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1/13/2011 at 2:22pm

Blogger MrSEC.com posts his grades for the now completed Southeastern Conference football bowl season, with Auburn's Gene Chizik acing everything and coming through with an A-plus. Bobby Petrino had a good fall semester. Sadly, some other coaches did poorly in MrSEC's eyes, and one with Arkansas connections will just have to forget this past season and start over.

Petrino was one of four coaches to post A's in guiding Arkansas to a 10-2 regular season and a Sugar Bowl appearance. MrSEC, placing Petrino fourth among the 12 head coaches, says:

The Razorbacks were blessed with a Heisman-candidate quarterback and a high-flying offense. They were expected to step forward and make their presence known on the national stage in 2010. They did. The Hogs won 10 games, wound up ranked 12th in the country and earned the school’s first BCS berth. If only they hadn’t gotten stage fright against Ohio State. Petrino has the Razorbacks headed in the right direction.

The usual high marks weren't forthcoming this year for Florida's now retired Urban Meyer and Georgia's Mark Richt, who both notched D's and were 10-11 in the rankings. After the fall disaster in Oxford, Houston Nutt wishes he could have gotten a D. MrSEC slaps a big F on the Little Rock native, whose first two years at Ole Miss were the best those people had seen in fifty years, fifty years. Here's the blogger's take on Nutt:

Speaking of hot seats. Nutt took the Rebels to their first back-to-back New Year’s Day bowls in 50 years. Just ask him. But 2010 was a nightmare. It started with the bad press received for bringing in Jeremiah Masoli. It continued with losses to Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt. It grew worse as the defense went totally belly-up. And a second-straight loss to Mississippi State was the kicker (in the pants). Nutt’s program at Arkansas had its high moments but it never seemed stable. The pattern seems to be repeating in Oxford.

Tagged: Mark Richt, Urban Meyer, Gene Chizik, Southeastern Conference, Ole Miss Rebels, Houston Nutt, Bobby Petrino