Georgia falls to Notre Dame in Allstate Sugar Bowl

The big picture: But the game was of secondary importance following the Wednesday morning attack on Bourbon Street that has left 15 people dead, including the suspect, and dozens more wounded.

• At least one UGA student was critically injured, according to a statement from the school. Elle Eisele, 19, is from Fort Myers, Florida, WBBH reports.

Between the lines: New Orleans officials postponed the Sugar Bowl, originally scheduled for New Year's Day, by about 24 hours so that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies could investigate the scene.

• Many Georgia fans who'd traveled to New Orleans for the game struggled to decide whether to stay or go Thursday, the AJC reported from New Orleans.
• "I was in Centennial Olympic Park in 1996 before the bombing," nonprofit leader Philip Rafshoon told the newspaper. "It felt exactly the same it did the morning after that. It's just doom and gloom. But you have to go on — you have to appreciate being alive."

A few hours before the game, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp posted a video that he narrated, complete with scenes of Georgia football glory blended with one of Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame in 1996, with a note that read:

• "In the wake of tragedy, it is the strength of community that bonds us together."