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Best Of The SB Nation Network: October 27, 2010

We have 287 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn’t have a chance to read them all today we’ve collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!

Baseball

- McCovey Chronicles says: Choose your own path to the World Series (i.e. choose your adventure!).

- Bluebird Banter checks out the Blue Jays payroll situation for 2011. They also have Part 2 of their interview with Pat Hentgen.

- Camden Chat has a humble goal for the 2011 Orioles: bridge the run differential gap.

- The Crawfish Boxes suggests that the Astros should avoid free agents this winter.

Football

- The guys over at Big Blue View give out awards for Monday night’s demolition of Dallas.

- Speaking of Dallas, Blogging The Boys reports their biggest fears are realized, an injured Tony Romo.

- Windy City Gridiron asks a question all Bears fans should ponder: can Jay Cutler read a defense?

- Daily Norseman says forget Brett, it’s time to start Tarvaris Jackson.

Soccer

- We Ain’t Got No History introduces shooting heatmaps for the English Premier League.

College Sports

- With Auburn jumping into the top spot in the BCS standings this week, fans are cautiously optimistic about the Tigers’ chances to finish the season strong and play for the national championship.

- Not surprisingly, Boise State blog OBNUG thinks the jury is still out on Auburn.

- Meanwhile, Oregon blog Addicted to Quack argues that although Oregon and Auburn are the “clear national favorites,” the fact that there are, once again, so many teams worthy of competing for a national championship means that college football needs a playoff.

- Black Heart Gold Pants has its top ten reasons Iowa will lose to Michigan State.

- Corn Nation provides a list of the things Nebraska will need to do to stop Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert this weekend.

Basketball

- Welcome to Loud City previews the first Oklahoma City Thunder game of the season.

- Silver Screen and Roll recaps the defending champs season opener and ring ceremony.

- Sactown Royalty posts the strangest and funniest list you will read all year. Really.

Hockey

- Pension Plan Puppets introduces the Zone Hit Ratio, or ZHR.

- Don’t worry about Milan Hejduk, says Mile High Hockey.

- A warning against reading only boxscores from Broad Street Hockey.

- On the Forecheck (rightfully) gloats about the supremacy of the Central Division.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow looks at finishing rates by weight class.

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