[SoCalCoug]

I don't think I want parity in the conference. I want 1 or 2 really good teams, consistently fighting for the conference championship, 1 or 2 okay teams, and then I don't care about the rest. The more good teams we have, the more losses they give each other.

Our conference is in a position it really hasn't been in. With the breakup of the Big East, we have a unique opportunity to possibly take the Big East's place in the BCS. It's all perception now. If we're beating up each other, so the conference champion has two conference losses, that's just not going to do it. We've got to prove that this is a better conference than the Big East.

The conference champion needs to finish in the top 10 every year. That's not going to happen if it's a different team each year. What got Utah there last year was the great record the year before and the high preseason ranking. The runner-up has to be in the top 20.

Look at the Big East. They lost their 2 or 3 best teams and suddenly they're the Mountain West.

We also have to beat the BCS schools consistently - at least the top 2 or 3 teams in the conference do. I don't think we have to consistently beat the USC's and Miami's and Florida's - the BC's and Arizona's will serve the purpose just fine.

For at least the next five or so years, I want 2 or 3 teams to basically do it every year. Parity is death to the conference's hopes of being invited to play with the big boys.