Skip Holtz said after East Carolina's Conference USA Championship win over Tulsa that he's "not looking to leave" ECU, and "it would have to be a really special situation" to lure him away from Greenville. Winning a conference championship at East Carolina is almost like winning one at Buffalo; the Pirates were 3-20 the two years before Holtz's arrival. Syracuse, with no particular recruiting profile and a 3-25 Big East record the last four years, might be "special" in some sense, but probably not the one Holtz is referring to here.

As of this morning, though, the locals seem confident Holtz will be wearing Orange by early next week:

A broadcast report maintains East Carolina's Skip Holtz is heading to Syracuse to become the new coach of the Orange football team.

The Post-Standard's Donnie Webb indicates The NFL Network is reporting Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University's football coach on Monday.

This is not a lock, but as rumors go, this one is pretty good, both in source and circumstance. Holtz will be in New York for schmoozing at his dad's Hall of Fame induction, along with Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross, who'll be there for former 'Cuse quarterback Don McPherson's ceremony, though East Carolina AD Terry Holland insists there will be no interviews. "Talks," maybe but nothing around or a table or anything. Of course, Holland also said last week he would "wrap both hands around [Holtz's] throat and throttle him until he agrees to coach at East Carolina for the rest of his life," so Skip may not be telling him everything here. Stay tuned.