Where Would ACC Football Be Without FSU?

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"Florida State's football success often comes with a caveat from fans who pull for a school in another conference: the Seminoles play in the ACC.

For anyone paying attention, there's no doubt that FSU can play with anyone. Over the past decade, the Seminoles have knocked off Alabama, BYU (twice), Oklahoma State, Notre Dame (twice), Florida (five times), Auburn and Wisconsin, just to name a few.

With that said, it is worth pondering where the ACC might be as a football conference had the Seminoles not joined in 1992. There's no question that FSU has not only been the class of the ACC since joining, but all-time, it's the conference's golden child.

In 24 years in the ACC, Florida State has claimed the conference's crown 15 times. That's tied for the most with Clemson, who was a charter member of the conference which formed in 1953.

Since joining the conference, Florida State has also claimed three national championships, winning titles in 1993, 1999 and most recently, 2013. That's as many as the rest of the conference combined. Maryland won a title in the ACC's inaugural year of 1953, Clemson claimed a national championship in 1981 and in 1990, Georgia Tech shared the national title with Colorado.

Since 1992 when Florida State joined the ACC, the conference has managed to go just 12-17 in major bowl games. That includes alliance, BCS and New Year's Six bowls. Eight of those 12 victories belong to Florida State.

Upon FSU's entrance into the conference, the ACC has only had 12 conference match-ups of top-10 schools with last season's ACC Championship between Clemson and North Carolina being most recent. Eight of those contests however, have featured the Seminoles and FSU is 7-1 in those games."






"They bring a lot to the table," [Gene Corrigan] said. "Their football team had more national television exposure last year than all our teams had together."

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1990-09-15/sports/1990258033_1_join-the-acc-florida-state-acc-conference