At 7:08 a.m. this morning the sun rose over the eastern horizon. The earth was still clocked in rotating around the sun at its normal 67,000 mph, and the huge Bucs flag west of the practice field was starting to wake up and began to stir with the early morning breeze.
But for those who have been around since the summer of 2015, there was a strange feeling happening at One Buc. For the first time in three years, the animated voice and gregarious personality of Jameis Winston was nowhere to be found.
And it was weird.
Head coach Dirk Koetter was the first to point out the missing Winston.
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