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After all, how were Maguire’s parents supposed to know that Winston would be issued a half-game suspension following his vulgar outburst inside the Florida State student union on Wednesday?
Florida State is playing Clemson. This is a game Maguire’s parents knew he would not take the field in, barring, say, a bizarre suspension three days before the game. It’s part of being a backup’s parents. You don’t go to games against ranked opponents, you go to the cupcake games.
How do I know all this? I was a backup in college.
