U. of Florida was being shortsighted in blocking them, and the rest of the SEC should have overruled them anyway. Florida is a big state - at least twice the population of any other SEC state at the time, and could have easily supported another team. Besides, the ACC already had two teams in Florida, and taking FSU would have been a good way to stick it to the ACC and Miami. The cherry on top would be that FSU still likely would have won the MNC in 2013, given that Missouri went 11-1 with an SEC schedule. And maybe Clemson doesn't recruit quite as well in a more watered-down conference (although that notwithstandingU. of Florida was being shortsighted in blocking them, and the rest of the SEC should have overruled them anyway. Florida is a big state - at least twice the population of any other SEC state at the time, and could have easily supported another team. Besides, the ACC already had two teams in Florida, and taking FSU would have been a good way to stick it to the ACC and Miami. The cherry on top would be that FSU still likely would have won the MNC in 2013, given that Missouri went 11-1 with an SEC schedule. And maybe Clemson doesn't recruit quite as well in a more watered-down conference (although that notwithstanding, they would have won the ACC from 2011 to 2020).