The usually rowdy University of Georgia and Notre Dame fans fell silent for a few seconds on Thursday before the Sugar Bowl kicked off in New Orleans, paying their respects to the victims of an attack a day earlier that left 14 dead and dozens injured in the heart of the city.
The Sugar Bowl, a college football playoff quarterfinal, was delayed by a day after a 42-year-old man driving a pickup barreled through crowds of people on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day.
As fans swarmed to the Superdome — a stadium that is as much a cultural touchstone to Louisianans as it is a sports venue — a helicopter circled overhead and heavily armed officers stood by.