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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill weighed in postponement Sugar Bowl game after the deadly attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.
Muriel told NBC News she thinks the game should be moved to Friday. The game was pushed back only one day until Thursday afternoon.
“Not my decision, but I would like it to be postponed at least for one day. If they asked my opinion, I would tell them that,” Murrill said. “I think it was wise to delay it at least for a day. It’s an active crime scene and they just finished removing some of the bodies and they still haven’t removed everyone. I still think we need to wait an extra day.’
Muryl added that she considers the community “safe” regardless. The death toll from the Bourbon Street attack has risen to 15, Fox News reports.
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A general aerial view of the exterior of the Caesars Superdome, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)
The game is currently set to play less than 24 hours later than the original start time despite the attack. Allstate Sugar shop the organization announced that the game will begin on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. local time (4:00 a.m. ET). The game was originally due to kick off at 20:45 ET on Wednesday night and it was previously reported that the game would be postponed by 24 hours.
The Superdome is just a mile from the site of Wednesday morning’s deadly attack. Georgia and Notre Dame arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and reportedly stayed at hotels a few blocks from the crime scene. Both schools have reportedly instituted a “shelter-in-place” order for their teams.
According to a statement from the FBI, a man driving a Ford pickup plowed into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street around 3:15 a.m. local time. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Deen Jabbar, exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement before being pronounced dead at the scene.
The FBI is currently working to determine the subject’s “potential connections and affiliations with terrorist organizations” after an ISIS flag was found in the truck. A weapon and a potential IED were located in the suspect’s vehicle, and other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans FBI agent Alethea Duncan said during a news conference Wednesday that the FBI does not believe Dean Jabbar is “solely responsible” for the act.
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The decision to postpone the game for just one day after the attack drew mixed reactions from fans and pundits on social media.
Conservative commentator John Ziegler also disagreed with the delay in a post on X.
“This is wrong. Postponing the Sugar Bowl by one day will do nothing to bring back those who died or make the game any safer. In effect, (it) gives the terrorists exactly what they wanted. We have become SO soft as a society in almost every way,” Ziegler wrote.
“People who say ‘you can never be too safe’ are pretending that delaying an event of the magnitude of the Sugar Bowl doesn’t require housing costs. Tens of thousands of people left for New Orleans without a hotel for tomorrow night or flight reservations for Friday.”
Meanwhile, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy took issue with those who criticized the game’s postponement, suggesting that those people are “idiots.”
“Okay, it’s postponed. And the people who say that delaying the game for 24 hours allows the terrorists to win are idiots. It is (one) day. Protect the area. Do what you have to do. Delaying the game for 24 hours will not allow them to win,” Portnoy wrote on X.
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Police and EMS respond to a reported mass casualty incident on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1, 2025. (WVUE)
Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley released a statement offering his thoughts and prayers to all victims of the attack, as well as thanking those who accommodated the new start time.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families as we work through this,” said Jeff Hundley, chief executive officer of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. “We have full faith and trust in the governor and mayor, as well as all the federal, state and local emergency responders they brought to this horrific event. Whenever we have an event like the Sugar Bowl, public safety is paramount, and all stakeholders agree that this can only be done with a delay. We will now move forward to take care of the details to make the Sugar Bowl a first class, fun and safe event. more than 90 years.”
“On behalf of the College Football Playoff, we are devastated by this morning’s attack and our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those affected by this tragedy,” said Rich Clark, executive director of the College Football Playoff. “We are grateful to the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana and federal authorities for working together to provide a safe environment for all. We also appreciate ESPN’s flexibility in moving the game to tomorrow. in the afternoon”.
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