Jameis Winston (Autograph $$$)

[The_Bionic_Pig]

Link: http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=11697064&src=desktop

[NoNC4Tubs]

Who doubts that he did......? 

[Rzbakfromwaybak]

After reading the article, it looks like Winston did sign the autographs.  He is used to getting away with everything, so he probably isn't worried.  Can't blame him. Signing autographs are nothing compared to rape charges.

Jimbo Fisher isn't going to really do anything about Winston's behavior or potential rule breaking... unless forced to.  FSU has turned pretty sleazy.  After hearing Fisher's comments on the upcoming schools disciplinary hearing on Winston for the alleged rape case, Fisher said there was no victim, because there was no crime.  Guess Fisher was in the room when it all happened.  Fisher said Winston will not miss any more games.

If he did sign the autographs, hope FSU has to forfeit every game he plays in since this potential rule violation has been brought up.

[Lord of the Styes]

The media confuses Winstons ability to block out distractions as being "cool headed" with the fact that he simply doesn't care.

[BigPapaHawg]

The media confuses Winstons ability to block out distractions as being "cool headed" with the fact that he simply doesn't care.

I agree!

[Hogimus Prime]

This can't be true.  I doubt he knows how to spell his name.

[(notOM)Rebel123]

This can't be true.  I doubt he knows how to spell his name.

He just needs to know how to scribble out a few letters with a sharpie.

[NoNC4Tubs]

This can't be true.  I doubt he knows how to spell his name.

He signs his name "X".............

[rhog1]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11697064/florida-state-seminoles-look-jameis-winston-autographs
600 more autographs have turned up. Brings the total to over 900.

[NaturalStateReb]

I'm sure that Jimbo "I'm Only Going to Give You 47 More Chances" Fisher is right on the case.

Either FSU suspends Winston indefinitely or it lets this punk humiliate the university nationally.  Again.  Either way, Notre Dame is going to upset them this weekend.

Then we'll get treated to how Notre Dame is a great team, until a great team comes along and feeds them into a woodchipper.  Again.

[NaturalStateReb]

After reading the article, it looks like Winston did sign the autographs.  He is used to getting away with everything, so he probably isn't worried.  Can't blame him. Signing autographs are nothing compared to rape charges.

Jimbo Fisher isn't going to really do anything about Winston's behavior or potential rule breaking... unless forced to.  FSU has turned pretty sleazy.  After hearing Fisher's comments on the upcoming schools disciplinary hearing on Winston for the alleged rape case, Fisher said there was no victim, because there was no crime.  Guess Fisher was in the room when it all happened.  Fisher said Winston will not miss any more games.

If he did sign the autographs, hope FSU has to forfeit every game he plays in since this potential rule violation has been brought up.

Well, you can tell a big difference between how UGA handled things with Gurley and how FSU handles things with Winston.  FSU will obviously put up with anything for a chance to win their first-rate, second-rate league.

[Dumb ole famrboy]

Up until now - I was wondering how Winston was paying his legal fees. Certainly FSU is not footing the bill - that would be a NCAA violation. The law firm representing him couldn't be providing the services pro bono or for payment at a future date - seems to me would be a NCAA violation.

[NoNC4Tubs]

Up until now - I was wondering how Winston was paying his legal fees. Certainly FSU is not footing the bill - that would be a NCAA violation. The law firm representing him couldn't be providing the services pro bono or for payment at a future date - seems to me would be a NCAA violation.

Why not?

FSU footed the bill a year ago.......

[razorcash2]

Fisher is a sleaze bag.

I was not impressed with his presser yesterday.

He didn't see anything, so it probably didn't happen...Right.

[NoNC4Tubs]

For the Clemson game, his suspension was increased from half a game to a full game because the accounts of the many witnesses didn't jive with Winston's. (Big surprise there, huh?)

Fisher is relying on the word of a proven liar, and it gonna bite him (and the University) in the butt if Winston plays Saturday...........

[mizzouman]

This is ALL on Jimbo.  Jimbo is looking like a fool with blinders on.  Rape allegations, stealing crab legs, playing the fool at the student union, now this.  Plus, how many other things have been swept under the rug? 

I'm all for giving a kid a third chance, in some circumstances...but this like his 6th chance.  Not sending the right message.

[NoNC4Tubs]

The kid is a major scumbag........

[secfan30]

I'm going ala Danny Ford on the sidelines talking about Heath Shuler here... I hope he (Winston) tears up a knee.

[jbcarol]

Christine Brennan @cbrennansports  ·  20 hours ago

The embarrassment at FSU, aka 'Jameis State,' never ends. My @USATODAYsports column: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/10/15/florida-state-jameis-winston-jimbo-fisher-autographs/17322575/ ...

[jbcarol]

ShystWorld_Reese @keonnieb  ·  3 hours ago

@ClayTravisBGID @CollegeGameDay Yall doing all that about jamies But do you remember Marve Albert being charged wit sexual assault?


He was a back biter.

[jbcarol]

Bruce Feldman @BruceFeldmanCFB  ·  3 hours ago

An #FSU spokesperson told @FOXSports that it can pay for Jameis Winston's lawyer per NCAA rules BC it relates to an eligibility issue.

