About four years ago, the Pac-12 entered into an arms race. The race to stockpile took two forms: Teams brought in new, expensive head coaches, and began embarking on ambitious and expensive facilities upgrades. Each school, buoyed by an influx of new television money and a revenue sharing plan that put everyone on equal footing, began arming themselves for a pivotal time in the conference. It all happened around the same time, and the shifting landscape of college football and the Pac-12 left the door open for just about anyone to (temporarily) seize control.
But there's a problem when all 12 teams race to build the biggest and baddest Football Death Machine.