re: Who is the SEC coach of the year so far?

Saban shouldn't even be in the running for this award anymore. At this point, his accomplishments are expected - he's running a football factory at Bama.

I think Gus deserves this award, hands down. He not only had to totally infuse better, more efficient coaching he had to get into the heads of a bunch of players that literally quit on the previous staff. The mental turn-around Gus & Co have imposed on those players is phenominal. Gary Pinkel already had his players mentally prepared, he just got them healthy so they'd be physically ready to play.