[molson]

I hope it works out for them (if it happened), just because more independent programs makes a more interesting college football landscape, IMO.

As for bowls - I don't think their BCS chances would drop too much. On the downside, the path to an automatic bid gets that much tougher, but on the plus side, there's much less chance of an automatic bid coming out of the MWC without them there, and they have a much better chance at an at-large if they have more control over their own schedule. Otherwise, they'll probably end up associated with the WAC's bowl tie-ins, which aren't going to be much worse than the MWC's, especially after BYU left. And they certainly negotiate their own deals with bowls - there might be a season or two where options were less than ideal, but I'm sure that would be remedied.