Mark Stoops made it clear after Saturday’s loss at Florida that he wasn’t satisfied.He was proud of his team’s effort in the triple-overtime defeat, sure, but he knew there was work ahead.Three days later, the Wildcats are taking the same approach.”Attitude’s good,” Stoops said. “I thought the players really took it to heart, really looked at the film, were very critical of themselves and looked at all areas where we all can improve.”During practice on Tuesday — the second of this bye week — the Cats spent time on fundamentals, correcting mistakes from the Florida game and getting a head start on preparation for Vanderbilt. Though the Cats have been appropriately hard on themselves, they’re also carrying confidence built on Saturday. “I think each step, each time you get closer and closer, they believe more and more,” Stoops said. “And I think most of them listen to you on Monday and I talked about that going into the game: Let’s not come in here and say, ‘Boy, that was close. Good effort.’ Because we’re not satisfied with that. I think each time you get closer and closer you put yourself in positions like that and we keep on working and fundamentally getting better, the next time we get that opportunity we’ll win.”Because of the bye week, that next opportunity won’t come for another seven days. Stoops would rather not wait for Sept. 27.”If it was up to me, I think I’d love to go play,” Stoops said. “Guys are in good spirits. We have a lot left in our tank. We got a lot more we can do, a lot better things and we’re excited to go to work. I wish we were playing, but we’ll deal with it the way it is.”On a positive note, the Cats will have an opportunity to recover from nagging injuries. Braylon Heard and Javess Blue, for example, played at less than full speed at Florida with ankle injuries, but they should be back for Vandy and Stoops said UK will be “close to a hundred percent” as a team.The bye week also affords an opportunity for players the coaching staff is planning to redshirt to see more time in practice.”Got some of our younger guys a lot of work that are potential redshirts,” offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. “Drew (Barker) got a bunch of work today. Thaddeus Snodgrass got a bunch of work. T.V. (Williams), who didn’t play as much in the last game, got him a lot of work.”All that’s important, but the priority is to get ready for the next test.”You get guys healthy and stuff, but it’s essential we treat this week as a week to definitely improve fundamentally,” quarterback Patrick Towles said. “Vanderbilt’s a good team. They went down to Florida last year and beat the crap out of them, so they’re tough. Same front seven last year who gave us a hard time last year are back. We can’t afford to take anybody lightly, so we’re excited about getting prepared for Vandy like we did today and we’ll be ready to next Saturday.”

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