This is a no-brainer for anyone who knows anything about the two schools and programs, or reads the Chronicle for Higher Education.

Administration:

UF's AD is considered one of the best in the nation. Their tradition at President has had top academic and research focus and still manage to be extremely influential in college football.
FSU's AD has very limited AD experience and routinely takes credit for initiatives that were in progress before he arrived. FSU's presidential tradition is based on football. It would seem that such a thing is ok if you are a football coach, but the problem is that no one respects that and the Pres gets too involved in the football story. Your University has to transcend football. FSU's doesn't.

Financials:
FSU is in debt and could not even afford to send their band to the playoff game. Their finances are in bad shape and their alumni do not donate much. Just check their endowment.
UF is one of the wealthiest schools in the South. Their endowment is multiple times what FSU's is.

Facilities:
see finances above. The facilities are not even close. UF lags behind some of the top programs in the nation in facilities but it is tops in the state of Florida. FSU's is not even 2nd best in the state of Florida (UCF).

Football tradition:

FSU came on the scene in the late 80's and 90's. UF has a football tradition that includes a Heisman winner in 1966, an SEC title in 1984, and several titles in the 90's. FSU wasn't even in a conference until the 90's and they ran away from the difficult SEC. It might be easier to win in the ACC, but their games are against nobody and nobody fills their stadium to watch. The ACC game environments are just above really good high school. Who really wants to coach in that week after week?

Athletic tradition:

winning environment and cohesive athletic family is important to coaches these days. FSU has football, and.... and .... and... an occasional breakthrough in track, soccer, and also ran status in baseball. UF has national championships in nearly every sport and performs at the top level every year. UF is the only school to finish in the top 10 of the Directors Cup every single year it has existed. UF has won numerous SEC all sports trophies. There are numerous olympic athletes from UF.

There really is no comparison at the University or athletic level. FSU just isn't even on the map comparatively.

This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 5:25 pm