One of the most widely debated topics this past summer in the SEC was which conference coach was second best? Nick Saban is obviously the best, but who’s next?
Dan Mullen has answered that question definitively in his favor. In fact, through the first three weeks of the 2017 season, what has taken place around the SEC makes it so obvious Mullen is the next best coach in the league behind Saban that it seems foolish in hindsight that there was ever a doubt.
While Mississippi State thrashed a touchdown-favorite LSU team behind another stellar performance from quarterback Nick Fitzgerald, a player Mullen has developed from obscurity while four and five-star prospects elsewhere around the league flounder under center, the other contenders for No.