POLL Mid-season Coach of the Year?

[iowajerms]

Matt Campbell (Iowa State) - Iowa State is looking really tough on offense and has one of the biggest upsets of the season in the country's most lopsided series between two teams. If they play like they have their last two games, they could be in the running for Big 12.

Scott Frost (UCF) - Two seasons ago, UCF went 0-12. This season, they are 5-0 with a dominating win at Maryland (with one of their first two QBs). He also had to deal with a hurricane and schedule changes.

James Franklin (Penn State) - Last year, they started 1-2 and nobody was giving him any COTY awards in Week 7, but was talked about at the end of the season. This season, they are dominating and have the #1 defense in the category of PA.

Mike Leach (Washington State) - Not one voter in AP or Coaches put Wazzou on their preseason ballot. Now it is looking they have potential to finish Top 10. They defeated USC.

Rocky Long (San Diego State) - They may have lost in Week 7, but they have looked good all season, even winning at Arizona State and home vs Stanford.

Gary Patterson (TCU) - TCU were #26 in AP's preseason poll. There were 5 teams ranked above them. They have have beaten 3 of them so far with a combined score of 101-61.

Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma) - In Riley's first year, he took the Sooners into the Horseshoe and defeated the Buckeyes. His first season saw the end of the longest W streak in the country vs another team, but Iowa State might be a very surprise team.

Nick Saban (Alabama) - It has been 11 years since he has been named COTY. Alabama is AP #1 and has dominated everyone. He is the best coach in recent history, if not CFB history, and he only has 2 COTY Awards.

Kirby Smart (Georgia) - UGA defeated Notre Dame and has dominated all their other opponents. They are a Top 5 team and could likely be 12-0 and face 12-0 Alabama for SEC Championship.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Patterson and it's not even close.

 

[GoldRusher]

I picked Patterson too but Smart has done a good job too and I'm not sure Brian Kelly shouldn't at least on the list.

 

[GNG]

Patterson and it's not even close.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Kirby Smart.

 

[fishinabarrel]

Patterson gets my vote. Think Richt should be included in the topic as well

 

[NolePride]

Leach.

He has no size and very little talent.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

Dantonio. He booted a half dozen guys on his team and he has them 5-1 and ranked after a 3-9 season.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Kirby

 

[rmilia1]

Didn't UCF go 0-12 2 years ago?? Frost

 

[outofyourmind]

Obviously Matt Campbell

 

[navamind]

Patterson or Forst for now. I'd throw Dantonio and maybe Brohm in there as well, at least if Purdue wins 7+ games.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Bill Clark at UAB. After shutting the program down he was one of the main ones fighting to bring it back and never considered leaving. Blazers are probably gonna go 8-4 in their 1st year back, a great story.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Bronco Mendenhall. Going 5-1 with this team is outstanding as I thought that they'd be lucky to win 4-5 games all year.

 

[Boise4Life]

Smart is doing an amazing job. Patterson is and always has been insanely underrated. The man is hands down one of the very best in the game. Bronco is doing wonders at UVA.

 

[Smart]

We're seriously saying Kirby Smart should be coach of the year? Their last four recruiting classes were all ranked in the top 8, and it's Georgia, a school that practically recruits itself in one of the hottest recruiting hotbeds in the country. The school forced out his predecessor after going 145-51 and finishing his last two seasons with 10-3 and 9-3 records. The coach before that was fired for going 10-2, 9-3, 8-4, and 8-4.

Kirby's built a fine team, but they absolutely should be undefeated. Gary Patterson or Mike Leach should be the pick for now, with Frost, Chryst, and Campbell waiting in the wings.

 

[Yo Tee]

Coach Frost for the win. None of those coaches has done what Frost has done over two years.

 

[iowajerms]

Patterson or Forst for now. I'd throw Dantonio and maybe Brohm in there as well, at least if Purdue wins 7+ games.

I thought about Brohm, but he is pretty much in the same situation as Campbell, and Iowa State beat Oklahoma. Purdue lost to their Top 10 opponent, although it was a 1-score game. But I would pur Campbell above Brohm as a coach improving a P5 bottom feeder.

 

[iowajerms]

We're seriously saying Kirby Smart should be coach of the year? Their last four recruiting classes were all ranked in the top 8, and it's Georgia, a school that practically recruits itself in one of the hottest recruiting hotbeds in the country. The school forced out his predecessor after going 145-51 and finishing his last two seasons with 10-3 and 9-3 records. The coach before that was fired for going 10-2, 9-3, 8-4, and 8-4.

Kirby's built a fine team, but they absolutely should be undefeated. Gary Patterson or Mike Leach should be the pick for now, with Frost, Chryst, and Campbell waiting in the wings.

I like Chryst, but Wisconsin came in with expectations to win the West, especially with an easy schedule. The expectation is the only difference between him and 2015 Iowa. Ferentz won it in 2015 and schedules are comparable. But Iowa had no votes in the preseason polls that year.

If Wisconsin goes 12-0 and beat 12-0 Penn State, there is a lot better argument. Ferentz shouldn't have won it in 2015.

 

[navamind]

I thought about Brohm, but he is pretty much in the same situation as Campbell, and Iowa State beat Oklahoma. Purdue lost to their Top 10 opponent, although it was a 1-score game. But I would pur Campbell above Brohm as a coach improving a P5 bottom feeder.

fair enough. ISU has looked pretty good (and better than Purdue).