The night started out ripe for celebrating the new year as the party pulsing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans drew revelers from near and far.

At a Mass celebrated at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains after the New Year's Day truck attack in the French Quarter and asked for prayers for the victims and their families.

Coach Deion Sanders and 21st-ranked Colorado play their first November game tied for second place in the Big 12 conference.