Cowboys and their stadium shut out of Super Bowls, Mavericks surviving without Luka Doncic, Texas Rangers' Spring in the air and pretending to be humbled, all in this week's DFW sports notebook.

Brian Schottenheimer carried a card in his wallet when he was still in college, inscribed with his goal at the time.

McCarthy is widely seen as a better head-coaching candidate than Schottenheimer, who had never served as a head coach before this month.

He will try to become the fourth quarterback to win the NFL's ultimate prize as a starting quarterback after losing his first ...