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Best Of The SB Nation Network: November 16, 2011

We have 317 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

- With Michigan and Nebraska squaring off this weekend, Off Tackle Empire looks back at 1997 and wonders which team was better that year.

- Corn Nation puts together a roll call of potential All American QBs.

- Bruins Nation looks at trust, Ben Howland and what’s going wrong with UCLA basketball.

- Black Heart Gold Singlets breaks down the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestlers by weight class.

- Irish blog One Foot Down cuts through Brian Kelly’s coachspeak.

Basketball

- Under the previous CBA, did spending = winning?

- Forget Basketball. What’s the deal with...typing?

- Fandom is bigger than Players vs. Owners.

- Help a great blogger get a scholarship.

Football

- Bucs Nation says Josh Freeman’s problems could be solved by giving the ball more to LeGarrette Blount.

The Falcoholic tries to calm the nerves of Falcons fans even though the season is going downhill.- Big Blue View attempts to quantify what kind of QB Eli Manning really is.

- Niners Nation notes that the “weak” NFC West went 4-0 this past weekend.

Baseball

- Beyond The Boxscore has the All True Indians Team.

- AZ SnakePit explains how Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson won National League Manager of the Year.

- Amazin’ Avenue begins preparing for life without Jose Reyes.

Hockey

- The Copper & Blue looks at Nikolai Khabibulin’s resurgence.

- Jason Demers and Justin Braun have given the Sharks options on the bottom defensive pairing, writes Fear The Fin.

Soccer

- It ain’t easy being a fan of the Canadian soccer team, but 86 Forever says it’s fine to be an optimist, at least for a day.

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