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[QUOTE="billybud, post: 1682563, member: 3850"]
Yeah...since 23 of my years as a fan since I began at FSU were as an Independent....I have just now gotten used to the conference thing.

I have traveled to Nebraska, Ohio State and Michigan games but missed the games in Lansing.  My dad was a Michigan grad and I did post grad at Wisconsin.  The family farm on my father's side, since 1856, has been a little south of Neenah, Wi.  My ancestors, including father and brother, are buried up there.

But I am a southerner.  As much as I enjoyed beating Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Michigan, and Indiana, these OOC games felt more like bowls.  I do not like the loss of geographic meaningfulness.  That's why I despise the lumping of Syracuse, Boston, Pitt, et al in the ACC.

Rivalries are built on a certain proximity...neighboring states or within state.  Ohio State- Michigan, FSU-Florida,
FSU-Miami, Alabama-Auburn....

Is beating Florida or Miami a hell of a lot more important than beating any one else on the schedule?  You bet.
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