The Sugar Bowl — probably the most anticipated soccer video games of the 12 months — has been postponed twenty-four hours after a horrific New Yr’s Day assault left scores lifeless within the metropolis of New Orleans, the placement of the large CFB quarterfinal tilt.

Jeff Hundley, CEO of the Sugar Bowl, introduced Wednesday morning that the soccer recreation between 2-seeded College of Georgia and 7-seeded Notre Dame College would kick off Thursday evening simply earlier than 8 PM native time, as an alternative of Wednesday evening as deliberate, after consulting with the groups, TV community, and others.

“All events and all agree that it is in the very best in the very best curiosity of everyone and public security that we postpone the sport for twenty-four hours,” Hundley stated.

The choice comes after a person deliberately crashed his car into throngs of individuals celebrating the New Yr round 3:15 AM on Bourbon Road, in line with the FBI … killing at the very least 10 individuals, and ~35 injured.

“This man was attempting to run over as many individuals as he might,” Anne Kirkpatrick, Superintendent of the New Orleans PD stated Wednesday.

The Bureau says the assault, allegedly perpetrated by a 42-year-old man named Shamsud Din Jabbar, is being investigated as an act of terrorism.

Nobody in NOLA needed to cancel the sport, however on the finish of the day, retaining individuals secure was clearly the precedence, in line with Congressman Troy Carter from Louisiana.

“The soccer recreation is vital, it is a main occasion,” Carter stated. “Folks have come from everywhere in the nation, however nothing is extra vital than public security and ensuring that we’re defending the residents and guests alike.”