We spoke with a dozen people involved in the discussions and no one sees an easy move, making it hard to predict realignment resolution.

Losing Air Force would drop the Mountain West below the eight members needed to be recognized as an FBS league

Cancel that bulk order of beet juice. San Diego State’s basketball team religiously drinks the nitrate-rich concoction in the days before games in high altitude, believing it enhances oxygen delivery to muscles that becomes more difficult for sea-level athletes venturing into the Rockies.

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