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Best Of The SB Nation Network: October 4, 2010

We have 285 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!

College Sports

- Crimson and Cream Machine talks Oklahoma-Texas with former Sooner defensive lineman Carl Pendleton.

- Alligator Army looks for Alabama’s vulnerabilities and Team Speed Kills notes that several things will have to go Florida’s way if the Gators want to beat the Tide tomorrow.

- Oregon blog Addicted to Quack answers questions from Stanford blog Rule of Tree and says that tomorrow’s Ducks-Cardinal game will come down to who’s more motivated.

- Black Shoe Diaries suggests that it’s time that Penn State let Robert Bolden be who he is.

- Notre Dame blog Rakes of Mallow answers questions from Eagles blog BC Interruption.

Baseball

- McCovey Chronicles looks at the top five Giants comebacks during the 2010 season.

- The Mets fired GM Omar Minaya and elected not to bring back manager Jerry Manuel. They held a press conference. Here’s what happened.

- The Good Phight reviews the 2010 Phillies regular season by the numbers.

- Crawfish Boxes wonders if the Astros can engineer a Padres-like turnaround in 2011.

- The Diamondbacks will bring back manager Kirk Gibson in 2011. AZ SnakePit has the details.

Basketball

- Welcome To Loud City reports with more quotes from Thunder media day and looks at the challenges facing this young team.

- Ridiculous Upside reports on the Chinese ownership of a D-league team.

- The Dream Shake looks at the long-term plans of the Houston Rockets.

Hockey

- On the Forecheck examines waivers in the wake of the rumors that goalie Erik Ersberg was claimed by the team.

- Discussing women, sports and hockey at Hockey Wilderness.

- Part one of Mile High Hockey’s epic Avalanche blogger roundtable.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow returns to their MMA History series with a look at the greatest Japanese MMA fighter ever.

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