![]() ![]() ![]() Five times the 'Noles have played bowl games to decide the national championship, including the first three Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games. Running roughshod over a league that was supposed to benefit from their addition, the Seminoles have won 70 of 72 conference games and nine consecutive ACC titles, and extended their NCAA-record streak of 10-win seasons to 14.įSU has parlayed those regular-season results into a bowl bonanza. The choice of conference affiliation sparked some debate among Seminoles supporters, and still does.įrom a football standpoint, it's hard to mount a convincing argument against the results piled up by coach Bobby Bowden's team since the move. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Ten years have passed since Florida State University helped usher in a new era in college athletics, forsaking 40 years of football independence to become the ninth member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 1971, South Carolina withdrew and in 1978, Georgia Tech was admitted. In December of 1953, Virginia was admitted. Note: In the spring of 1953, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest withdrew from the Southern Conference and formed the ACC. "I'm not free to comment on that." Veller stated, "It's not for me to decide." There's a rumor here that the school will be allowed to subsidize athletes under the scholarship system used by other Southern schools. "I feel we're on a par with Auburn," he said. They won't rest until we play them."ĭon was asked how strong he considered his Seminoles in comparison with Southeastern Conference teams. "I didn't ask to play Florida," the coach reported, "the students suggested it. "If we're good enough to beat Stetson and Tampa, we're good enough to play a tougher schedule," he added, and then grinned, "but I don't think we're that good." "People don't realize that we are just now getting into the toughest part of our schedule," Veller declared. He added, "Florida has better and more versatile material than we do this year, and we don't have a passer like Sullivan." "We might have beaten Florida last year," Don said when asked about recent fuore about an FSU-Florida game. Our coaches are ready, although we need more of them." He agrees that sooner or later his Seminoles will be ready to take on more rugged opponents, but declared, "We need to get a little mmore settled n our recruiting plan. Danford stated, "and after that I have no comment." The "year" remaining in the small DixieConference is the current "school year" and does not include the 1951 football season.Ĭoach Don Veller, who has guided Florida State teams to 21 victories in 23 games, the last 10 in succession, declared, "we'll play anybody."ĭon has been urged by students and thousands of fans of his team to play a tougher schedule. "Our athletic committee has voted to stay in the Dixie Conference for another year," Dr. Howard Danford, Florida State's director of athletics, was asked about the subject. Andit is probable, that when and if official action is taken and announced, the conference will be in a receptive mood.ĭr. It is probably safe to say that steps have been taken toward that goal. The Journal has learned from extremely reliable sources that Florida State would be happy to become a member of the conference. Officials here won't comment on the matter, but although their silence isn't a confirmation, neither is it a denial It won't be this year, but it's very probable that year or 1952 will find the Seminoles in the Southern, one of the Southland's oldest, largest and most important athletic organizations. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State University may soon become a member of the Southern Conference. In 1950, the Southern Conference had 17 members.įrom the Jacksonville Journal, 10/30/50, page 10 George Washington was added in 1941 and West Virginia in 1950. In 1936, six new teams were added - The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, Richmond, Wake Forest, and William and Mary. Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech and Washington and Lee remained. In 1933, 13 teams left and formed the SEC. By 1932, the Southern Conference included all of the SEC and ACC teams. Note: The Southern Conference was a predecessor of the SEC and the ACC.
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