The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl was originally scheduled to take place in New Orleans on New Year’s Day; however, the city was rocked in the early hours by an apparent Islamic terrorist attack.
Now-deceased terror suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, allegedly drove a rented truck through a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, claiming the lives of at least 15 victims. Police were ultimately able to neutralize the driver, who was reportedly found with a “remote detonator” for explosives discovered in the French Quarter.
The Sugar Bowl was finally held on Thursday and attended by roughly 57,000 defiant football fans. While the day’s big winners were the American spirit, which jihadists have repeatedly proven unable to dampen, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who crushed the Georgia Bulldogs with the help of a 98-yard kick return, the big loser appears to have been the game’s title sponsor, Allstate.
