re: Up to this point, SEC Coach of the Year: Gus Malzahn or Gary Pinkel?

Mizzou will not beat both Ole Miss and TAMU. in fact they may lose them both.

Gus took a broken team and fixed it in his first year.

Lock of the year is Gus as COY.

up to this point........Gus. That's not just SEC COY. That's also national COTY. There is still ball left to be played though.

The outcome of the Iron Bowl is irrelevant from this standpoint. Gus gets COTY win or lose next Saturday. Best turnaround ever of an SEC team from one year to the next.

Richt wins going away for screaming in Wagers face.

Has to be Malzahn. They were a complete wreck last year, whereas Missouri had bad luck with injuries.

Nick Saban in a landslide

Gus. He has done this in his first year, in the SEC West and only his second as a HC. GP has been running his system with his players, at the same school, for 12 years and in his 22nd year as a HC.

10-2 in the West, in your first year with a 3-9 team would still be more impressive than 11-1 in the East, in your 2nd year in the SEC and 12th year with a 7-5 team.

It would take Bama beating Auburn and Missouri beating OM and A&M and beating Bama in the SECCG for PK to win. If Missouri doesn't make it to the SECCG or does and loses to the same Bama team that beat Auburn, PK won't win it.

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Gus. He has done this in his first year, in the SEC West and only his second as a HC. GP has been running his system with his players, at the same school, for 10+ years.

Regardless of what happens the rest of the way and not counting the years they have been coaching, at worst 10-2 in the West would still be more impressive than 11-1 in the East.

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Auburn still have better recruits right? Can Gus do the same at Mizzou with lesser talent, doubt it. Auburn is not far removed from a National title, not hard to get 4-5* players there. Plus have a better recruiting base right in your back yard and neighboring states.

Mizzou basically get the scraps that's left over after all the big time programs snatch up the recruits. To do with Mizzou is doing is damn good no matter what BCS conference/division you're in. Mizzou been doing it for years. Going back to the old Big 8 days, players that couldn't get in at Mizzou because of tough admissions and academic standards left the state to go to K-State, OU, Nebraska, Colorado, etc. That's a known fact. Read about it in a couple of books. But Mizzou still have a decent college football program.... doing with lesser talent.

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Would love for pinkle to win it and get the resoect that he deserves. He has won with alot less and no one expected Mizzou to do this good

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Ding ding. That's what people forget. Mizzou don't have the history, national titles, big recruiting base, big names, etc. Auburn is expected to compete. LSU, Georiga, Florida, TAMU, BAMA, Mississippi Schools, etc are expected to do good with all the talent down south, big signings on recruiting days, etc.