UCF coach Josh Heupel has a message and mantra for his team about playing in the calm, muted, dispassionate atmosphere of mostly empty stadiums during this COVID-quieted season.
“If you’re juiceless, you’re useless!” Heupel said on our Open Mike radio show earlier this week as the Knights prepared for Saturday’s season opener against Georgia Tech. “Our guys gotta bring their own energy.”
ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy got wind of Heupel’s comment and, when broadcasting Game 7 of the Denver Nuggets-L.A. Clippers series from within the Disney bubble, related the phrase while describing the lackluster Clippers.