re: Arizona and Arizona State football

When you talk about tradition, facilities, money, etc. this is how I'd rank the conference.

1. USC: Old money, tons of championships, they play in a dump but that dump has lots of memories

2. Oregon: The nouveau riche, but their impact and facilities cannot be denied

3. UCLA: Rose Bowl, SoCal, even if you get USC's rejects you're still getting elite players

4. Washington: Huge school, big market, beautiful stadium, popular place to live

5. Stanford: Elite private school education draw, still riding Jim Harbaugh's coattails

6. Arizona State: Washington with warmer weather but crappier stadium

7. Arizona: Arizona State without a big city and a winning tradition

8. Colorado: There is NO excuse for this program to be that inept

9-12: Irrelevant for now