Tom Izzo's potential as an NBA coach is being vastly overrated. His style in the NBA would be a disaster. And do you really think, given a choice, LeBron James - who never played college basketball - would choose Izzo over, say, Byron Scott? Just another part of the whole charade that is the Izzo-Cavaliers dance.

Random Thoughts

- A sign the Tigers may not be much better than a .500 team has been their failure to win road series against subpar competition. Seattle, Kansas City - and it sure didn't look good last night for the Tigers against the White Sox.

- Count me among those who felt it was just a matter of time before Rick Porcello turns it around. Count me among those who were wrong.

- Nebraska is a great fit for the Big Ten. So would Missouri. The bigger issue, however, is how to increase the television population base. Seems inevitable Texas is going to leave the Big 12. Why would it have to go to the Pac 10? The Big Ten should be making a full-court press to get Texas right now. If the Big Ten gets Texas, it wins the realignment game. Texas would draw in the Dallas and Houston markets, both among the top 10 nationally.
I don't like the idea of these so-called super conferences, but it's unavoidable at this point. The Big Ten must make the most of it - or be left holding the bag.