re: SEC football coaches best to worst

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Again, who would you rank ahead of him?

Smart? McElwain? Sumlin? Malzahn? O? Bert?

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Here is how the SEC Coaches rank in terms of record vs. opponents that finish a season ranked (Win %):

68.0%- Saban (34-16)
34.6%- Freeze (9-17)
33.3%- Malzahn (6-12)
33.3%- Smart (1-2)
33.3%- Orgeron (1-2)
31.8%- Sumlin (7-15)
30.0%- McElwain (3-7)
25.0%- Bielema (5-15)
25.0%- Jones (4-13)
25.0%- Muschamp (1-3)
8.3%- Mason (1-11)
6.7%- Stoops (1-14)
5.9%- Mullen (2-32)
0.0%- Odom (0-4)

Based off that, I think I'd pick just about anyone ahead of Dan Mullen. The man has had seven years to build a program, and he's shown zero signs of getting State to a point where they can routinely (or even occasionally) beat solid opponents.

The man is a master of creating a manageable schedule that makes it look like he's had a decent year:

*The 4 easiest OOC games possible
*Annual eastern opponent of Kentucky
*Beat whichever West team is having a horrible year
*Hope to get an easy rotating East opponent each year

Put all that together, and he wins 6 or 7 games every year even though he beats no team with a pulse.