The Ohio State Buckeyes are playing in the first College Football Playoff Championship on Monday. It’s an historic game. Fourth-ranked Ohio State had to upset top-seeded Alabama to reach the game, and now must play underdog again as the Buckeyes battle No. 2 Oregon.

It’s a huge moment for the university, for the students, and for Ohio.

The game is on a Monday, which as we all know, is a school day. How is Ohio State managing the conflict between this significant athletic event and the day’s academia?

via the Associated Press:

The vice provost for undergraduate studies, Wayne Carlson, sent students an email this week that says it’s up to professors to decide whether traveling to the game in Dallas is an acceptable excuse for students to miss classes Monday or Tuesday. If absences aren’t cleared with an instructor, students absent during the first week could be taken off a class roster.

Come on, Vice Provost Carlson. We’re not talking about finals week. We’re talking about the first day of class. Do you know what happens on the first day of class?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Professors hand out a syllabus that no one looks at, tell you that you need to buy the $200 textbook that you will never open, and sternly wag fingers about waiting until the last minute to write your final paper and then you leave.

National championships happen every year, but you only get one chance to be in the first ever. It’s historic, and students deserve to celebrate. I know I don’t need to remind you of starting quarterback Cardale Jones had to say on this matter.

I think that settles the debate.