Yes, the original post was a little self-indulgent for a Board that moves at near-tweeting speeds.

Cutting to the chase ...
After several rounds of grand realignment strategy the East is set:

The Big Ten
Plains: Mizzou, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas
Lakes: Michigan, MSU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northwestern
Central: OSU, PSU, Rutgers, Purdue, Indiana
South: UNC, Duke, GaTech, UVA, Maryland

SEC
West: Bama, Auburn, MSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M
East: Florida, Georgia, VT, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Vanderbilt

Big16
Lonestar: Texas, TTech, Baylor, TCU
Central: OU, OSU, KSU, ISU
East: ND, BC, Pitt, Louisville
South: FSU, Miami, Clemson, NC State

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In the West, there were no P5 left for expansion, the Big12 did not come apart as the PAC had hoped. Wanting to get bigger, but not wanting to diminish their conference identity, they split the difference. Looking at football brand and footprint, they picked their quasi-partners.

The PAC announced the first Football Associates of the Pac12: BSU, BYU, New Mexico, and Hawaii. They would be included in the PAC12 football schedule, rounding out four quadrants. PAC schools would play their whole Quad and crossover games to total 8 PAC games and 2 Associate games. Associates would play their Quad, plus one game from each other Quad, for a total of 6 PAC games. Associates would take only half-shares of the revenue, but they would be eligible for bowl positions. And they would be P5 members, sort of.

PAC12 and Associates*
Rainier: WA, WSU, Utah, BSU*
Hood: Oregon, OSU, Colorado, BYU*
Bay: Stanford, Cal, ASU, UNM*
Beach: USC, UCLA, Ariz, Hawaii*

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And that is how BYU survived the big shift, getting 6 PAC games, 3 B16 a games, and 3 fillers from MWC and AAC. BYU secured bowl options, a path to the play-offs, and managed to keep a deal with ESPN for the 6 non-PAC games. Yes, Utah won't let us forget that we get a half-share, and we do have to play them every other year, but on the whole a great outcome for BYU.