Quick, final expansion thought

If the BCS was smart (by BCS I mean the big 5 conferences), expansion would occur as follows:

Big Ten takes a Big East team, probably must be either Pitt, Cincy, or West Virginia. The Big East has to replace a team that helps them get a BCS bid with a team that hurts them in their quest (East Carolina or Southern Mississippi are probably the ONLY non-BCS possibilities, unless they can steal Boston College back from the ACC: unlikely).
Pac 10 adds two of the following 4 teams: Boise State, Utah, BYU, and TCU. The MWC consolidates, but having only two of those teams left in the conference severely limits their squawking about being deserving of a BCS bid.

The Big East will not qualify for an auto-bid the next time the BCS gurus get together and discuss automatic qualifying. The MWC will not qualify for an auto-bid either. There are currently 65 BCS teams that share in the BCS pie. If the MWC ends up getting an automatic bid next cycle, that number jumps to 74 (assuming the Big East still qualifies: there is no rule about how many conferences can qualify so there can be 7), or 75 if the MWC adds Boise State. Under the format described above, that number would drop to 60, 12 teams in 5 BCS conferences. Plus, the Big Ten and Pac 10 would have conference championship games which gives them more money. More money and fewer teams to share it with. The ONLY issue is: the two teams from the MWC/WAC that the Pac 10 doesn't take, now have a better chance of going undefeated and spoiling the party...

My favorite part about that scenario: it starts to look like a playoff as the two best teams in each of 5 regions square off for a shot at the BCS. Just take the top 4 teams AFTER the conference championships for a little playoff (it's only ONE extra game). Just imagine the possibilities...