On the heels of a “really good” Wednesday, UK continued its new game-week habit of holding a lighter practice on Thursday. With a matchup with South Carolina just two days away, the Wildcats had another productive day.”Guys were sharp, so looking forward to Saturday,” Stoops said. “Guys are locked in and ready to go, so we’re anticipating a big day.”A big day and a big blackout crowd.UK will play its first home night game of the season on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET. With the buzz surrounding the Wildcats and their 3-1 start, the biggest crowd in the Stoops era is expected.”I’m excited,” Stoops said. “I’m looking forward to the atmosphere Saturday, absolutely. Like I’ve said many times, we appreciate the support we’ve been getting. We’re trying to do our part and build a program that everybody’s proud of and we’re looking forward to getting some of that home-field advantage, absolutely.”It’s Stoops’ hope that Cats can use that home-field advantage to avoid the slow start that befell them last season against the Gamecocks. UK fell behind 21-0 in the game before rallying and nearly pulling off the upset in a 35-28 road loss.”As I said earlier in the week, last year — we really didn’t fare so well last year down there,” Stoops said. “They started extremely fast. We have to do a better job at home of trying to withstand that. I think everybody would like to have a fast start, so we’ve got to be ready to go, that’s for sure.”As big as the game may be, Stoops isn’t thinking much about the talk of UK making waves in the Southeastern Conference East division race with a win.”It’s truly one game,” Stoops said. “It’s another game, it’s the next game. If you take care of your business then we can have that conversation as we move forward. But we’re a long way from there. We’re still taking it one day at a time, one game at a time. Like I said, I think we’re excited and guys are ready to play and really had a pretty good week of practice. So we’re just worried about our preparation and how we go out and execute and how we go play.”On the injury front, Stoops expects Zach West and Cole Mosier to be available for the game after missing last week. However, wide receivers Jeff Badet and Alex Montgomery will not play.