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Briggs: Here's why Jon Gruden is so high on Toledo football

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Jon Gruden eats, breathes, and, for a few hours a night, sleeps football.

As an NFL coach, he famously set his alarm for 3:17 a.m.

Now 61 and out of the league, he’s let that mop of blonde hair down a little — he sleeps in until 4:30 and watches only about 40 hours of film per week — but he remains close to the game. Gruden runs the wryly named Fired Football Coaches Association (FFCA), a football think tank.

“I don’t have much of a life other than the FFCA,” he said. “I love football, man!