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Brock Berlin gets starting job for Florida.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| January 01, 2002 | Shain, Jeff | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MIAMI _ Now it can be told. Rex Grossman never doubted as far back as October that he'd be invited to New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation.

Hey, once you've survived the crucible that is Florida coach Steve Spurrier, the rest is just gravy.

``I knew if I was getting all the snaps, then I was playing well,'' said Grossman, the All-American quarterback who finished runner-up in the Heisman balloting and now leads the fifth-ranked Gators into Wednesday night's Orange Bowl against No. 6 Maryland.

``With a great quarterback Brock Berlin behind you, it's easy to say, `Let's just give him a shot and see what he does.' I knew that if you told me I was going to play the whole time, I'd have a lot of chances to make a lot of good plays.''

Berlin will get a shot sooner than expected. Grossman missed curfew Friday night in Miami and will not start ...

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