Washington leaving the Pac-12 is a total bummer — and totally necessary

Here lies the Pac-12.

It takes about two hours to drive from Husky Stadium to Vantage, Wash., a census-designated place in Kittitas County along the Columbia River. This isn’t quite the halfway point between the University of Washington and Washington State University, but it is unofficially so. It’s where you exit Interstate 90 and steer onto Highway 26 toward the Palouse. …