Florida State president Thrasher responds to Rubio's FSU diss

By foxsports
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On Monday, Florida senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, who graduated from the University of Florida and went to law school at Miami, took a shot at Florida State University. While speaking on the KXnO Sports Fanatics radio show on 1460 AM in Iowa, Rubio said, “Look, I don’t have anything against Florida State. I think there has to be a school where people who can’t get into Florida can go to college. And so that’s why we have Florida State.” 

“He’s a nice kid,” FSU president John Thrasher, who served with Rubio in the Florida legislature, said Tuesday. “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.”

Well played.

Needless to say, Rubio received a ton of backlash from the FSU faithful via Twitter, which lead to the senator to tweet the following message to Semonoles fans on Tuesday morning:

(h/t College Spun)