Quote:The biggest thing I take out of it is that FSU and Bowden didn't want to get into a better conference because, admittedly, they didn't feel they could make it through the SEC to the title game. But FSU fans are non stop in bashing out of conference schedules. The double standard is even more hilarious now.

 

It doesn't really matter at this point, the conferences have drastically changed.  Bowden may have had good reasoning back in the day, but his teams were so loaded with talent it wouldn't have mattered what conference FSU played in at the time, specifically in the 90s.  Those teams were insanely talented, played tons of SEC teams, and consistently dominated pretty much everyone.

 

The ACC really has been a solid conference for a while now, just look at the talent entering the NFL.

 

Bottom line, there are tons of good teams out there, and tons of bad teams out there, and FSU has tried to supplement their schedule with tougher out of conference opponents to make up for some of the weaker ACC teams.

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