Georgia-Notre Dame moved to Thursday after deadly truck attack in New Orleans
The Sugar Bowl matchup between Georgia and Notre Dame, which serves as a College Football Playoff quarterfinal, has been postponed to Thursday at 4 p.m. ET after a deadly truck attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.
The Superdome was put on lockdown for security sweeps earlier Wednesday after a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people celebrating New Year's Day on Bourbon Street at about 3:15 a.m. CST, leaving at least 10 dead and dozens injured.
A University of Georgia student was critically injured in the truck attack, the school's president Jere W. Morehead announced Wednesday. All Notre Dame football personnel have been accounted for, according to the program. A Georgia spokesperson also told ESPN all members of the team and traveling group have been accounted for.
The subject - identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas - was killed after engaging in a firefight with local police after the attack, the FBI said Wednesday.
Weapons and a potential Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were also found in the vehicle along with an ISIS flag, and other potential IEDs were discovered near the scene, according to the FBI. The FBI added that it's investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.
"This perpetrator, he fired on our officers from his vehicle when he crashed his vehicle. Two of our officers have been shot," New Orleans police commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said earlier Wednesday. "He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did."
Kirkpatrick added that the two officers who were shot will recover, according to Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports.
A former Princeton football player, Tiger Bech, was among those killed in the attack, his brother Jack Bech confirmed on X.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry attempted to calm fears about Thursday's game at the Sugar Bowl by telling reporters he'll also be attending.
"That facility is safer today than it was yesterday," Landry said, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports.
New Orleans is also scheduled to host Super Bowl LIX at the Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025.