LINCOLN, Neb. Adrian Clayborn Patriots Jersey . - Barney Cotton choked up as he described the challenges that come with serving as Nebraskas interim head coach.He wants to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of maintaining a business-as-usual atmosphere in the wake of Bo Pelinis firing. He vows to make sure the players have the best experience possible at the Holiday Bowl.Yet, he still feels the punch in the gut from Pelinis firing and sadness for assistant coaches who dont know what the future holds after new coach Mike Riley takes full control following the Dec. 27 game against Southern California.Little by little, guys are being given notices that this spot will be filled by someone else and that spot will be filled by someone else, Cotton said. Those are the hardest things. Youre talking wives and kids and moving and new schools and all that. That really tugs at you. I wish I could make it all go away, but obviously thats not the reality we live in.Cotton is among five interim coaches who will be in charge of teams this bowl season. The others are Dave Baldwin at Colorado State, David Gibbs at Houston, Joe Rudolph at Pittsburgh and D.J. Durkin at Florida.Cotton already has landed his next job as offensive co-ordinator at UNLV. Baldwin is a candidate to replace Jim McElwain as the Rams head coach. Gibbs hopes to stay on as defensive co-ordinator for Tom Herman. Rudolph might join the staff of former Pitt coach Paul Chryst at Wisconsin. Durkin has been connected to several defensive co-ordinator jobs since finding out this week he wouldnt be retained by McElwain, Floridas new coach.The interim jobs might be more challenging for Baldwin and Rudolph, whose bosses were not fired but instead left for better jobs.Its a process that goes through the mind right now, Baldwin said. Youre 10-2, yet youre not sure if youll be employed at all next year. Theres limbo, but we accept that in this profession. If youre worried about it, you shouldnt have gotten into this profession.The bowl games amount to auditions for soon-to-be unemployed coaches, said Gibbs, wholl be across the field from Rudolph when Houston plays Pitt in the Armed Forces Bowl on Jan. 2.If youre good at your job, Gibbs said, you realize that if you go out there and coach your butt off and your kids play hard and play good, you have a better chance of getting a job than if your kids go out there and lay down and get beat up on national television.Baldwin, the Rams offensive co-ordinator, said he didnt hesitate to accept the interim job for the Saturdays game against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl.Theres a lot of uncertainty that goes on with the players in this process, and we wanted to make sure they understand were here for them and were going to make this happen, Baldwin said. Were a 10-2 football team for a lot of good reasons. Lets make some history and win 11 games.Durkin, who was Will Muschamps defensive co-ordinator, said because of the transitory nature of the business, its not awkward when an interim coach takes over for a departed head coach. He said he appreciated the trust athletic director Jeremy Foley showed in asking him to lead the Gators against East Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl on Jan. 3.Ive been here five years with our guys, Durkin said. I want to make sure they get my very best as a head coach to go win this game and finish things off the right way. Thats where my focus is.For Cotton, his imminent parting with Nebraska will be more difficult than perhaps it will be for other interim coaches who will be somewhere else next year.The 58-year-old Cotton grew up in Omaha, played offensive line for the Cornhuskers and served as a graduate assistant under Tom Osborne. He was Frank Solichs offensive co-ordinator in 2003 and held several jobs on Pelinis staff since 2008. He has had three sons play for Nebraska.I wouldnt have traded my playing experience, certainly wouldnt have traded working for Frank and working for Bo and having Coach Osborne as the (athletic director) here, Cotton said. And having the chance for Bo and Coach Osborne to give my boys the opportunity to come play at Nebraska, where their dad played and where my folks have lived... Ill always be thankful and always be blessed.