Roughly 100,000 fans a year head to New Orleans for the week of the Sugar Bowl and this year is expected to be no different.

New Orleans officials say they are challenging the federal threat level assigned to upcoming Sugar Bowl and New Year’s Eve festivities, urging the kind of Super Bowl-caliber protection that stayed

Kirby Smart has fared well in rematches as a head coach. In fact, Smart has not lost a single rematch as a head coach. The most recent example being against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game, where they redeemed their regular season loss with a 28-7 win to earn a first round bye in the playoffs.

OXFORD, Ms. (WVUE) - Tulane will make its first College Football Playoff appearance Saturday when the Green Wave faces Ole Miss in a rematch from earlier this season. Both teams are making their playoff debuts. The winner advances to face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

In preparing for this season’s Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss, don’t expect Georgia coach Kirby Smart to draw many conclusions from last year’s loss to Notre Dame in New Orleans.