Tragic circumstances meant Notre Dame and Georgia were forced to wait an extra day to play in the Sugar Bowl. While a postponement was not in the cards, life sometimes interferes in the cruelest possible fashion. However, we now have some clarity about the path forward.
The Sugar Bowl has announced that the game, which had been rescheduled for Thursday, will kick off at 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST. ESPN will televise the game as was previously scheduled, and all tickets that were purchased for the game will be honored.
The postponement was implemented in order to allow for enough time to put in additional security measures in response to the tragedy that befell New Orleans in the wee hours of New Year’s Day.
The game had an original kickoff time of 8:45 p.m. EST/7:45 p.m. CST, but officials for both schools and the playoff reportedly lobbied for a earlier kickoff time to allow the winning team enough time to recover and prepare for the Orange Bowl against Penn State.
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