___AP Sports Writer Mark Long in Gainesville, Florida, contributed to this report. Jeremy Hill Jersey . - Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery was so busy in free agency he didnt mind having a few extra weeks to prepare for the draft. Custom Patriots Jerseys .Best moustache: How can we not give this to Lanny McDonald? Check out the duster for yourself. http://www.authenticpatriotsfanatic.com/c-115-patriots-jason-mccourty-jersey.aspx . The Blue Jackets got goals from Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and R.J. Umberger and Curtis McElhinney posted his first shutout since 2011 in a 4-0 victory on Friday night.NEW YORK -- Dirk Nowitzki called it "probably the ugliest game-winner I ever shot," and this is how he described it. "Basically it hit the board, every part of the rim, hit Jerry West over there (the logo on the backboard), came back over and it was definitely an ugly, ugly shot," he said. But when the 19-foot jumper bounced up and then fell in as time expired, the Dallas Mavericks had a 110-108 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night. The Mavericks blew an eight-point lead in the final 90 seconds, then pulled out their third straight victory when Nowitzkis jumper that seemed to have missed instead fell through. "I didnt even feel like celebrating it was so ugly," Nowitzki said. His teammates and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban did it for him, rushing onto the floor after Dallas moved into seventh place in the Western Conference. Carmelo Anthony had 44 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks. He played strong defence on the Mavericks final possession, but was left standing in disbelief long after the buzzer after Nowitzkis shot appeared to hit the backboard first, then the front rim, then bounced up before dropping. "It was like a needle in a balloon right there," Anthony said. "It sucks all the air out of you. He hit a hell of a shot." Vince Carter made seven three-pointers and scored a season-high 23 points. Monta Ellis had 22 for Dallas (35-23), which has won nine of 11 and is a season-best 12 games over .500. Jose Calderon finished with 20 points for the Mavericks, who swept a three-game road trip and beat the Knicks for the 20th time in the last 25 meetings. Nowitzki had just 15 points after missing all five three-point attempts. "Thats one thing about the greatest players. I played with (Larry) Bird for three years. He took more pleasure in hitting a game-winning shot after he missed eight or nine in a row than having a great game at times," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 12 rebounds against his former team, sparking the Knicks comeback after they trailed 108-100 with 1:37 left. But New York (21-36) lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell a season-worst 15 games below .500. The Knicks had blown big leads in their last two games, giving away a 14-point advantage at Orlando and a 17-point cushion at Atlanta, collapses that coach Mike Woodson called "mind-boggling. Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey. quot; This one had to hurt worse. "There were games last year when our backs were against the wall and we just found a way to win," Woodson said. "This year when weve been in the situation where we needed a big stop or two we havent been able to get it done." The Mavericks seemed to have put it away when Calderon made a three-pointer, and Brandan Wright followed with a basket to stretch the late lead to eight points. But after Raymond Feltons basket, Chandler converted a three-point play, then came up with a steal to start a break that ended with Anthonys three-pointer that tied it at 108 with 50 seconds remaining. The Knicks got the ball back after a Dallas miss but committed a shot-clock violation, giving Dallas the ball for Nowitzkis winner. "We maybe shouldnt be in the situation at the end, I think six points up," Calderon said. "It was a good lead with 1:20 or something, but it was good at the end." Amare Stoudemire scored nine points in his first start since the end of the 2011-12 season for the Knicks, who had just 10 available players after waiving Metta World Peace and Beno Udrih earlier Monday following contract buyouts. The Mavericks shot 55 per cent and led 31-21 after one quarter, but the Knicks came right back and made 14 of 19 shots (74 per cent) while scoring 38 points in the second, when Anthony scored 17 points. New York erased a 14-point deficit to grab a two-point lead on Anthonys jumper with 11 seconds left, but Ellis made a three-pointer as time expired to give Dallas a 60-59 edge. Dallas had the lead back up to eight in the final minute of the third, but Anthony made three free throws, then nailed a three-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining as the Knicks trimmed it to 84-82. NOTES: Woodson said he would talk with team president Steve Mills on Tuesday to discuss filling the teams open roster spots. He said he thought the Knicks needed a big man with Andrea Bargnani and Kenyon Martin still injured, and a guard who could defend on the perimeter. ... 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