University of Alabama cancels three days of classes surrounding championship game
By Stan Diel -- The Birmingham News
December 08, 2009, 11:08AM
The University of Alabama has canceled three days of classes so that students and faculty can attend the BCS Championship football game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 7.In a memo to faculty, UA Vice President and Provost Judy Bonner writes that "given the number of students who have to be in Pasadena ... and the number of faculty, staff and students who want to be there, we are dismissing classes on Jan. 6-8. Students should expect additional assignments to make up for the lost class time."
Top-ranked Alabama will play the University of Texas for the Bowl Championship Series National Championship.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/12/university_of_alabama_cancels.html
(And there is an argument that a big reason that there is not a playoff is because it would take up more time for classes for both players and students. Looks like Alabama doesn't care all that much.) -- timbe2
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