BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Classes have been cancelled at LSU for the day of and after the College Football Playoff national championship game, the university said.
A proposal to cancel class Monday and Tuesday was approved Friday by LSU’s Board of Supervisors, The Advocate reported. But, LSU said the university will remain open and employees should report to work as usual on those days.
No. 1 LSU and No. 3 Clemson will face off in the championship game at 7:15 p.m. Monday. Monday is also the first day of the spring semester at LSU.
A Clemson spokesperson said its campus will take the same approach as it has previously and hold classes as scheduled.
This will be Clemson’s fourth national title game appearance since 2015, and it hasn’t altered its schedule in the past, the school said. Those championship sites have been as far away as Glendale, Arizona; Santa Clara, California; and Tampa, Florida.
The class cancellation only applies to the flagship campus in Baton Rouge, the university said in statement. All other LSU campuses across the state will hold classes as usual on Monday and Tuesday and their academic calendars will not change.
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