I get Steve Dave's point, that we would have a immediate comparative advantage against most teams in the MWC, for example.
However, I believe that it would be very, very short lived. We will regress to the rest of the pack. Our football recruiting will be severely impacted....if Old Balls were 10-15 years younger, I'd be saying "bring it on," because he's EXACTLY the type of coach you need in conference like the ones where we will end up. The best we can hope for is to end up like a Boise State or Utah, and the most likely scenario is that we'll end up like a Colorado State or Nevada.