The gap between USC and UT was bigger for Kiffin than it is for your average joe. Tee Martin didn't have such a connection to SoCal, but the difference was still huge. Anyhow, when considering the gap between UT-USC and USC-UK, think about history and the probable future. USC is the best of the three at the moment. In the past, UT has been on top. Sometime in the future, we'll probably recapture that spot for a time. UK has never been and never will be the premier spot of the three. They haven't even been close.