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

At this point, I'm with ya. That's why I put some conditionals on it.

If he beats Mizzou in a couple weeks and then takes care of MSU to finish out 9-3 with two top 10 wins. I think that at least puts him in the conversation.

Hell, Nutt did less than that here and won it.

EDIT - I'll contribute to the OP's question of who deserves it SO FAR.

Gus, hands down. His team did a complete 180 from last year. That's pure coaching.

Pinkel is good, but he's just finally got healthy players.

Saban is Saban. I think COY should go first to a coach who faced the most adversity and made the relative most of it.