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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 5342413, member: 1023"] This is something I think is a problem with these mega-conferences. They are pretty much stratified and breaking in is tough. And if you are a lower level team and you win, it will be tough to keep your coach. For lots of programs the best they can expect is to be at the top of the middle. If I were Oklahoma, I’d be pretty wary, for example, of becoming Nebraska. Same with USC and Oregon. I think those may take a few years to settle out, well not USC. They need a better coach, but the others. If you remember when BC, VaTech and Miami joined the ACC they were at or near the top, I think BC and VaTech played in a couple of ACC championship games against each other even, at least 1, but as the say water finds its own level, and over time they became middle of the road teams. Nebraska Maryland and Rutgers and UCLA did too( well Rutgers hopes to be middle of the road) Even Penn State has only occasionally won championships. [/QUOTE]