Kentucky has made the most of a bye week before Saturday’s matchup with Jacksonville State. UK has taken the opportunity to rest, get healthy and improve, but the Wildcats are now ready to take the field again.”Two weeks ago we talked about needing the open date and looking forward to it,” head coach Joker Phillips said after practice Thursday. “Now after the two weeks, we’re ready to play.”It has been even longer since UK has taken the field in front of its home fans. The Cats were on the road at South Carolina and Louisiana State before the bye week and have not played in Commonwealth Stadium since losing to Florida on Sept 24. “We’re anxious to getting out on the field in front of our fans,” Phillips said. “We’ve been away from them the last three weeks. We think we got better and we’re looking forward to seeing how much we improved.”Phillips also clarified the availability of junior defensive end Collins Ukwu. Ukwu has been out with a knee injury and was cleared to play yesterday, but it was not announced whether he would play. After Phillips saw Ukwu get in more work during practice today, he was comfortable saying he would play, though he may not start.””It’s not a question, he’s definitely going to play,” Phillips said. “He got even more reps today in a team setting. Yesterday was more individual.”