Sugar Bowl postponed to Thursday after New Orleans truck attack - ESPN

The Allstate Sugar Bowl will not be played Wednesday following a deadly pickup truck attack in New Orleans that killed at least 10 and injured dozens more.

Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said in a news conference that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame would be delayed to Thursday and that more information would be released as possible.

«Public safety is paramount,» Hundley said at a media briefing alongside federal, state and local officials, including Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. «All parties all agree that it's in the best interest of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours.»

The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday evening, but it will start on Thursday at 4 p.m. ET. Sources earlier told ESPN's Pete Thamel that both teams had discussed having an earlier kickoff time, citing the importance of rest and recovery. The winner of the Sugar Bowl will face Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9.

Hundley said in a statement that work was underway to «take care of the details to make the Sugar Bowl the first-class, fun, and safe event that it has been for over 90 years.»

«We are grateful to the leadership of the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, the State of Louisiana and federal authorities as we work together to ensure we can provide a safe environment for everyone,» he said.

The decision to postpone the game came after the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans underwent a security sweep after two improvised explosive devices were found at the scene of the attack in the French Quarter district. Jason Williams, the district attorney of Orleans Parish, which includes New Orleans, told ABC News that investigators were conducting a grid