The Kentucky football coaching staff made it clear after UK’s three-overtime loss to Florida that the program would not accept moral victories. With a bye week to regroup and refocus, the Wildcats hit the Tim Couch Practice Fields on Tuesday with good energy and excitement as they prepares for their Southeastern Conference home opener on Saturday against a improving 1-3 Vanderbilt team.”Really good energy (at practice today),” offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. “Our guys are excited about getting out there and playing, which I think is positive. They got the Florida game behind them and they’re ready to go. Excited about the buzz that I think our fans have generated for this game. I know we’ve sold a lot more tickets for this Vandy game.”Brown had nothing but high praise for the Commodores, who are in their first season under head coach Derek Mason. One thing not new for Vandy this season is its defensive front with two of its top three sack leaders returning in senior Kyle Woestmann and sophomore Stephen Weatherly, who both moved from the line to outside linebacker this season. Senior Vince Taylor was the team’s starting tackle last season and has moved to nose tackle this season with 13 tackles with a quarterback sack and two fumble recoveries. “Vanderbilt’s much improved. I think they’re getting better each week,” Brown said. “We know, going through this last year, that anytime you have a new staff it takes you a little bit longer. The thing that sticks out is they got a lot of returnees up front on the defensive line and linebackers. They’re new in the secondary, but those guys up front really gave us issues last year. They’re big.”Just like any game, a key to UK’s success offensively will be the decision-making of starting quarterback Patrick Towles. Brown said the staff has put a lot on Towles so far this season with the sophomore answering the bell each time. Towles said he is concerned about improving and getting Kentucky better, not about what other teams are trying to do to slow the UK offense down. “We are worried about us,” Towles said. “We are going to execute what Coach Brown tells us to execute, run or pass … Coach Brown tells us that our game plans are not these extravagant game plans, they are simple stuff that we are good at and can execute. With these young guys, they have been executing the game plans during practice and that has really helped out.”On the injury front, Brown said offensive lineman Zach West, who has missed the past two games with an injury, did practice some Tuesday but Brown did not say if he would play Saturday. Brown said wide receiver Javess Blue and running back Braylon Heard, who missed the Ohio game due to injury, are close to 100 percent and has liked what he has seen out of them the last few weeks.