Before the $.02.. the baseball note

ECU had a great baseball team last year. Their SOS, coupled with the fact that they needed to travel to Kinston, NC to host a regional, probably cost them a Super Regional. However, you just gotta win 2 of 3 to get to Omaha... road or home.. best team will come out the winner. ECU maybe should have had a better draw. Then again, so should UA last year. We were one of only 3 of the national 8 seeds to make it to Omaha. Our reward though was to play #1 Texas the first game and that took the wind outta our sails. Should we have had a better draw? Definitely, however you gotta take the hand dealt to you. If you're the better team, you'll win. We didn't, so we're geared up for a second run to Omaha this year.

Now, onto the rest of this..

The only BCS conferences I expect to expand would be the Pac-10 and obviously the Big East. The Big East has made their initial move, we'll see if anything else happens. The Pac-10 would have to probably lure Colorado to join them, and then it's a virtual toss up for the next seed... maybe Utah if they can keep their hoops program strong.

If the Pac-10 gets Colorado, the Big XII then looks to fill their void. In all seriousness, the Big XII really would only make two possible offers that I can think of. They can offer it to Arkansas, who is closer to 5 Big XII schools than the nearest SEC program, or they can offer it to Iowa and have the Hawkeyes join Iowa State in the Big XII. Arkansas is going nowhere, as the SEC is way too lucrative to ever want or consider leaving. Iowa is the more likely bet.

Playing devil's advocate.. I'll give the options if either Arkansas or Iowa decided to head for the Big XII. If Arkansas left, the SEC would need to grab one school. The most likely bets would be either be Florida State, Clemson, Miami, GA Tech, or any of the NC schools. The longest possible shot would probably go to Louisville, but it's very doubtful. If either FSU or Clemson went, ECU could try for an ACC slot. If Iowa leaves, the Big Ten would put everything possible into getting Notre Dame. Should that fail, and it probably would, they would set their sights on Kentucky, especially with UK's love of basketball. Should UK go, then you go right back to the earlier scenario in the SEC.

I doubt the SEC will change for decades to come. However, if all of that played out.. like I said earlier, the best things ECU can do is enlarge their fan base, stadiums, and like Al Davis said, just win baby.

WPS