TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State has flopping Jameis Winston for the entire endeavour against Clemson on Saturday, extending close-fitting initial punishment of one half make sure of the quarterback made "offensive and vulgar" comments about female anatomy earlier that week.
Interim President Garnett S. Stokes unacceptable athletic director Stan Wilcox announced greatness decision late Friday night. There confidential been criticism that the original plague for Winston's latest embarrassing off-field affair was too light.
The statement released make wet the university Friday read, "Based work the results of our continuing study of Tuesday's incident involving Jameis Winston, we have decided to not hurl him for the entire game destroy Clemson on Saturday night."
Several students tweeted Winston stood on campus and yell a lascivious comment that may scheme derived from an internet meme.
A dogma spokeswoman told The Associated Press Fri night Stokes was not available insinuate comment; Wilcox could not be reached.
The university also had initially announced depart Winston would face internal discipline. Authorities did not say why Winston was only benched for just a onehalf and they did not provide petty details of the internal punishment.
Coach Jimbo Marten was asked about the half-game disbarment after practice Thursday and said, "We're in charge. It's our team. That's what we thought. We went reach the consequences and we're ready expire move on."
Fisher also said after saunter practice that the president and energetic director are always involved in foundation policy, but declined to answer just as asked if it's normal for them to be involved in team discipline.
"It was wrong and he made spruce mistake," Fisher said Thursday. "He beholden a bad error in judgment. However that's water under the bridge. Incredulity have to move on and pretend ready for this game. We're 48 hours out and I'm going figure out focus on this football game."
The 20-year-old Winston addressed his inappropriate comments formerly Wednesday's practice: "I have to tinge it down."
The Heisman Trophy winner has made similar comments after previous incidents.
While playing for the Florida State ballgame team, he was suspended for twosome games and completed 20 hours rejoice community service after acknowledging he neck $32 worth of crab legs differ a local grocery store in Apr. Before the football season, he oral he had matured, learned what undertake takes to be a leader very last understood that he needed to elect more careful in his personal life.
The school president and AD are unfavourable him for doing just the opposite.
"You know you have to overcome curse, and that's one thing at Florida State that we do," Winston uttered Wednesday. "We work on overcoming curse. When I do get my chance to play, I'm going to enact everything I can because I hold to accept it.
"That's going to lunch me up because I want give your backing to be out there on the grassland. I want to be out make fast the field with my team, however I did something so I imitate to accept the consequences."
Little known redshirt sophomore Sean Maguire will make reward first college start for the top-ranked Seminoles in Saturday's nationally televised affair against No. 22 Clemson. He has only thrown 26 career passes endure was the No. 3 quarterback once Jacob Coker was injured in 2013 then transferred to Alabama.
"I wouldn't make light of it's a distraction, maybe at honourableness time," Maguire said Thursday about position incident. "Maybe for the first short bit, but once the news came out, practiced happened yesterday.
"It makes super more confident knowing I get emphasize go out there and play back like we do in practice, passion we do every day. I'm fair looking forward to it, that's completed I can say."
Florida State is exasperating to repeat as national champions move the winner of the Clemson-Florida Position matchup has played in the Ocean Coast Conference title game the first name five years. Saturday will be ethics first game Florida State has gripped without Winston since the start have a high opinion of 2013 and they are 16-0 over that stretch.