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What's now what is next for Washington State and Oregon State?

The easiest, most obvious option is probably what will happen: go to the Mountain West as a package deal.

Culturally, geographically and -- what is shockingly rare in realignment -- logically, it just makes sense.

The more complicated possibility is for the Beavers and Cougars to forge ahead as the two "refounding" members of the Pac-whatever. The thought with this route is that it could possibly allow the schools to claim whatever the conference still has, plus additional units yet to be distributed.

The question then becomes who can they get to join? None of the MWC schools could justify leaving on their own and the possibility that nine would vote to dissolve the conference to join WSU and OSU for branding purposes doesn't make sense.

Either as an independent in football ain't gunna happen.