The game between Georgia and Notre Dame will kick off as scheduled after a driver killed 10 pedestrians in New Orleans’ French Quarter Wednesday.
The College Football Playoff quarterfinal contest between Georgia and Notre Dame will kick off as previously scheduled despite increased police presence around the Superdome.that left 10 dead and more than two dozen wounded in the early hours of New Year's Day has impacted police presence around thequarterfinal at Caesars Superdome, but city officials say the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will go on as scheduled.
The incident happened around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday when a driver in a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians along Bourbon Street in the city's French Quarter district. The FBI said the driver of the vehicle was dead and that he was killed in a firefight with police following the attack.Bodies described as"horribly disfigured" were lying on the street, according to a man who witnessed the harrowing scene along Bourbon and Canal streets.in an interview Wednesday morning. He compared the carnage on the streets to something he'd previously seen only in movies.No. 2 Georgia and No. 5 Notre Dame are set to kick off 7:45 p.m.
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