…Which is why the new conference realignments are even dumber than they look, putting crazy new travel stresses on already overextended student-athletes. Every step in the recent conference realignment drama that has engulfed college sports and destroyed the Pac-12 makes sense in its own narrow way. Oregon and Washington have joined the Big 10, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah have joined the Big 12, and four other schools remain without a home.