Trying to leave work at noon so you can make it to the Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium, but don’t have time to explain the details of the Deeper Than Hate Rivalry? Here are 10 excuses you can tell your boss that shouldn’t raise too many red flags. Sometimes a small white lie is easier than trying to justify your need to watch the best 6–6 team in the country: Georgia Southern.

1. Appointment at Donohoo Auto to check out some new post-Christmas used car arrivals before they’re gone.
2. Heading to Best Buy to return a 98-inch Hisense that turned out to be way too big for your living room.
3. Dentist appointment at Pelham Dental, right near the Pelham Civic Complex where the Bulls play.
4. Need to hit the Hoover DMV for a license renewal before the post-holiday lines get worse.
5. Deep cleaner coming over to handle a disastrous egg nog situation from two days ago.
6. Committed to helping with a post-Christmas ham redistribution at a charity the wife got involved with.
7. Meeting an accountant to go over year-end tax documents before deadlines hit.
8. Helping a great aunt move a large chair before traffic picks up and her guests arrive.
9. Tire rotation appointment at S+S Automotive Specialists in Cahaba Heights.
10. Tell your boss you are having to leave early to attend the Deeper Than Hate Part II Rivalry at Protective Stadium, a rivalry that started in 1932.

These teams met earlier in November, when Georgia Southern earned its first road win of the season with a 25–23 victory.

Rematch on Monday. Georgia Southern vs. App State — Protective Stadium, 1:00 p.m. CT.