On Monday night, we'll all sit down to watch the rematch of Alabama and Clemson in the college football championship game.
But how long will we be sitting? Three hours? Four hours? Even longer?
The overwhelming consensus is college football games are too long. Most can agree on that. However, no one seems to have a solution.
That's understandable, considering the numerous factors that cause games to seemingly never end.
Replay reviews, commercial breaks, high-scoring offenses, clock stoppages for first downs. What needs to change?
Limiting commercial breaks just isn't going to happen, so let's eliminate that right off the bat.
And while we're slashing possible solutions, let's take away the idea of shortening the length of each quarter. The college game already has enough difference from the pros, we don't need more.
The targeting penalty has recently added yet another replay review, but that rule must remain to help the safety of the game.
As for other replays, the only direction it's going to go is up, not down. Getting calls right with replay is more important than reducing the length of the game.
An obvious reason for games lasting longer is the number of points being scored. Fast-paced spread offenses have taken over college football.
If you're a Big 12 fan, you've sat through some of the longest games this season. The average game time for the Big 12 this season was more than three hours, 30 minutes. The overall average is 3:24, eight minutes less than the Big 12.
One reason for the eight-minute difference is the abundance of offense (or lack of defense) in the Big 12.
But it's not like a rule can be made to force teams to slow down on offense or somehow teach how to play defense.
My solution? Just keep the clock running on first down.
Faster offenses mean more first downs. More first downs equals more clock stoppages.
A few seconds here and there add up to a few minutes here and there during the course of the game.
Eliminating this rule can shorten games and as an added bonus, it will help the college game resemble the NFL. Kill two birds with one stone.
It's a simple solution that for some reason hasn't happened yet. It can be the first step in keeping games under four hours.
I was entertained by this year's Rose Bowl as much as anyone else, but my gosh it took us more than four hours to get to that game-winning field goal.
For those who struggle to stay up late to see the end of night games, you may be in luck Monday night.
Alabama is mainly a running team so maybe everyone can go to bed before 11 p.m.