i am not surprised. I told my wife this morning it would be postponed or canceled. It was all they could do to avoid the media blitz of mean spirted and insensitive.
Game Thread: Sugar Bowl (ND vs UGA) (ESPN | Jan 2 at 3pm CST)
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They almost cancelled the playoffs in 2021 because of whatever Covid variant was circulating at the time. So I'm not surprised
Disagree. Lives are at stake. 15 people have died. Postponing the game sounds responsible.
They have to determine with certainty whether this was the prototypical lone nut or if this was a sort of sign of something coming that is worse.
I get both sentiments, I really do. But I try to always remember the words of baseball commissioner Fay Vincent when he canceled game three of the 1989 World Series due to an earthquake and referred it as “our modest little sporting event.”
They can clear the stadium in a few hours. This would not happen.
Yes, and they now the dead terrorist( American born citizen and Veteran) had multiple accomplices that are on the loose
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Some of you - steering this back to sports sort of - may remember a 70s movie called “Black Sunday,” one in the long line of that decade’s disaster films that everyone knew. In that case, terrorists tried to use the Goodyear blimp to blow up the Super Bowl while the game was going on. I think you may can view it on YouTube and it’s pretty ridiculous, but for the timeframe it was a pretty harrowing tale.
We’ll also consider that the French Quarter has effectively became a crime scene that is going to take about a day to clear out. When the Marathon bombing happened it took nearly 12 hours before the FBI would allow the deceased to be removed.
The point being is that much of the party district of the city is closed off and they are trying to determine if there are more suspects out there. The game needed to be postponed while the FBI can ensure there isn’t something bigger going on.
Just can't have nice things anymore, can we? There are some miserable people in this world.
If they had their way, we'd be looking at a 2020 NCAA basketball tournament situation all over again
If things really are that bad in New Orleans, couldn't they just move the game to say Baton Rouge or something?
They want people in the French Quarter spending money. By waiting a day lots of people will go there that might not go today. I would venture a guess that some of this is about the money.
I also tend to think sensitivity played into it. That's why I brought up the UGA student. Somebody may have said "Oh, maybe we better not play today because it may appear we don't care about the student".
Yeah I feel bad for the people that spent a couple grand to go down there for a few days then are flying back tomorrow. I am sure most people are scrambling to get hotels for another night changing airline tickets, and work and family issues with the game not playing tonight. It probably te right decision if they think there other people attached to this attack but still lot of issues with moving it back a day.
Many who were going to the game who won't be able to now due to this postponement
According to WMC channel 5 in Memphis, surveillance footage captured three men and one woman placing IED‘s in the French Quarter.
And that is why your game has been postponed.
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And that is why your game has been postponed.
Man who ‘intentionally’ drove through crowd, killing 10 in New Orleans was not ‘solely responsible,’ officials say
At least 10 people are dead after a truck intentionally plowed through a crowd in New Orleans.
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Like I said SAIC probably had more information than the Sugar Bowl and mayor of New Orleans and was dictating what was going to happenAccording to WMC channel 5 in Memphis, surveillance footage captured three men and one woman placing IED‘s in the French Quarter.
And that is why your game has been postponed.
Man who ‘intentionally’ drove through crowd, killing 10 in New Orleans was not ‘solely responsible,’ officials say
At least 10 people are dead after a truck intentionally plowed through a crowd in New Orleans.
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