I think the Rose WANTS "traditional" PAC-12 (i.e. teams from the old PAC-10, and honestly teams from California) and that they get SOME say in the selection ... meaning that they will work it to get Stanford rather than Utah, or if Stanford is in the playoff, then get UCLA or USC or someone from the traditional PAC-10 rather than Utah.
Thanks for the correction on the Sugar .... I thought it was just the SEC that the Sugar was tied too, not both SEC and Big 12.