Joker Phillips held his weekly press conference early this afternoon, discussing the loss to Louisville and an upcoming matchup with the Florida Gators (3-0). Video of his comments can be viewed above, but here are some of the most important storylines that emerged.Phillips expresses concern over offense, ideas to improveThere’s no getting around the fact the Wildcats’ offense has struggled over the first three games of the season. UK has averaged less than 20 points and 300 yards so far and has committed six turnovers along the way.Morgan Newton had the best passing day of his career in a 24-17 loss to Louisville, throwing for 255 yards and a pair of touchdowns, yet UK was unable to run the ball consistently. The Wildcats rushed for just 35 yards on 32 carries while allowing 14 tackles for loss. Phillips acknowledges the problems, comparing them to the start of the 2008 season.”I’m concerned about our overall offense,” Phillips said. “We’ve got to get going offensively. This is a similar deal to 2008, when we lost all the production. Our defense had to carry us for a few weeks.”Losing Randall Cobb, Mike Hartline, Chris Matthews and Derrick Locke from last season’s efficient offense, UK turned to an experienced offensive line to lead a young group of players at the skill positions. With quality starters like Stuart Hines, Larry Warford and Matt Smith returning, the problems UK has had along the front line are unforeseen by nearly everyone around the program. As the coaching staff searches for answers, Phillips will not lose sight of how good the offensive line has shown it is capable of being.”It’s the million dollar question,” Phillips said. “We got to get them better. We have to get them playing better, us as coaches. That’s our job. We’re not giving up on those guys. Those guys (have played) a lot of ball around here and have had a lot of success around here.”The line has been a lightning rod for the offensive troubles, but that doesn’t absolve other groups from blame. Newton has held the ball for too long at times and made some ill-advised decisions, while the wide receivers have had more than their share of drops. All in all, Phillips said those struggles wouldn’t seem nearly as bad if not for the turnovers that the offense has committed.Phillips, though, was ready to put the first three games in the rear view mirror and focus on improving the offense entering a very challenging game against No. 15 Florida. One specific alteration to look for on Saturday is a faster-paced offense.UK’s hurry-up attack was effective on Saturday against Louisville, generating a touchdown and a last-minute drive deep into Cardinal territory that nearly tied the game. Don’t expect the Wildcats to play that quickly against Florida, but changes in tempo throughout could be in store.”We’ve got to play faster,” Phillips said. “It looked like we played a little faster when we went into a two minute mode.  Not sure we’ll go that fast, but we’ll try to do some no huddling.” With Phillips as offensive coordinator under Rich Brooks, UK consistently relied on the no-huddle, which actually turned out to be an effective way to control time of possession.”If you can remember, when we were a big no huddle team, we’d burn up the clock,” Phillips said. “Our time of possession was a lot more than the opponents had.”Phillips has also spoken of scaling back UK’s offensive playbook entering the Florida game and eschewing some plays and sets that have simply not worked.In short, there are no lengths Phillips and his staff will not go to in order to resolve the issues that have plagued the team this season. He does want it to be remembered UK is 2-1, not 0-3, but Phillips recognizes much work has to be done. As a player and coach, Phillips has helped the program to overcome situations worse than the one it finds itself in now.”We’ve been here before, battled our way out of it,” Phillips said. “We’ll continue to battle our way out of this.”Phillips has spent the better part of his life as a football player and coach as a Wildcat and takes it harder than anyone else when a loss like the one against Louisville happens.”I care about this program more than anybody in here,” Phillips said. “There’s not one person in here that cares more about it than me.”Florida a different class of opponentLouisville played good football this past weekend, but make no mistake about it, UK is in for a challenge the likes of which it has not faced this season against the Gators.”They’re better,” Phillips said, when comparing Florida to UK’s three opponents this season. “You can look at the statistics and see. We talked about the team speed. They’re definitely better.”Speed is the first word that comes to mind when talking about Florida and this team does not disappoint. Urban Meyer has retired, but the personnel he recruited remains for first-year head coach Will Muschamp.”Urban (Meyer) built this team,” Phillips said. “He said he wanted to be the fastest team in the country and they probably are.”Up and down the roster, regardless of position, the Gators feature speed, but nowhere is it more evident than at running back. With a pair of world-class sprinters in Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey in the backfield, staying in front of the ball carrier will be both vitally important and extremely difficult. The two have combined for more than 800 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns in three games, so when the Cats are able to make contact with either of them, they better make sure they take them to the ground.”We’ve got to make sure when we get an opportunity to get our hands on them, we’ve got to wrap them up and get a chance to tackle them,” Phillips said. “We have to gang tackle, get off blocks and get to those fast guys.”As for whether there is greater opportunity to knock off the Gators because Muschamp is in his first season, Phillips doesn’t think so.”They haven’t changed,” Phillips said. “They’re Florida.” Phillips said UK doesn’t have to be perfect to beat Florida, but they have to be much closer to it than they’ve been so far this season.”We’ve got to play a clean, fast game with no mistakes, playing field position, taking our shots on offense, running the ball when they give it to us, making them snap the ball (when UK is) on defense to have an opportunity to win this game,” Phillips said.Murphy headlines injury listTackle Billy Joe Murphy was unable to practice or play last week, but did run on Monday. He will be evaluated on Tuesday and if swelling is down in his knee, the senior will take part in individual workouts and potentially full practice later in the week. His status for Sunday is unknown. Safety Taiedo Smith is in a similar position and will practice this week if able. Guard Larry Warford hurt his ankle late in the loss to Louisville, but was able to return to action. He will not practice tomorrow to protect him from further injury. He is termed “day-to-day” but is expected to play. Running back Raymond Sanders is still recovering from arthroscopic surgery to repair torn knee cartilage and will again miss this weekend’s game.