Notre Dame secures emotional Sugar Bowl win over Georgia on stirring night in New Orleans after terror attack

After a chaotic, tragic and exhausting 48 hours in the city of New Orleans, the Sugar Bowl has been crowned champion.

Notre Dame upset the SEC champion Georgia Bulldogs 23-10 to advance to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.

The Fighting Irish will head to the Orange Bowl, where they will play No. 6 Penn State, with the winner of that game advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

In a sporting sense, the victory means all four top players are eliminated from the College Football Playoff in the first year of the new 12-team format.

But in a broader sense, the celebration from Notre Dame players on the field and fans in the stands comes in the wake of a devastating terrorist attack that killed fourteen people and injured dozens.

After Notre Dame players gathered in the end zone, arm in arm as they waved back and forth as their alma mater played, cameras discovered Louisiana State Troopers standing on the sidelines after a devastating period for the city, state and the state. the nation.

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