Louisiana's attorney general is calling for a further postponement of the Sugar Bowl following the New Year's Day terrorist attack in New Orleans.
The College Football Playoff game between Georgia and Notre Dame was originally scheduled for Wednesday.
Then, as Breitbart News reported, around 3:15 a.m., terrorists drove a truck down Bourbon Street, which was crowded with revelers, killing at least 15 people, including a former Princeton University football player. , postponed for 24 hours. .
The FBI investigation into the driver, Shamsuddin Jabbar, 42, continues.
The agency said in a statement that at the time of the attack, the suspect was driving what appeared to be a rented Ford pickup truck, and an ISIS flag was found inside the vehicle.
of new york post report Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” Wednesday night that it would have been better if the football game had been postponed until at least Friday.
“It's not my decision, but I would like it to be postponed for at least another day,” Murrill told the station. “If they asked my opinion, I would tell them so.”
Organizers of the Sugar Bowl, which will be held at the Caesars Superdome about a mile from the attack, have decided to move the game to 4 p.m. ET Thursday.
Georgia and Notre Dame Cathedrals outside the Louisiana Superdome after an attacker plows his car into a crowd, killing at least 15 people on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day in New Orleans, January 1, 2025 Allstate Sugar Bowl sign between. , Louisiana. (Chris Gracen/Getty)
The winner of this game will play Penn State a week later on January 9th in the Orange Bowl.
“We have been in discussions with ESPN, the College Football Playoff, the Southeastern Conference, the University of Georgia, and the University of Notre Dame. All parties involved agree that postponing the game for 24 hours is in the best interest of everyone and public safety. agree,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said at a press conference confirming the change Wednesday afternoon.
ESPN's Laura Rutledge reported Georgia's football team had been evacuated following an attack earlier in the day.
Both the Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football teams said in separate statements that all personnel have been terminated.
