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Making The Rounds: Media Rights Skyrocket, Stacey Augmon Becomes UNLV Assistant, Time Miles Is Not Upset At Utah

Pac-12 Agrees To 12-Year, $3 Billion Television Deal With Fox, ESPN - SB Nation Denver
Utah lands in the Pac-12 at the best time with a $20 million per-year pay day.

Nothing new on MWC TV front - All Things Colorado Sports - Denver Post
The Mountain West can negotiate their television deal with the membership shake up, but there currently are no negotiations.

Non-AQ BCS money distribution - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN
Several months ago, the BCS announced the non-AQs would receive a record $24.7 million to split among themselves. That may be a record, but it is a pittance compared to the $145 million that collectively went to the automatic qualifying conferences.

Basketball News:

Stacey Augmon accepts third and final UNLV assistant coaching position - Las Vegas Sun
The answer that new UNLV men's basketball coach Dave Rice was waiting for finally came just before he attended a 6 p.m. fundraising event Tuesday night, when he was informed that former Rebels teammate Stacey Augmon will be joining his staff as an assistant coach. Augmon, who is the program's third all-time leading scorer and helped lead UNLV to the 1990 NCAA title, joins Rice, Justin Hutson and Heath Schroyer on the bench.

A Very Early Look at 2012 Wyoming Basketball Recruiting Needs - Cowboy Altitude
With the 2011 recruiting class complete, what will the Wyoming Cowboys be looking for in the 2012 class? A breakdown of the future roster and expected needs. Expect another big recruiting class due to the extra large group of seniors at Wyoming. I like to think of the roster as a bread sandwich: two slices of bread with no filler. Not saying the sophomore and juniors aren't good players, they are just outnumbered heavily.

CSU’s Miles won’t begrudge Utah piracy | All Things Colorado Sports
So far, the new Utah hire has swiped Mile's long-time assistant and lead recruiter DeMarlo Slocum, fall signee Javon Dawson and director of basketball operations Randy Baruth.

TCU men's basketball signs North Crowley point guard Anderson | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The TCU men's basketball team signed North Crowley High School point guard Kyan Anderson, coach Jim Christian announced Monday. Anderson (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) averaged 14.1 points and six assists per game his senior season.

Football News:

SDSU athletics hoping success offsets state cuts - SignOnSanDiego.com
San Diego State athletics is trying to weather the storm of state budget cuts. Increased men's basketball and football revenue will help, according to athletic director Jim Sterk. 

New SDSU strength coach carving out his own name - SignOnSanDiego.com          

"They have to know that I have a genuine care for them," Court said. "What I'm asking them to do, it's hard. It's not easy. So the bottom line is I have to be around all the time. If a workout starts at 6 a.m., I'm there an hour and a half early. The room is set before a player sets foot in the building. That shows consistency and preparedness. If they have to get their own weights set up, that's un-organization. That's not how I was trained to do things and that's not how we do them around here."                    

College Football Roundtable: Mountain West Conference - College Football Zealots

Predictions, breakout players and what players would you want to pick in starting a team.

State of Hawaii looks hard at BCS suit - Hawaii News - Staradvertiser.com
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