Overview
- Rubio made the comment during a July 28 Fox News interview with Lara Trump, saying he would watch every college football game from noon Eastern until West Coast contests end at 2 a.m. Eastern.
- He added that his job makes an uninterrupted week off unlikely, noting he doubts he will be able to do that anytime soon.
- The anecdote was tied to Rubio's football background: he played at NAIA Tarkio College before transferring to the University of Florida and attended the 2025–26 national championship as a Hurricanes supporter.
- Reporting also noted Rubio's family link to the sport, with his son Anthony listed as a redshirt junior running back at Florida who scored his first collegiate touchdown in the 2024 Gasparilla Bowl.
- Beyond the hobby angle, coverage recalled Rubio's past public critique of the College Football Playoff selection process and his reaction to a viral White House photo that he first disliked and later embraced as a meme, a sequence outlets used to discuss image management.