right track.

"We still have five games to play and that's why I tell the team it's so important that you go game by game and worry about the task at hand and not about what everyone else says," Strong said Monday, according to ESPN.

"It's so hard for young guys to understand that because they listen to what everyone else says, and then all of a sudden when you get slapped in the face, you get a wakeup call. This will be a good wakeup call for them."

The Louisville coach added that his team has to move forward, though he needed more time to take in the setback from the loss. He admitted that he couldn't sleep two weeks ago and didn't watch games over the weekend at the time.

"It lingers, but I have to move on myself," Strong said. "A lot of times, they're going to react the way I react. I told them Sunday to put it to rest and get ready for South Florida. We can't let this game beat us twice."

Click here to live stream the game starting at 12pm.

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