[jb11]

I didn't think I would ever route for ND in my life, but I am this weekend.

[jbcarol]

Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel  ·  Oct 15

Defending Jameis Winston has descended into attacking the woman. It's wrong in every way: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ugly-treatment-of-jameis-winston-s-accuser-only-serves-to-discourage-future-victims-034943507-ncaaf.html ...

"All of them say the same thing now, 'I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever report a sexual assault after what has been said of the victim,'" said Jennifer Dritt, the executive director of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, which is located in Tallahassee, Fla. "After seeing how this has been handled and seeing her dragged through the mud, they just can't imagine coming forward now.

"There's been a chilling effect," Dritt said. "It's damaging. It's so damaging."

Dritt was supportive of Meggs after that decision. She's anything but some blind advocate looking to take down a Heisman winner.

That doesn't mean she isn't troubled by the continued actions of what she believes is a small, but frenzied group of Seminoles fans who have taken to defending Winston by attacking the woman at all costs, labeling her a liar or an opportunist seeking money. They are encouraged by bold and overwhelming support from the FSU athletic department and coaches, not to mention heated accusations by Winston's defense team claiming the case is nothing more than a motivated and purposefully false allegation.

While the Winston case has served as an opportunity to educate the public on how sexual assaults occur and has shined a necessary light on poor police work, the backlash has wiped out many of the positive gains.

"Some people hoped it would just go away, but as it's become clear it's not going to go away, certain people are pushing back on the victim," Dritt said. "I think there are actually less people supporting Jameis now, but they have ratcheted up the rhetoric that this is a case about a false accusation.

"This isn't about a false allegation though," she said. "It's not consistent with a false allegation. It's not at all consistent with that."


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I don't know if Jameis Winston sexually assaulted the woman. Neither do you.

I also don't know if he didn't. And neither do you.

The Tallahassee Police Department did such a shoddy job looking into the case that it's unlikely anyone other than the people involved definitively know, and that is almost certainly a matter of disagreement.

I agree with the local state's attorney that for myriad reasons there isn't enough to charge Winston with a crime, let alone convict. If Winston is innocent, it needs to be repeated, this has been a disservice to him. He'll never get his reputation back.

What I also believe is the woman involved believes, 100 percent, that Winston sexually assaulted her. That doesn't mean he did. Perhaps her recollection isn't the proper one or she was confused. We don't know.

She believes it, though. She completely believes it and always has believed it. Her actions that night, and in the ensuing weeks, are, I believe, consistent with her believing it. If she believes it 100 percent, then she isn't making it up.

"It's clear that she does not believe she gave consent," Dritt said. "While he may believe he had consent, she doesn't believe it."

And that is important to consider. Especially as the Free Jameis movement has continued to push into darker and more troubling places, and as his defense team has turned to an unfortunate offense.

"This is a scheme, this is shakedown of a college student because he's prominent and he's going to make a lot of money," one of Winston's attorneys told Sports Illustrated this week.

This column isn't to say Winston is guilty, Winston should be charged, Winston should be expelled or Winston should be benched. It doesn't come with any expectation from the school judicial hearing, who, if it ever even hears the case, will likely see the thin evidence available and deem it, as Meggs did, as a he-said, she-said that seems impossible to rule on.

It's just a reminder, for the sake of decency, to pause and, as Seminole coach Jimbo Fisher said this week, consider, "the facts of the case" as it pertains to whether this woman really is the kind of awful human that would engage in a false-reporting shakedown scheme.

Because I 100 percent believe she isn't. And I 100 percent believe the fallout from such baseless claims sadly reverberate far past a single case and out into a society that is just beginning to come to grips with sexual assault...

[NaturalStateReb]

FSU will stop at nothing to win its little trailer park league and get in the playoffs. To me, it's the ugliest college story since Porn State.

[jbcarol]

AL.com sports @aldotcomSports  ·  20 hours ago

Jameis Winston autographed items reportedly now at more than 2,000 on authentication site | http://ow.ly/CSHs8

[rhog1]

http://collegespun.com/independents/notre-dame/florida-state-vs-notre-dame-got-the-taiwanese-animation-treatment
This Taiwanese animation of the whole FSU scandal is hilarious. I particularly like when the autograph dealer is making it rain for Winston and Gurley is crying his eyes out.  May be NSFW.

[NoNC4Tubs]

FSU will stop at nothing to win its little trailer park league and get in the playoffs. To me, it's the ugliest college story since Porn State.

This should be called "All-In: The Sequel"............

[jbcarol]

Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN  ·  41 minutes ago
Early leader for favorite GameDay sign in Tallahassee




darren rovellVerified account@darrenrovell
FSU has yet to contact authenticator JSA to discuss volume of Winston signatures that have been authenticated by company

[jbcarol]

darren rovell @darrenrovell  ·  24h 24 hours ago
The NCAA is relying on Georgia & FSU to investigate Gurley & Winston. That's different from Manziel, who NCAA was investigating itself.