At first, I thought MWC fans were just trolling and/or venting their anger against SDSU for leaving. But, now, MWC Commish Banowsky along with a few MWC officials and sports writers are saying the same thing. Don't play a conference championship game and jeopardize your champion from getting beat and missing the much, much, much more lucrative BCS bowl. Therefore, MWC doesn't need 12 teams for two 6-team divisions. In other words, MWC doesn't need SDSU. The Aztecs are stranded on an island and have sacrificed their BB program. BUt now I digress.

In essence, MWC is following the B12 model.

CUSA should play its conference championship game on New Year's Day to highlight the conference. Not only is the conference highlighted, but it keeps from pitting our #1 team against some BCS roadkill that is 6-6 and probably one or two steps out of the basement of their respective conference.

Playing on New Year's Day also keeps CUSA from jeopardizing their conference champion from losing and missing out on the lucrative BCS bowl. If a CUSA team is selected for a BCS bowl, simple invite the #2 team from that division and play the game for the runner-up spot. Give the bowl a catchy name, for example, the Jim Thorpe Bowl or something like that.