If Florida State fans are looking for a whole-game look at what post-Jameis Winston life will be like, you’re going to get a sneak peek in Week 4.
In an unexpected and “WOW!!!” development, FSU announced very late Friday night that its Heisman-winning starting quarterback has been suspended for the Clemson game Saturday. As in, the entire game, not just the first two quarters.
Earlier this week, it had been announced that Winston would be suspended for the first half of the Seminoles’ ACC opener against the Tigers. That suspension stemmed from Winston’s very vocal and public performance of a vulgar and obscene Internet meme.
The statement announcing the full-game suspension, attributed to interim president Dr. Garnett Stokes and athletic director Stan Wilcox, appears below. It should also be noted that head coach Jimbo Fisher was not mentioned in the official release announcing the full-game suspension.
FSU has been criticized nationally for its original half-game suspension. That criticism stemmed from a couple of camps: the first being an overreaction to a kid-being-a-kid moment, the second a university and football program that’s bent over backwards and turned a blind eye to a very talented player over and over and over again.
It’ll be up to the NFL to decide which is which and what is what.
With Winston sitting, the current future belongs to the enigma that is Sean Maguire -- in his first career start and with ticket-less parents -- to guide the Seminoles as they look to not only extend its nation’s best winning streak to 19 straight but also continue positioning FSU for the first-ever College Football Playoff.
