"I thought BYU not commenting on the Pac-12's requirements when they were announced was also a mistake."
---Tom Holmoe isn't going to issue a statement every time someone tweets about the P12 or any other conference.

"BUT an argument could be made that the fans were perhaps actually more in tune with what the situation that BYU"
---The fans are most definitely not more in tune with the situation than TH is.

"Why did Washington seem to catch BYU sleeping with their invite to play?"
---What? Washington had a game scheduled. It's not like BYU could have known ahead of time and said, hey we know your game in 2 weeks will be canceled, let's get a game scheduled...

"Why didn't BYU proactively contact the Pac-12 about it's policies or at least teams it would consider playing to start negotiations?"
---What? I have no doubt that TH has been contacting everyone and especially the P12. There's no evidence that he hasn't been.

"why did BYU allow itself to be in a position to look so bad?"
---If people are going to believe and spread that crap that BYU ducked a team that had a game scheduled, couldn't commit to a BYU game, and had to play Utah; then there's nothing TH or BYU can do for people like that.