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Best Of The SB Nation Network: September 27, 2010

We have 284 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

- Track Em Tigers calls Auburn QB Cam Newton The Greatest Show on Turf and all but awards him the Heisman. Meanwhile, Dawg Sports draws on Jeremiah -- the prophet, not the bullfrog -- in search of an inkling of dawn during a very dark night in Athens.

- Bruins Nation finds the good, the bad, and the ugly in UCLA’s surprising win over Texas, while Longhorns blog gets all philosophical and wonders how in the world Mack Brown will even identify all of the problems, much less fix them, in time for Oklahoma next week.

- Roll Bama Roll reacts to the Tide winning a game it was losing for 57 minutes, and Arkansas Expats goes all in for some self-therapy, comparing Ryan Mallett to the Mighty Casey in the process.

- OBNUG finds three stars and one goat in the aftermath of Boise State’s win over Oregon State. Beavers blog Building the Dam blames errors and a questionable coverage scheme for the lost opportunity against the Broncos.

Football

- The Falcoholic is drunk with joy after the Falcons improbable win over the Saints.

- The Eagles and Bleeding Green Nation are getting ready to welcome back their old friend, Donovan McNabb.

- Naturally, Turf Show Times has an optimistic outlook after Sam Bradford led the rams to victory.

- Gang Green Nation thinks this Jets teams has a different feel about them.

Baseball

- Bucs Dugout has an example of what Pirates president Frank Coonelly’s year-end letter to the fans should look like.

- McCovey Chronicles breaks down the Giants starting rotation scenarios for the season’s final week, including the possibility of a one-game playoff.

- To see how it might be relevant to the future of Diamondbacks interim manager Kirk Gibson, AZ SnakePit looks at managerial firings since 2001 to see whether or not the team performed better following the manager’s canning.

- Speaking of managers, Bleed Cubbie Blue looks at the current state of every team’s manager to gauge the offseason market for new skippers.

Hockey

- Broad Street Hockey examines some striking similarities between the way the Philadelphia Flyers are handling Michael Leighton’s recent injury to the way they handled Ray Emery’s injury a year ago.

- A deep look at now-former-Ranger Wade Redden from Hockey Wilderness.

- The Copper & Blue tries to determine a ceiling for the potential of Teemu Hartikainen.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow kicks off a series on the economics of MMA with The Economics of MMA: Fight Night and the Sponsorship Game.

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