[d4cohn]

I don't know how Wilcox, or anybody at Cal, can expect to be better than the 4th choice in their own division for the forseeable future; behind Stanford, Washington and Oregon. And there's WSU as long as Leach is there. If Wilcox wants to win championships, that will be difficult at Cal, unless he can arrange to transfer Cal to the Pac 12 South.

So ---- You're thinking it would be easier for Wilcox to out-recruit U$C and UCLA?

As Utah proved this year, you don't have to out-recruit SC and UCLA. You just have to execute better on the field. Every team in the South has won the division at least once (SC and LA twice). UW, Stanford and Oregon are the only teams to have won the North. So yes, given even Wazzu still hasn't gotten over the hump in the Pac-12 North, and everyone has won a division title in the South, I would take my chances competing against SC and LA.

[d4cohn]

I don't know how Wilcox, or anybody at Cal, can expect to be better than the 4th choice in their own division for the forseeable future; behind Stanford, Washington and Oregon. And there's WSU as long as Leach is there. If Wilcox wants to win championships, that will be difficult at Cal, unless he can arrange to transfer Cal to the Pac 12 South.

So ---- You're thinking it would be easier for Wilcox to out-recruit U$C and UCLA?

As Utah proved this year, you don't have to out-recruit SC and UCLA. You just have to execute better on the field. Every team in the South has won the division at least once (SC and LA twice). UW, Stanford and Oregon are the only teams to have won the North. So yes, given even Wazzu still hasn't gotten over the hump in the Pac-12 North, and everyone has won a division title in the South, I would take my chances competing against SC and LA.