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How has Florida State football fared against the SEC?

Posted on 4/30/25 at 4:16 pm
Posted by saturdaysarebetter
Pennsylvania
Member since Jul 2018
16 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 4:16 pm
The past few years have seen speculation of Florida State leaving the ACC for perhaps the SEC.

Is the grass always greener on the other side? How has Florida State football fared against the SEC?

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Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
2673 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 4:28 pm to
Not including ou and Tex bc it’s a small sample size, but mizzou atm and usce all got better post joining the sec. Arky is the only football school in a worse place since joining the sec and a lot of that was more culture and demographic shifts than playing in the sec. Fsu is a better football program than atm mizz or usce(never won a bowl game til sec) so I’m sure they’d be fine.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
18100 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 5:32 pm to
Fun facts:

Kentucky football has winning records all time v Florida State, Clemson, Miami, Virginia Tech and of course Louisville.

Eat shite ACC
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
2673 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 5:40 pm to
Vandy probably does too, those are all still better football programs than ktuck.
Posted by Clark14
Earth
Member since Dec 2014
23967 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 6:17 pm to
quote:

Arky is the only football school in a worse place since joining the sec and a lot of that was more culture and demographic shifts than playing in the sec.


Arkansas did well before Petrino got himself fired, bad coaching hires and now insufficient nil funds are the problem.
Posted by KeyWestCuban
Member since Apr 2025
15 posts
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:10 pm to
want a cookie?
Posted by UFMatt
Proud again to be an American
Member since Oct 2010
12462 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 8:44 am to
FSU is a better fit for the SEC than some current members. I have no problem with them getting an invite. Hopefully if they do, they won't chicken out like the last time. It shouldn't matter to Gator fans; we play them and own them every year in every sport any way.
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
45925 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 10:57 am to
FSU was so stupid to screw the SEC over and join the ACC if for no other reason than proximity to the rest of the schools. They are in the heart of SEC country. They did it because they thought their schedule would be so tough it could prevent them from competing for national championships, which was correct, but they didn't factor in the money. In their defense, they probably had no idea of the money that would be involved in the future.

Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
44036 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 11:00 am to
LSU played em with 2 of their better squads in many a year

No excuses, we shouldn’t be losing to FSU
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:23 pm to
Before Broyles came to Arkansas back in 1958, Arkansas had more losing seasons in the SWC than the rest of the members.

Now they reverted back to the bottom but in a different conference.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:28 pm to
This is correct as Bobby Bowden was smart in saying that it was easier to win in a basketball conference like the AÇC.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
9612 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

FSU was so stupid to screw the SEC over and join the ACC if for no other reason than proximity to the rest of the schools. They are in the heart of SEC country. They did it because they thought their schedule would be so tough it could prevent them from competing for national championships, which was correct, but they didn't factor in the money.


Hindsight is always 20/20, but if FSU had joined the SEC in 1990 and been slotted into the West they would have been poised to dominate that division for at least a decade. Alabama would have competed during Stallings' tenure, and Auburn had a couple of good years, but otherwise the West was a wasteland up until LSU finally got up off the mat in the early 2000's.
Posted by LSUTigresFan
SE Louisiana to Austin (Texas Ex)
Member since Mar 2013
4796 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:56 pm to
I hope those douchebags never join the SEC.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:00 pm to
Which members aren't a good fit?
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:05 pm to
Very doubtful they would win the West every single year.
Posted by Buster83
Member since Aug 2021
4628 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:17 pm to
You realize the article you are referencing is almost a year old. What makes you think that the SEC is currently looking to expand again?

You should post more often.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:29 pm to
1992 to 2011 Arkansas was 78-80 in the SEC.
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
2734 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:40 pm to
quote:

Arkansas did well before Petrino got himself fired, bad coaching hires and now insufficient nil funds are the problem.


You've had 14 top 10 finishes in school history and only one of those came in the SEC (yes w/ Petrino)

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Since the AP poll started in 1934 you had 58 seasons pre-SEC and so 13 / 58 = 22.4% of the time you would have a top 10 finish

Since you joined the SEC that is 1 / 33 = 3% of the time you have a top 10 finish.

That is a disastrous calamitous fall off the cliff. Even if Petrino stuck around without being an adulterer he'd have had to keep y'all in the top 10 seven more times to exceed your historical SWC average and I don't see that happening.

Going to a conference without any rivals and being on the farthest geographical border is a horrific idea just ask Nebraska how it panned out for them too. The situations are mirror images complete with the color scheme and baseball coach
Posted by Wishbone85
Member since Nov 2024
765 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:04 pm to
OU is 6-2 all time vs Florida St bring em.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25583 posts
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:50 pm to
Oh well Arkansas does get a check though.
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