It happened 19 and a half hours later than planned, in front of a smaller-than-expected Caesars Superdome crowd and in an environment that felt neither normal nor abnormal.
AdvertisementNotre Dame used a swarming defense and a 54-second scoring burst to top second-seeded Georgia 23-10 in Thursday’s Sugar Bowl, the last quarterfinal of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.
Two men sold white Sugar Bowl shirts on opposite corners of Canal Street, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare teeming with tourists.
Late Thursday morning, a pair of Sugar Bowl tickets ($27 apiece) was cheaper than an admission for two at the Audubon Aquarium a mile away.
It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown Georgia had allowed since 2018, and it helped turn a 3-3 tie into a 20-3 Irish lead.
Persons:
Year’s revelers, sipping, Louis Cathedral, barked, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry blared, “, Jeff Landry, Riley Leonard, Beaux Collins, Jayden Harrison, Gunner Stockton —, Carson Beck —, Cash Jones, Sean Gardner
Organizations:
ORLEANS, Notre Dame, Football, Penn State, Orange, U.S . Army, ISIS, St, Sugar, Audubon, Mardi, Notre, Cotton, Getty
Locations:
New Orleans, Jackson, Georgia