Florida State prez responds to Marco Rubio smack talk w/ jab at Florida
The 2016 presidential race took a turn into the college football world with Marco Rubio taking a jab at Florida State.
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Marco Rubio knows that college football fans in Florida want to hear opinions. You can't flip back and forth in a state that has some of the best football talent and most prominent college football teams in the country.
Rubio was asked about football during a radio hit in Iowa about the Gators, Hurricanes and Seminoles, the Florida undergrad and Miami law school graduate had no problems talking some smack.
"Look, I don’t have anything against Florida State," Rubio said. "I think there has to be a school where people that can’t get into Florida can go to college. And that’s why we have Florida State."
The fun remarks lingered for a few days before catching on with Florida State fans, which led to a response from university president John Thrasher."
"He's a nice kid," Thrasher said of Rubio. "I'm sure he's frustrated by his low standing in the polls, which I believe could be a reflection of where he got his education."
Rubio, on Tuesday, wanted to remind everyone that college football smack talk ain't exactly platforms or policy material.
But we are still going to #BeatFSU
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 15, 2015
Rubio, a Miami native, is a self-proclaimed Gators fan who still roots for his hometown Hurricanes. But you can't claim all three teams in Florida. That kind of ambiguity is no way to win a primary in the Sunshine State.
You can hear the entire radio interview from Rubio in Iowa below:
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