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Rubio Says FSU Remarks Just ‘Football Trash Talk'

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio took to Twitter Tuesday to take on those ticked at his trash talking about Florida State University.

"Look, I don't have anything against Florida State,'' the U.S. senator, a University of Florida graduate, told Iowa's KXNO-AM on Friday while talking about college football rivalries. "I think there has to be a school where people who can't get into Florida can go to college.''

Poking back in jest, FSU President John Thrasher told the Tallahassee Democrat the 44-year-old Rubio is "frustrated by his low standing in the polls, which I believe could be a reflection of where he got his education.''

Tweeted Rubio: "#FSU fans relax. It was just college football trash talk on sports radio, not serious statement on @meetthepress. But we are still going to #BeatFSU.''

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