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Dan Mullen, Hugh Freeze Headline Bear Bryant Award Watch List

By Patrick Schmidt

Oct 11, 2014; Starkville, MS, USA; Auburn Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn greets Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen midfield following their 38-23 loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2014; Starkville, MS, USA; Auburn Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn greets Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen midfield following their 38-23 loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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The watch list for the Bear Bryant Award was released on Friday with 20 of the top college football coaches across the nation represented

Normally watch lists are reserved for the preseason before the college football season kicks off, but for the Bear Bryant Award that goes to the nation’s coach of the year, that watch list was released on Friday, more than halfway through the regular season.

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The 2o coaches named to the list are a relative who’s who of coaching royalty with the likes of Nick Saban, Bob Stoops, JImbo Fisher and last year’s winner, Gus Malzahn named to the list.

The SEC and the Big 12 had five coaches named to the list with the Pac-12 receiving four nominations, the Big Ten having two, the ACC, AAC and Conference USA each receiving one coach apiece.

Here is the full list of coaches:

Who do you think is the front-runner for the award this year?

If it were up to me and the vote had to be in today, my pick would be for Dan Mullen for the job he’s done at Mississippi State and leading the team to the No. 1 ranking after beginning the year unranked. Second place would be his rival at “The School up North” where Hugh Freeze has Ole Miss ranked No. 3 in the top 25 and boasts the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense.

The winner of the Bear Bryant Award could go to the winner of the Egg Bowl when the Bulldogs and Rebels meet in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford on Nov. 29.

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