Best Of The SB Nation Network: September 15, 2010

We have 280 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!

Football

- In the battle of ex-Los Angeles teams, Silver And Black Pride pleads with the Raiders to not suck.

- Things get testy in New York after the Jets lose, Gang Green Nation has Namath vs. Edwards.

- Battle Red Blog analyzes the match up of Mike Shanahan (Redskins) and his disciple Gary Kubiak (Texans) for this weekend’s game.

- Stampede Blue has the latest on the Bob Sanders injury.

College Sports

- USC blog Conquest Chronicles calls Reggie Bush a “greedy sociopath” and says Bush giving up his Heisman Trophy is merely a PR move designed to protect his endorsement money (language warning).

- Alligator Army wonders who’s leading the Florida Gators in light of the fact that official comments about Chris Rainey’s aggravated stalking charge were made not by head coach Urban Meyer but by “the assistant that Gator fans hate and the lawyer that gives us the creeps.” That’d be offensive coordinator Steve Addazio and Huntley Johnson.

- Purdue blog Hammer and Rails spins crisis into opportunity, saying the season-ending injury to wide receiver Keith Smith means Robert Marve will have to step up.

- Black Heart Gold Pants has a facetious top ten list of reasons Iowa will lose to Arizona this week.

- Testudo Times looks at the impact of West Virginia’s indefinite suspension of starting cornerback Brandon Hogan on the Terrapins’ ability to compete with the Mountaineers.

Baseball

- The doors just closed on the Amazin’ Avenue “R.A. Dickey Face” Photoshop Contest. There were 61 entries received. Here they are in montage form.

- The Giants will be without surprisingly effective outfielder Andres Torres for some three weeks. McCovey Chronicles doesn’t like the alternatives.

- As independent journalists with limited access to the teams we cover, there are a lot of things that we do know and a lot of things that we can’t know. Lookout Landing says that it’s important to keep those things straight.

- The Twins are close to locking up the AL Central. Without getting too far ahead of themselves, Twinkie Town discusses possible playoff starting rotation questions.

Hockey

- Anaheim Calling examines the summer vacations of some Ducks players.

- A review of the new NHL video game, NHL Slapshot, from Mike Chen.

- A member of the mainstream media wrote today that that bloggers should, among other things, stop hiding behind screen names and that they should pay a $10,000 bond before entering a press box. Pension Plan Puppets heeds their advice.

Basketball

- Detroit Bad Boys looks at Pistons rookie Greg Monroe.

- Who better to discuss stars and stardom than LA’s own Silver Screen and Roll.

- Tiago Splitter may be exactly what the Spurs need to get back in the mix according to San Antonio Spurs blog Pounding the Rock.