Random Wednesday thoughts while waiting for the Fresno State-Georgia College World Series final.

Fresno State's success makes it seem a bit odd that Boise State does not have a baseball team. Fresno State athletic director Thomas Boeh said the program costs roughly $1.5 million per year. Just think of the exposure the Bulldogs have gotten in the last few weeks.

Worth well over $1.5 million.

And please don't talk about the weather. The College of Idaho manages to field a successful baseball team. And last time I checked the weather in Caldwell isn't much different than the weather in Boise.

Boise State's main reason not to add baseball isn't really the money or the weather, but the Title IX implications. Simply no getting around that.

• Peak Broadcasting senior vice president Kevin Godwin told me last week that his company would decide on a Boise State play-by-play announcer by Friday. That would have been last Friday, June 21.

Today is June 25 — and still no replacement for Paul J.

Godwin said Peak, which won the broadcast rights this spring over long-time rights holder Citadel, had narrowed its search down to four finalists. One apparent finalist has accepted a job at Virginia.

One down, three to go.

Peak is in a difficult position, no doubt. Simply figuring out how to structure a contract for the new play-by-play announcer is tricky, especially if Peak is now down to its No. 2 choice.

Add in the perception — fair or unfair — that it looks like Boise State was in the "anybody but Paul J" camp, and Peak is already facing an uphill battle to sell its choice to the masses.

A delay like this doesn't help.