NCAA Announces FBS Conference Re-Allignment (Humor)

In a shocking announcement delivered at 4:37 on April 20 at a surprise press conference by NCAA officials and the heads of the 11 current conferences of Div-1A schools said that a plan was in place to entirely re-organize college football's competitive divisions and replace the current BCS model with a full playoff.

Reporters were flabbergasted at such an unexpected turn of events given the current contracts and agreements between the conferences, schools, and the BCS bowl games.

"We've all been thinking about what it would take to institute a playoff for while now, even as we all kept trying to fix the current system. This afternoon we all came together in a conference call, "Dude, why not?" said an official spokesperson. "It was like in one magic moment something let us see through the BS."

Rather than try to workout a seeding method for a full playoff using the current conference organization, the plan re-organizes all 120 FBS schools into 12 new ten school conferences based on geographic divisions.

"In addition to making a playoff feasible, which is, y'know, what people keep whining about, it will also save teams money of travel that they can then spend on, whatever," said the official spokesman.

When asked what prompted the sudden change in so many attitudes toward a playoff, none of the officials present gave comment, citing "the man."

Currently, there are no plans to extend the new organization to any other sport, these teams will keep their prior alignments. However, if the new conferences gel quickly several conference chairpersons said that they could extend the reorganization "sometime, later, maybe."

Reactions have been mostly positive so far from the college football community.

"As soon as I saw the new alignment I said 'thank heavens, I don't ever have to play another game in the Willamette Valley!'" said USC coach Pete Carroll.

"Anything that limits the number of teams that are well known in the state of Texas, I'm for," said Oklahoma's Bob Stoops. "More players for me!"

Even Big-10 icon Joe Paterno of Penn State was in favor of the move.

"I've tried before to create a northeastern conference that Penn State could be a part of. Given the state of the other teams in our new conference, I can't think of a better time to do that than right now."

Notre Dame and the schools of the SEC have, on the contrary, condemned the new plan.

"Given the high academic caliber and great history of Notre Dame's football teams, there is no legitimate reason for the team to be forced to prove itself the best among a conference of its peers to reach meaningful post-season play," said a statement issued from the ND athletics office.

Taking things one step further, the athletic directors at the schools of the SEC issued a joint statement condemning the breakup of the "most iconic football conference in the nation."

The same statement issued a counter-proposal that would re-organize all 108 non-SEC teams into similar new conferences that would then play-off for the right to play the SEC champion for the national title.

Should the NCAA and conferences fail to respond to the SEC's complaint, the conference has reserve the right to secede from the Div I FBS and crown its own national champion.

Negotiations are still underway as to where and when the playoff games will be held, but persistent rumors state that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would be willing to allow all postseason games to take place at the team's new stadium in exchange for the NCAA "bailing out" the team for the cost of construction.

The new College Football FBS organization runs as follows.

Evergreen Conference                                  Gold Rush Conference

Washington                                                     California, Berkeley

Washington State                                             California, Los Angeles

Oregon                                                           Stanford

Oregon State                                                   Southern California

Idaho                                                             Fresno State

Boise State                                                     San Jose State

Utah                                                              San Diego State

Utah State                                                      Hawaii

Brigham Young                                                 Nevada, Reno

Wyoming                                                        Nevada, Las Vegas

Old West Conference                                    Cattle Trail Conference

Arizona                                                           Texas, Austin

Arizona State                                                  Texas A&M

New Mexico                                                   Rice

New Mexico State                                          Houston

Colorado                                                         Southern Methodist

Colorado State                                                  Baylor

Air Force                                                         Texas Christian

Texas, El Paso                                                 Oklahoma

Texas Tech                                                      Oklahoma State

North Texas                                                    Tulsa

Corn Belt Conference                                   Lake Michigan Conference

Nebraska                                                         Northwestern

Kansas                                                             Indiana

Kansas State                                                   Purdue

Missouri                                                          Ball State

Iowa                                                                Notre Dame

Iowa State                                                       Western Michigan

Minnesota                                                       Central Michigan

Wisconsin                                                        Eastern Michigan

Illinois                                                             Michigan

Northern Illinois                                              Michigan State

Mississippi River Conference                     Dixie Conference

Mississippi                                                      Western Kentucky

Mississippi State                                             Kentucky

Southern Mississippi                                       Louisville

Arkansas                                                        Tennessee

Arkansas State                                               Vanderbilt

Louisiana State                                               Memphis

Louisiana Tech                                               Middle Tennessee State

Louisiana Lafayette                                        Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Louisiana Monroe                                          Alabama, Birmingham

Tulane                                                            Auburn

Rebel Conference                                          Tobacco Row Conference

Troy                                                                 Army

Georgia                                                           Virginia

Georgia Tech                                                   Virginia Tech

Florida                                                             North Carolina

Florida State                                                    North Carolina State

Florida International                                         Duke

Florida Atlantic                                                Wake Forest

Miami, Florida                                                East Carolina

South Florida                                                  Clemson

Central Florida                                                South Carolina

Backwoods Conference                                Yankee Conference

West Virginia                                                  Maryland

Marshall                                                          Navy

Ohio                                                                Rutgers

Ohio State                                                       Connecticut

Cincinnati                                                        Boston College

Miami, Ohio                                                    Buffalo

Kent State                                                       Syracuse

Akron                                                              Pittsburgh

Toledo                                                             Penn State

Bowling Green                                                Temple

Western Region: Evergreen, Gold Rush, Old West

Central Region: Cattle Trail, Corn Belt, Lake Michigan

Eastern Region: Yankee, Backwoods, Tobacco Row

Southern Region: Rebel, Dixie, Mississippi River

Conference champions and one at large (determined by conference placement, overall record, non-conference record, AP ranking) from each region playoff for Regional Championship. Teams are seeded No.1-4 and play 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 in the initial round.

Regional champions playoff for national title. Teams are seeded 1-4 and play 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 in the initial round.