It all boils down to this-one game to decide the champion of Conference USA. Beat the University of Houston, and Golden Eagle won their first Conference since 2003, but the victory may also deny the Eagles and the C-USA as a whole to the top of the $ 6 million in BCS revenue, which is divided between the teams have a team in the Conference are BCS game.
USM allows the loss by the C-USA team to split up $ 6 million of that money will be awarded the BCS to the Conference because Houston almost secured tickets to the BCS bowls. True, with the Eagles victory would almost certainly deny Cougars travel to the sugar bowl in New Orleans or Fiesta Bowl in Arizona, which will be the first C-USA team that made BCS appearance.