The other issue is that the Pac 10 does paired travel (one of the big reasons why they're in much better shape financially than the other western conferences, which are similarly spread out) and both schools lack an obvious travel partner. San Jose State is the closest non-Pac 10 I-A team to Fresno, and they're both much closer to Cal and Stanford than to Fresno and one of the worst teams in I-A. Idaho is the obvious partner for Boise, but they're also not very good, and closer to Washington State than to Boise. Utah might work (and if there's anyone the Pac 10 would like to add, it's Utah), but that's pushing things distance-wise (as per above, BYU is problematic for religious reasons and Utah State isn't good enough).
