Honestly, I won't be crushed if the B12 stays put at 10. The only scenario that would send me into a CR spiral would be if the B12 expanded by taking a few mediocre AAC schools away from us.
I get the sense in my own Twitter travels from the past few weeks that college sports fans think that UConn is a P5 school, but better suited for the B1G or ACC. I tend to agree.
If the B12 stays at 10, there is a 100% chance that it will lose more members at some point between now and their next TV contract. When that happens, it will start the wheels again. Until that day, we just need to keep doing what we are doing. Markets, academics, athletics, brand, TV ratings, licensing, football popularity...we are at or near the top of every important metric in comparison with our G5 competition. We make for a very easy partner when the day comes that a B12 school decides to bolt for greener and more secure pastures.