Florida State president fires back after Marco Rubio's trolling

Published Sep. 15, 2015 12:07 p.m. ET

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It has become the newest war of words in the Sunshine State.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the many candidates running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, has caused a stir back home with comments he made on an Iowa radio show, in which the graduate of both Florida and Miami took a shot at both schools' mutual rival, FSU:

That move is not sitting well with those in the Seminoles’ fan base, including the school’s current president, John Thrasher, who dropped the mic with his simple response:

Rubio, even when trying to do damage control, still took a shot at the 'Noles:

With all due respect, senator, some may not construe that as college football smack talk. You went after the school’s academics, not Dalvin Cook’s performance on the field. There’s a difference.

Even some of Rubio's own staffers apparently took umbrage:

Nonetheless, Rubio kept at it:

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