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Best Of The SB Nation Network: October 10, 2011
Basketball
- Once again, it’s critical meeting time for the NBA players and owners to figure out how to share some pie.
- SLC Dunk has a message about NBA lockout: Don’t forget the fans!
- Top 5 Shooting Guards in Memphis Grizzlies History. Don’t laugh, the list isn’t that bad. (OK, it really is.)
Football
- The folks at Bleeding Green Nation are not very happy with the current Eagles team, as you can imagine.
- Mile High Report is ready for the Tim Tebow Era to start because things couldn’t get any worse for Denver.
- The 49ers are finally having success, and Niners Nation credits Alex Smith.
- Silver And Black Pride praises the defense of the Raiders in their emotional victory for Al Davis.
College Sports
- In the wake of Oklahoma’s beat down of Texas in the Red River Rivalry, Oklahoma blog is having none of the “Texas is just young” excuse.
- Burnt Orange Nation is spending no time on any such excuse because it’s too busy putting the kibosh on any Urban Meyer talk with a handy Aggrieved Fan Flow Chart that has broad applicability to a variety of fan bases this morning.
- And the Valley Shook suggests that LSU’s dismantling of Florida Saturday was one of the more complete victories of the Les Miles Era. Alligator Army in turn suggests that the most embarrassing thing about Saturday is that a team that lost to LSU due to a fake field goal in 2010 got so totally burnt by a fake punt this time around.
- With Tyler Bray following Justin Hunter to the sideline for most of the season with a broken thumb, Rocky Top Talk hits the reset button on the season -- again -- and uses objective gambling data to quell any Derek Dooley hot seat talk.
Baseball
- The Good Phight has another thought experiment on the legacy of the 2011 Phillies.
- Athletics Nation has known GM Billy Beane for a long time. Get to know the man behind the Moneyball myth.
- Lone Star Ball thinks that MLB’s decision to postpone Sunday night’s ALCS Game 2 — despite a total lack of rain — was the league’s way of telling Rangers fans to drop dead. Halos Heaven calls it a middle finger to all fans.
- Bless You Boys anoints Magglio Ordonez one of the greatest Tigers ever.
Hockey
- Battle of California with thoughts on the Kings’ European Vacation.
- Pensburgh with thoughts on the Pens’ Western vacation.
- The Lightning have lost Mattias Ohlund. They can survive, writes Raw Charge.
Combat Sports
- SBNation’s MMA bloggers were out in force this weekend to cover UFC 136 and here are the fruits of their labors: MMA Mania and Bloody Elbow.
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