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Why Notre Dame, Georgia Pushed for Early Start Time to Sugar Bowl

Fans line at the front desk of the Sheraton hotel after the Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed after an attack on Bourbon Street. | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday afternoon. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday night, but was postponed in the wake of tragedy on Bourbon Street early on New Year's Day.

Reporting live from New Orleans, ESPN's Laura Rutledge shared the latest with Mike Greenberg on Get Up on Thursday morning. Rutledge described the meeting that took place between Sugar Bowl officials, College Football Playoff committee, city officials, FBI and the teams.

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