Almost two years into his Kentucky tenure, Mark Stoops has become famous for his fire.That passion, one of the driving forces behind the progress of the UK program, is most often seen on the sideline on Saturday, but this week it made an earlier appearance.Stoops, at his regular Monday press conference, minced no words in evaluating his team’s performance in a loss over the weekend and spoke in no uncertain terms about what the Wildcats need to do over the final month of the regular season.The gathered media, noting his frustration, wondered what Stoops would be like when he met with his team later in the day.”You can stand out in the street and you’ll hear,” Stoops said.Stoops isn’t angry for the sake of being angry either. He sees a UK team that has fallen to 5-4 (2-4 Southeastern Conference) but still has every opportunity to address the discipline issues that plagued the Cats in a deflating 20-10 loss at Missouri.”I feel like our players and our coaches, starting with me, we have a choice in that matter,” Stoops said. “We either choose to be disciplined or we choose to be undisciplined. We either choose to be a trained football team and us as a coaching staff need to train them.”To Stoops, that all comes down to details.”If you’re supposed to run a six-step out, run it six, not eight,” Stoops said. “If you’re supposed to follow the guard on a run play, follow the guard, not just run anywhere you want to run. That’s what I mean by ‘untrained.’ It’s creating those habits and training to play when you’re under pressure. When we’re under pressure, our habits come right to the surface and they’re bad habits.” In the midst of three straight losses, the mood around UK football is much different than it was after a 5-1 start that generated talk of the Cats contending for the SEC Eastern Division crown. But just as things weren’t as good as they seemed three weeks ago, they aren’t as bad as they seem right now.”We just need to be better,” Stoops said. “We’re inconsistent. The wheels aren’t falling off; we barely had them on.”UK, in other words, is still very much in development mode.”We’ve got to scratch and claw and fight and dig down for everything that we get,” Stoops said. “To think that you’re going to go out there and hope that they happen, we’re mistaken. I constantly talk about that. We cannot wait for our moment. We’ve got to train to go take it and make our moment.”The Cats have three chances left to make their moment in the regular season, starting with a Senior Day matchup against No. 17 Georgia at noon ET on Saturday. The Bulldogs (6-2, 4-2 SEC) suffered a 38-20 defeat at the hands of Florida over the weekend, but remain a major challenge for any opponent.”They bring a very good football team,” Stoops said. “I think they bring a power running team that we know has hurt us in the past as well. They can run the heck out of the football. They’re very talented. They can throw it. They’re very balanced. They’re playing great defense.”Georgia is the only team to rank in the top four in the SEC in both scoring offense and scoring defense, relying on a ground attack that averages 265.9 yards and a rushing defense that allows just 105.1 yards per game.”Georgia is going to present a real problem to us because, first of all, they’re not going to give you anything,” Stoops said. “They’re one of those aggressive defenses. They’re very well coached. They’re not going to give you anything easy. So you’ve got to go earn your yards. You have to win your one-on-ones.”In the wake of an offensive performance that saw the Cats gain just 258 yards, schemes and play calls have been popular topics, but not as much for Stoops. Of course the UK staff will work hard to craft a game plan that will position the Cats for success, but that’s not the priority this week.”There’s no magical little scheme or anything like that,” Stoops said. “You got to win. You got to block some people, get open, throw good footballs.”Depth chart update: Williams the new starter at running back

• Following a game in which he accounted for 97 of UK’s 258 yards from scrimmage, true freshman Stanley “Boom” Williams has moved by himself to the top of the depth chart at running back. Braylon Heard, Mikel Horton and Jojo Kemp follow him.
• At wide receiver, there are numerous changes. Garrett Johnson is now listed as a starter at one of the four spots, along with Demarco Robinson, Javess Blue and Ryan Timmons. Joey Herrick has moved into a backup role behind Timmons, while T.V. Williams and Rashad Cunningham are no longer listed.
• At quarterback, Drew Barker is no longer listed as a backup. Stoops confirmed on Monday the reason for that is it’s too late in the season for the true freshman to burn his redshirt.
• In the secondary, Fred Tiller and Blake McClain are still starters at cornerback and nickelback, respectively, in spite of suffering injuries at Missouri. Stoops said both are expected to be “fine” for Saturday.

Tennessee kickoff set for 4 p.m.UK’s SEC finale on the road against Tennessee on Nov. 15 will kick off at 4 p.m. ET on the SEC Network. Tickets in the UK section are available now.