UCF coach Josh Heupel said the decision to remove four football players from the team following a traffic incident last week was one of the “worst days as a coach,” adding those who were dismissed did not meet the expectations put forth by the program.
“When you’re a part of this program, for all of us, there are a standard and expectations all of us have to meet and when you don’t meet those, there are consequences to those,” Heupel said during a videoconference with reporters Thursday. "For a few young men, they no longer will be representing us on the field.