Florida State fans and students blame witnesses of Jameis Winston incident for star QB's suspension
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this week after he stood on a table and yelled an obscene phrase in the student union on FSU’s campus on Tuesday.
Several students saw Winston yell the phrase and instinctively took to social media and tweeted about what they had witnessed. Deadspin caught wind of the tweets and they soon spread across the Internet. A day later, FSU suspended the Heisman-winning quarterback for the first half of Saturday night’s game against Clemson.
Instead of being upset with Winston for being immature, many Florida State fans and students are blaming those who tweeted what they saw for Winston’s suspension.
Some were general with their blame.
If the FSU loses the game..it's the stupid students who tweeted that out who are to blame.
— SoΩratic Method Man (@DaGreatWario) September 17, 2014
Good job FSU students, way to tweet the JW quote and sabotage saturday's game SMH #NoleNation
— Mac Magee (acqb) (@_MacMagee) September 17, 2014
FSU students congrats on selling out your QB for some retweets!
— Chris Dious (@Cdiousjr) September 17, 2014
Others tweeted directly at those whose tweets appeared in the Deadspin article. Most have deleted their accounts by now, but a few have not and have been receiving some nasty messages.
#FSUTwitter feel free to hold me accountable. Had no idea something so little and stupid could blow up, but that's social media nowadays.
— Kief Osceola (@KiefOsceola) September 17, 2014
--------->@KiefOsceola <---------- the reason Jameis got suspended smh
— Jaylen (@JaySwag_3) September 17, 2014
@KiefOsceola Way to get your QB suspened before the big game #Fanswedontneed
— Shae (@Shae04886553) September 17, 2014
@KiefOsceola You know, I am not doubting you are wrong but sometimes you need to keep your mouth shut, lesson learned in life.
— Izzy (@FSUIZZY) September 17, 2014
@KiefOsceola And if it costs us a game, then it cost us a ACC Championship, & then most likely Playoff Appearance. So make ur Acct. Private
— Izzy (@FSUIZZY) September 17, 2014
@KiefOsceola you're scum and not a Seminole. Should be ashamed of yourself
— Max (@_SWOLE) September 17, 2014
@shake_yo_booDEE you're an idiot. Hope you don't have a Clemson ticket, you don't deserve one.
— Colin O'Keeffe (@colin_okeeffe9) September 16, 2014
The life of a snitch ----------> @shake_yo_booDEE
— Young Simba (@Astro_I_Farted) September 17, 2014
That's not a good look for these FSU fans. Winston himself admitted it was a selfish act and that he should have known better than to yell vulgarities in front of a bunch of people. Winston is to blame. No one else.
And while Winston will miss the first half, redshirt sophomore Sean Maguire will make his first career start against Clemson for the 8 p.m. ET kickoff.
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