Sugar Bowl Postponed Following Horrifying New Orleans Attack | JP
The Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame will not be played on Wednesday as scheduled following the violent New Orleans attack.
Updated reports stated that the death toll from that attack, where a suspect plowed a pickup truck through Bourbon Street, has risen to 15.
The game has been delayed for at least 24 hours.
WATCH:
BREAKING: The Sugar Bowl has been postponed following the deadly attack in New Orleans, where investigators are still combing the crime scene and working to secure the French Quarter.
ESPN’s Laura Rutledge has the latest on the game which was set to kickoff tonight. pic.twitter.com/lzE9gn4pxW
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Per ESPN:
Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said in a news conference that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame would be delayed by 24 hours and that more information would be released as possible.
“For now, that’s the plan,” Hundley said.
The decision to postpone the game came after the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans underwent a security sweep as two improvised explosive devices were found at the scene of the attack in the French Quarter district. Jason Williams, the district attorney of Orleans Parish, which includes New Orleans, told ABC News that investigators were conducting a grid search to determine whether other explosive devices were planted.
Some credentialed Superdome employees were permitted into offices by Wednesday afternoon.
Breaking: The CFP quarterfinal between Notre Dame and Georgia will be postponed for 24 hours, Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley announced. More details to come. pic.twitter.com/oHcHQje3Zw
— ESPN (@espn) January 1, 2025
WATCH:
CEO of the Sugar Bowl, Jeff Hundley, announces the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will be delayed by “24 hours.”
“All parties and all agree that it’s in the best in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the… pic.twitter.com/A37hSNMXZi
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) January 1, 2025
USA TODAY reports:
The deadly incident in New Orleans happened around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the city’s emergency responders, a little over 16 hours before Notre Dame and Georgia were previously scheduled to begin their quarterfinal matchup less than a mile away at the Caesars Superdome. The driver was driving at a high speed and within moments started firing on police officers from inside the vehicle, according to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.
USA TODAY confirmed with New Orleans police that the driver was fatally shot by police. The FBI said in an initial statement Wednesday that it was “working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism.” The FBI identified the driver as 42-year-old U.S. citizen and Texas resident Shamsud Din Jabbar. Federal law enforcement officials stated that an ISIS flag, weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter, according to the FBI.
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