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I definitely can see an impasse coming....which I think will result in a pause which could run 2 weeks or as long as nearly a year, and then finally an agreement is made and four teams are added. This will provide a little time for the B12 cornerstone schools to shop the other conferences for an exit in 2024 and if they don't get a warm feeling, I would expect resistance to the four school add to finally crumble. The B12 doesn't have a very good future as a 10 school conference centered in one super state with four small rural states.
That's why we have to keep working. Everyone associated with UConn and realignment must work any contacts they have. This goes for schools in our corner and those that aren't. If we can't be Miami (the school that was desired by everyone in the ACC), then we need to be Pitt (the school that didn't upset anyone in the ACC). If BYU, or Memphis, or Houston, or even Cincy get UConn'd (where someone lines up "no" votes because of a personal vendetta (Miami) or fear of being inferior (BC)), then we need to be the easy choice.
This should include everyone. Not just athletic contacts. If the head of one of our academic departments went to school with the head of a Big 12 department, get them involved. I'm not talking about begging or pestering. Just make sure everyone that could possibly be a proponent knows who we are and why they can't live without us.