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Mack Brown wants the Coaches Poll out of the BCS. Makes perfect sense since coaches don’t actually watch games every week.

NCAA football coaches warm to early signing period. Allowing recruits to sign early would allow them to refocus on school once they’ve made decision.

Mack Brown promises wide open offense, fewer redshirts. Let’s hope this is true, particularly the offensive scheme.

Bobby Reid: Mike Gundy’s rant “basically ended my life”. As has been my impression from the very beginning, Gundy seems like a complete scum bag.

Muschamp brings intensity, impressive resume to Texas’ defense. Good article on the Longhorns new defensive coordinator.

Basketball assistant Ken McDonald takes Western Kentucky head job. Chris Ogden will reportedly replace him on Barnes’ staff.

For healthy, curse-free Barnes, it’s all ‘gosh, darn’ these days. Coach is a big advocate of Metamucil apparently.

Texas sophomore point guard [tag]DJ Augustin[/tag] and head coach [tag]Rick Barnes[/tag] were both honored by Big 12 basketball coaches Monday. Augustin was named first team All Big 12. He was one of two unanimous selections, along with Kansas State’s Michael Beasley who was named conference player of the year. Guard [tag]AJ Abrams[/tag] and forward [tag]Damion James[/tag] were named to the second and third team respectively.

Barnes’ job taking a Kevin Durant-less Longhorns team to a Big 12 title was rewarded with a coach of the year nod. He’s been to a Final Four and coached two national players of the year, but this season was probably his best coaching job. The improvement of every single player on this year’s squad definitely reflects well on Barnes and his entire staff.

See the full list of Big 12 awards after the jump.

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Colorado coach says some Big 12 stars should go pro, including DJ Augustin. He’s just hoping to actually win some conference games next year.

Texas loses players, but Barnes keeps winning. This may be his best year as coach since he’s been at Texas.