Despite the postponement of the Georgia-Notre Dame Sugar Bowl game due to a shooting in New Orleans, fans found a sense of safety and civility in the face of tragedy.
NEW ORLEANS— Georgia and Notre Dame fans filled a plaza adjacent to the Superdome, enjoying music under clear skies—with snipers on rooftops—before heading into the stadium for Thursday’s College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl . It was a lot of fun. It felt safe, said Shannon Horsey, a Georgia fan in her 40s who lives in Austin, Texas. Coming in they searched my bag thoroughly. So I felt like, OK, they’re really paying attention.
Horsey was in New Orleans with her husband, Joe, a 48-year-old Georgia graduate, and their teenage children, Jack and Zoe. They extended their stay after the game, originally scheduled for Wednesday night, was postponed because of an attack by a man who “We can see the presence up on the rooftop,” Horsey said, pointing at a sniper above Champions Square. “So, I kind of felt like this is probably one of the safest places to be in the city.” Joe Horsey said the pregame crowd was larger than he expected but he also found the energy lower than a normal football game. “You could sense the musicians trying to get people riled up. People are kind of going through the paces, a little bit in shock, but trying to make the best of the day,” he said. It also seemed to Horsey that opposing fans were being a little more polite to one another than at a typical game. SEC football can get nasty on game day and can get a little raucous, he said. “But there’s a little different sense of civility and that there’s bigger things than football.” Flags were at half-staff outside nearby government buildings in memory of those killed in the attack, which has been labeled by authorities as “Obviously the events that occurred were very challenging, and I just want everybody to know that the Notre Dame family, every single person in our locker room is praying for those families,” Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard said
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