For the second time this season, ESPN College GameDay returned to Tallahassee on Saturday. The Saturday morning circus has become second nature for FSU fans — it's the fifth time in four seasons that ESPN's road show has been on campus — but this week's installment had a different tone in light of numerous recent allegations against Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston. Seminole fans rallied around Winston and attacked its network guest, making for one of the most eventful GameDay crowds of the year.
FSU fans support Jameis Winston, angry at ESPN: 19 ‘GameDay’ sign photos
#BlameJameis gets its morning in the sun on ESPN’s road show.
The Jameis Winston autograph allegations were the inspiration for some of this year’s most memorable GameDay signs:
Early leader for favorite GameDay sign in Tallahassee pic.twitter.com/6OkMrn16Wv
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) October 18, 2014 "Jeff Driskel paid me for his autograph" pic.twitter.com/uU48VTzlI2
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) October 18, 2014 My buddy's sign pic.twitter.com/D8cQyMeOU3
— Jon Marchant (@MrWarchant) October 18, 2014 LoadingMay be waving the #wsu flag, but I still bleed garnet and gold! #collegegameday #fsu #gonoles
Other fans opted for attacking ESPN, whose Darren Rovell reported this week that Winston had signed some autographs.
And my Dad's sign has already been censored... Apparently Disney doesn't know what's causing Ebola #GameDaySigns pic.twitter.com/oiSNIVa0Wn
— Laura (@frawls6) October 18, 2014 Extreme Seminoles Prejudice Network #GameDaySigns pic.twitter.com/oGnUdVd0hg
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 18, 2014 The ESPN barbs extended past the network’s Winston coverage and into its partnership with the SEC:
And this is awesome. Co-signed, Every Other League In America. pic.twitter.com/AE5tDxsQWI
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) October 18, 2014
The #BlameJameis movement was in full force (though mostly kept off the air):
Looks like @CollegeGameDay didn't stop all the hashtags signs: #BlameJameis pic.twitter.com/YyjyWabaOt
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 18, 2014 #BlameJameis tees from these FSU students. #NDvsFSU pic.twitter.com/6ub5V4O8nL
— Brandon Pope ABC 57 (@BpopeTV) October 18, 2014 LoadingLook for @kay_holla and I on ESPN's College Game Day live from Tallahassee, FL! #GoNoles! #GetUp4GameDay
BREAKING: None of these guys are actually Jameis Winston:
Looking good Seminoles! #IamJameisWinston pic.twitter.com/Iil9GYXPzs
— Matty Jaboo Tally (@mattytally) October 18, 2014 Some embraced the witch hunt:
#BlameJameis pic.twitter.com/leiIKGAuOK
— Brandon Lawrence (@BrandonLawrence) October 18, 2014 College Game Day witch hunt is happening. #BlameJameis #FSUTwitter RETWEET AND SPREAD THE WORD. pic.twitter.com/RqBD2l52y9
— Brosephs of Warchant (@BrosOfWarchant) October 17, 2014 @espn pic.twitter.com/5KZy2zfJjM
— Alex Beeh (@BeehEasy) October 17, 2014 Still others embraced the Dark Side:
@FlaStateGameday @FSU_Football @CollegeGameDay @TomahawkNation pic.twitter.com/dQ4lax1PZ2
— Taylor Poe (@Taylor_Poe) October 18, 2014 These three managed to check almost every box:
LoadingLook for us on ESPNs College GameDay! #collegegameday #espngameday #tallahassee #blamejameis #witchhunt
This young man asks the question we all are asking:
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