The opportunity was there, and Mark Stoops knew it.South Carolina was coming to town for a night game. Fans were buzzing over Kentucky’s first Southeastern Conference win in almost three year. A blackout had already been announced.All the Wildcats had to do was capitalize on the moment.”We had it teed up pretty well,” Stoops said at his weekly press conference on Monday. “We had the enthusiasm. The stadium was packed. We had a night game against a traditionally very good SEC team at home, and you want to deliver. You want to play well. You want to get a victory.”Though that was far easier said than done, UK pulled it off. The Cats twice overcame 14-point deficits, completing the largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history with a 45-38 win. From two record Spring Game crowds to improving ticket sales to the two highest-rated recruiting classes in school history, Stoops had already generated plenty of excitement around the program. That excitement, however, was mostly about the future. Saturday was all about the here and now.”Everybody may see what you’re doing and understand that there is progress being made,” Stoops said. “I never shied away from that. You heard me talk about it before the season and everything, that I will be judged on wins and losses. It’s a bottom-line business.”The bottom line looks a lot better after that win over South Carolina, which only figures to help the staff’s already impressive work on the trail.”I think there is a lot of people believing in what we are doing and how we go about recruiting players,” Stoops said. “We help the players once they get here, they see that. But it’s important for them to see progress on the field.”The progress now shows in UK’s 4-1, including 2-1 in conference play. The Cats have already matched their win total from the previous two seasons combined, inspiring talk of bowl games and even SEC East title contention after the signature win of the Stoops era.Stoops isn’t engaging in any of that talk. He’s too focused on the task immediately at hand. “One week,” Stoops said. “We need victories, you know? That’s the bottom line. We can’t worry about that. We will worry about ourselves and getting better.”Stoops, you see, was as happy as anybody on Saturday night, even extending his postgame press conference by two questions to bask in glory of the win for a few extra moments. But once he woke up the next morning, that was over and done with. His thoughts had moved on to a Saturday matchup with ULM.”You know me, I talk about it and it’s true: We’re back to this week,” Stoops said. “You know what I mean? It’s a one-week season for me. We gotta go play well this week, and it starts over. Win or lose, it starts over for us on Sunday. That’s the way we approach it and that’s the way our team needs to approach it.”His players aren’t as practiced in the art of moving on from a big win as he is, but they’ll have plenty of help from Stoops. “We’ll stay with the plan we do, but the message will be different,” Stoops said. “Again you’ve heard me say it before, they’re going to hear enough good things from a lot of people and they’re excited, I’m good with that. But they’re going to hear about some of the negative, too, because we knew it was going to be a big environment.”Playing in the best environment Commonwealth Stadium has seen in years, the Cats were far from flawless even though they scored the upset. And in its own way, that’s a good thing too.”We stressed all week about taking care of the details in technique, not being too caught up in it where it hurts, and that showed,” Stoops said. “They’re going to hear about that and see that. That’s the good news: There is a lot to correct from. There is still a lot more in this team. We can be a lot better and we’re going to continue to work extremely hard to improve.”It’s time, in other words, to capitalize on another opportunity.UK deep at guard with West’s returnZach West hadn’t been on the field in weeks, but he didn’t look it against South Carolina.After battling a neck injury, West was back as the starter at left guard on Saturday and he didn’t miss a beat in playing a game Stoops said was his best.With West and Cole Mosier now healthy and joining Ramsey Meyers and Nick Haynes, UK has depth at guard that should prove valuable going forward.”What’s nice now is we have four guys inside now,” Stoops said. “We had two, but we had some injuries. Now we’re getting back and getting healthy, so now we’re going to rotate all four guys.”Now that West and Mosier are back, attention shifts to Alex Montgomery and Jeff Badet. Stoops said the two wide receivers are not yet 100 percent, though they continue to rehab and run. Four freshmen back from suspensionAfter sitting on Saturday due to an on-campus incident, Dorian Baker, Stanley “Boom” Williams, Drew Barker and Tymere Dubose will be available to play this weekend.”The players will be reinstated, yes, and they’ll be back in the fold this week,” Stoops said. “They will be back at practice and play in the game.”LSU game time set: Night game in Death ValleyThe SEC announced television selections and kickoff times for games on Oct. 18. UK’s game at LSU will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.