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As long as your chosen school plays good opponents, gets exposure on the national stage, plays a decent team in a bowl...all is good.
A 12 win season like FSU's last year, doesn't come around that often so I enjoyed it. A NC playoff birth is mighty nice...but, for me as a fan, it isn't the end all be all.
Carolina has not won the ACC since 1980, and, hasn't won 10 games in a season since 1997. So, I totally get your point here. I'd take a 12-2 record, ACC title, and, Orange Bowl win anyway we can get it at this point.
In the US, it is all about being #1...thus the demand for BCS and playoffs. I have always enjoyed football during the season and the bowl game was always the treat at the end of the year. The recent (past 20 years) emphasis on positioning for the national championship is different then what most of my fan life has experienced.
Bobby Bowden made the national title on an annual basis a realistic goal at FSU. You all still get elite recruits, even though you struggled his final couple of seasons. And, the past two seasons, it seems like you've really gotten back to where we all expect FSU to be...at the top of the ACC. If Jimbo really has turned the corner, the sky is the limit for your Noles.
For me, and many older fans, it is still about playing your rivals, winning your division and conference...the NC is nice, but isn't the driver for us.
For ACC members, save FSU and CU, that really is what its all about. You two are the only programs who can realistically make a run at the national title on any consistent basis.