Pretty funny stuff, especially about Saban during his LSU tenure.... Who's the best-dressed coach in the conference? Dooley, who has was an assistant coach under Saban for seven years: I've been with Nick a long time. I would say he got the Most Improved award from his first year at LSU. He had a long way to go coming from Michigan State, so I'm going to give him Most Improved. I'm not going to give him Best-Dressed. (Asks his assistant, Adam Dicus, what he thinks. Dicus says Sandra Bullock liked Saban in "The Blind Side," so he should give it to him.) It's a good thing they didn't film that movie back in 2000. Because Bullock wouldn't have been all over him. Spurrier: (We didn't say "conference.") Well, it used to be [Jim] Tressel. (Laughs.) [+] Enlarge AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Would this be one of the Cosby sweaters that Will Muschamp referenced? Muschamp: (Laughs) I could go a lot of ways with this one. Certainly Derek Dooley is going to claim that he's the best-dressed. Self-proclamation for him. It's certainly not me, I can tell you that. I would obviously give the vote to Derek because he's going to vote for himself. (Told of Dooley's most-improved nod for Saban.) There's no question. [Saban] got rid of the Cosby sweaters he had at LSU. And you can print me on that. Nutt: I only see them on TV walking into the stadium. I don't think they're very well-dressed. (Laughs.) Mullen: That is a tough call. Coach Dooley's always sharp. He always looks really sharp. And he's a former attorney, so he has probably a lot more suits than the rest of us. I've probably got more shorts and T-shirts. (Dooley chimes in, saying he pulled his wardrobe out when he got his head coaching job, excited that he could re-use his lawyer attire.) Chizik: Me. No, I'm just kidding. I couldn't tell you. I haven't paid a lot of attention to who dresses nice. Phillips: I rode in with Nick Saban, and he's pretty well-dressed, and I think James Franklin's making a run for it too. Richt: Wow. That's a tough one. Everyone's so dapper and handsome today, I'd have to say it's a tie. Petrino: I'd have to say the new guy, James Franklin. Franklin: It's got to be James Franklin. It's got to be. (Laughs.) In the black and gold, I mean it's great colors, a great combination. I dare not say another SEC coach. I try not to spend much time talking about the other SEC coaches and other programs. We hear enough about them. It's time to start talking about Vanderbilt. Miles: Well, certainly, me. I have to be honest and humble here. It's gotta be somebody. So why not me? (It's the hat, isn't it?) It's the lack of a hat. If you would've said best-looking, it would've been a bunch of other guys. Saban: Knowing Derek Dooley, like I know him after he worked for me for seven years … I would say that if you went and did inventory, he's got more shoes and more things to wear to try to be the best-dressed than any of us. (Saban is told of Dooley's Most Improved proclamation, and Muschamp's Cosby sweaters crack.) Most Improved? (Pauses.) That's my boys. That's what I've got to live with. Those guys.
