Gator Bowl kickoff time moved due to Sugar Bowl change

By Matt Moscona

Kickoff for the Gator Bowl between No. 14 Ole Miss and Duke has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Central Thursday. The change was made to accommodate television after the Sugar Bowl was moved from New Year’s Day as a result of the terror attack on New Orleans.

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The Gator Bowl had been the only bowl game scheduled for Thursday until authorities decided Wednesday to postpone the Sugar Bowl. Now, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal matchup between No. 2 Georgia and No. 7 Notre Dame will be played at 3:00 p.m. with the Gator Bowl to follow. Both games will be televised on ESPN.

In the early morning hours on New Year’s Day, a man drove a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least ten people and injuring more than 30 others. The assailant was killed by authorities at the scene.