I don't watch much ACC.
PAC....Oregon maybe? USC is supposed to have several natural advantages. And as far as I know anything about the program, I agree. Why aren't more NCs being won there, and why do "bad coaches" keep winning in Baton Rouge? This type of thinking, I suspect, is more common than worrying about competition. If I were a coach I'd look at USC and think "I should be able to win there" and look at LSU and think "People are winning there," both with some history to back it up.
While at PSU you have titles last in 1986 or 1994, depending on titles PSU claims or not. But then you also have a salary that's more than most people need in a lifetime, a spectacular gameday atmosphere, evidently the ability to recruit well enough, and avoid the insane expectations at a place like LSU (I don't know what fan expectations are at USC).
That's a long-winded way of saying who knows what a guy like Franklin thinks is important. There's differences, but maybe not objectively "better" jobs.