Quote:I can relatively agree that FSU has had a better run that UF recently, but honestly it's for one basic reason.  It all boils down to conference.  They are in a recruiting hot bed and they play an abysmal schedule year in and year out.  Bobby Bowden has admitted that he picked the ACC over the SEC for a reason.

 

A team that keeps winning (even over inferior competition) is going to have an edge in recruiting. 

 

In the end, the only thing that really matters is they both have 3 National Titles.  So if you want the ultimate ranking as far as winning, it's a tie.  To some it comes down to the almighty dollar, and in that case, UF wins in a landslide.

Come on, everyone knows a decision to go to the SEC was not Bowden's to make. I'm sure he played a role, but it was definitely not a deciding factor. I can almost assure you that FSU wouldn't have joined the SEC no matter how lucrative the offer. They had their chance many times. You can probably even make a movie abiut it. Boy asks pretty girl to date, girl declines. Boy once again asks pretty girl to date, girl once again declines. This happens over and over till all of a sudden the boy becomes the star. The girl now wants the boy more than anything but its too late the boy has moved on to another girl. FSU did what was best for FSU. FSU is most likely the biggest realignment winner ever. They have won tons of titles, made tons of money, and produced more NFL talent that more teams could dream of.


With that said, let's not pretend the SEC was then what it is today. FSU joined the ACC in the early 90's. The SEC hadn't won a national title since Georgia in 1980. Alabama had a run in the 60's and 70's; however, besides them no other SEC team came close to winning a national title since the 40's and 50's. A run through the SEC wouldn't have been so difficult; the SEC was not the conference to beat nor were many of their teams seen as title contenders.

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