Tomorrow’s Sugar Bowl game turned into an uncertain solace from a high-flying hype event. Marcus Freeman and the entire Notre Dame squad have hit a low in their quarterfinal game spirit. However, the head coach looks great in his third year with the Irish. Beating Georgia would make him look so much better as it would mean outdoing the winningest coach, Brian Kelly, who did all but break a tiff postseason ceiling in his storied tenure. The Irish need Freeman to do that, but will they flock to the Caesars Superdome to rack up their support? That remains a key question heading to the high-stake clash.

Fans are now divided into parts with a chunk of them believing they should no way miss the chance to watch the Sugar Bowl live from the stadium regardless of the inconvenience, while others become reluctant, ready to pack their bags and leave amidst the ongoing chaos.

”There are just not very many people out, and New Year’s Day night, and it’s like 50-55 degrees out here, it’s great it’s a beautiful night, and it’s like a ghost, and Bourbon Street is, of course, is empty, but a lot of the streets through the central business district and the warehouse District are empty. So, it’s a weird feeling. Today, a lot of people had their luggage and were leaving. You could tell they were either driving home or heading to the airport. They were, they were not staying an extra night,” said Ross Dellenger on Yahoo Sports.

It was all because an armed culprit drove a pickup truck into a big crowd on Bourbon Street and leveraged an instant death procession of 15 Wednesday morning in New Orleans. Investigations are on digging out the odds of a potential te**orist activity. The entire city is grieving for the lost lives and the lost opportunity to witness the highly touted Sugar Bowl clash between No. 7 seed Notre Dame and No. 2 seed Georgia. The game has been rescheduled for Thursday after a last-minute conclave among all officials involved. But the worst part is the crowd is reportedly losing its momentum.

However, Freeman knows what it would mean to win a title for the nation and he is less likely to let it go in any given circumstances.

Marcus Freeman seems to be an empathetic go-getter before the deciding Sugar Bowl 

”What I told the team is in the toughest moments, the culture of any program, of a nation, is revealed,” Freeman told ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt. ”I have a lot of faith this country will rally around the city of New Orleans and support all the victims and families that were affected today.”

While you might see it as a key cog in the program, Freeman sees it with a heart full of empathy and zero resentment toward the almighty. Freeman didn’t release any statement on the mishap, but he is not indifferent toward it at all. The veteran coach said he didn’t have many details to share at the time, with the Fighting Irish gearing up last minute, as they knew the game to air at 8:45 p.m. ET as planned.

As soon as they were aware, the entire focus shifted to the national tragedy and the victims. Freeman said they first mourned and prayed collectively for the country and those affected by the tragic event before jumping on any core sports discussions and assumptions.

However, he is not moving his eyes from the prize, not at all. ”Notre Dame football is a priority and winning national championships is a priority, And I would tell you — and I said this to Marcus and we were laughing — we’re both kinds of maniacally obsessed with winning a national championship and more in football,” the Irish athletic director, Pete Bevacqua revealed in a pre-game interview.

It remains to be seen how the Irish beat the odds of an unforeseen plague in the game and shine out at the end.