FSU football: It's about time for fans of other ACC schools to apologize
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football fans have been at war with other fans from other ACC teams since the Noles became more vocal about leaving the ACC. All FSU fans have heard is why FSU thinks they're so special. Why does FSU think they deserve more money when all they have done is underachieve the past few years? FSU hasn't won anything lately(this was before FSU went undefeated and won the ACC Title in 2023). FSU fans have told the fans of teams like Wake Forest, Boston College, Miami, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, and others why FSU deserves more money. It's because FSU draws better TV ratings than nearly all of those teams combined, whether they are good on the field or not. TV ratings are moving the needle behind brand value, and no team is more valuable than the Noles in the ACC. However, here's where things get interesting. Was FSU great on the field over the past decade? Yes and no. Were they as terrible as other ACC fans think? Absolutley not. Check out this stat below:
FSU has been the second-most-winning program in the ACC during the College Football Playoff era. They have more wins than anyone else besides Clemson. Heck, despite the downturn in the late Jimbo years and Willie Taggart era, FSU is STILL the winningest program in the Sunshine State, and that's while playing a tough out-of-conference schedule every year and playing in the same ACC division as Clemson. So, ACC fans are right. FSU wasn't winning championships, but they were still better than the rest of the coattail riding programs that will never compete for a National Title. It's why FSU will leave the ACC within the next two years and finally receive the money it deserves for the national brand that it is. The rest of the ACC schools left in this conference can find something else to whine about when they leave.