Solid Tuesday practices are no guarantee. With game day four days away, the urgency isn’t always there.Kentucky had no such issues this week, and that had something to do with the way the Wildcats played in a season-opening win on Saturday in Neal Brown’s estimation.”We had good work today,” UK’s offensive coordinator said. “A lot of good energy for a Tuesday. I think we’re building some confidence after going out and playing well on Saturday, which we needed.”That’s particularly true on offense, where UK gained 656 total yards, fourth most in school history, and scored 59 points against UT Martin. For a coach who grew accustomed to leading some of the nation’s best offenses at Texas Tech and Troy, that was a welcome development. “We threw the ball and caught the ball; that didn’t happen one time last year,” Brown said. “We threw the ball, we caught it, we were able to get it to them in a position so that they could run after the catch. Those things were positives.”A season ago, Patrick Towles was on the sideline as the Wildcats went through growing pains in the first year in Brown’s system. On Saturday, he made his first start to the tune of 377 yards passing and another 30 on the ground, benefiting from the new dimension added by the 6-foot-5 Blake Bone and his fellow freshman wide receivers.”It’s super nice,” Towles said. “It takes a lot of stress off me. Every ball I have doesn’t have to be perfect. Coach (Tommy) Mainord always talks about, ‘Hey, just get it in our zip code.’ Blake really put that on display Saturday.”Bone’s most impressive play came on a go route down the left sideline. Even though the defender shadowing him was flagged for pass interference, Bone jumped and made the play for a 36-yard gain.Towles was able to make the throw because he had time. Relying on the protection of reigning Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week Jon Toth and his fellow linemen, the redshirt sophomore was not sacked on Saturday”I’m extremely comfortable with those guys to not worry about it,” Towles said. “Takes a lot for a quarterback not to have to worry about the rush. I take three steps back there and I’m not paying attention to what they’re doing because I trust them to take care of it.”Instead of worrying about pass rushers, Towles is focused on working with Brown to fine tune his game after a solid debut. “I think fundamentally there were some things he did,” Brown said. “He was a little late on some throws that he got away with in that game that he won’t moving forward. So getting the ball out on time. There’s, like I said, a couple fundamental (things) – a little bit of some wasted movement in the pocket. We’ll get those things corrected. But all in all, I was really excited about how he went out and performed.”That goes for the offense as a whole as well.Throughout the offseason, Brown said that UK would be improved. It’s clear now that was true, but the jury is still out on exactly how much. The Cats’ next opponent, Ohio, will reveal a bit more.”I think it’s still to be determined, to be honest with you,” Brown said. “I think UT Martin is a good football team, but we went out and performed like we needed to perform. I think a lot more of the story will be told this week. See how we do against a good football team that’s been to five bowl games in a row, I believe.”