This year, the BCS title game will be in the Rose Bowl, with the Fiesta taking the Pac-10 champion if it is not one of the top two qualifiers for the title game. Illustrating the league's competitiveness was the home-road split in conference games. Road teams actually had a 21-19 advantage. And things were very close - 22 conference games were decided by seven points or less. Eight teams played at least one overtime game, and Arizona State and Washington State played three, ASU's all in succession, an NCAA record.
Parity comes with a connotation of everybody being average.
That isn't true. It's not just parity, it's parity of excellence. This conference has some of the best players in the country. The Pac-10 has always been right there. Toledo believes that scholarship limitations have helped to spread the wealth and prevent teams from stockpiling players.