The college football quarterfinal playoffs Allstar Sugar Bowl game opened on Thursday with a moment of silence for the people killed in New Orleans following a terror attack in the city before the game was set to take place on New Year’s Day.
In several videos posted on X, fans inside the Caesars Superdome paused for 60 seconds and bowed their heads for the 15 people killed and dozens more wounded after a terrorist with an ISIS flag drove a truck through a crowded Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day.
It was just before the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish players took the field for the coin flip and subsequent kickoff at 4:00 p.m. ET. The bowl game was postponed after it was initially scheduled to take place on Wednesday night.
Before the game, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry said that he’s “convinced” New Orleans is “safe” following the terror attack, as
