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Best Of The SB Nation Network: November 2, 2011

We have 315 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!

Baseball

- Fish Stripes offers up their plan for a successful Marlins offseason.

- Beyond The Boxscore revisits the value of last year’s free agent signings around baseball.

- Amazin’ Avenue has a roundtable discussion on whether the Mets will sign Jose Reyes this offseason.

- South Side Sox has A.J. Pierzynski’s would-be Gold Glove acceptance speech. If only he had won.

Basketball

- Celticsblog’s Jeff Clark remembers going up against recent ESPN documentary subject Chris Herren.

- This lockout signals it’s past time for David Stern to retire.

- This is just fun comedic proof of what bloggers get sent by PR reps: Spencer Hawes, luggage spokesman.

Football

- The Vikings’ new stadium plans are in deep trouble, Daily Norseman explains all.

- The Falcoholic wonders if the Falcons should be concerned about facing a desperate Colts team.

- Bleeding Green Nation asks why receiver Jason Avant is picking a fight with Philly fans?

- Will the 49ers open up the offensive playbook a little more? Niners Nation examines.

College Sports

- Alabama and LSU face off in Tuscaloosa this weekend and Tide blog Roll Bama Roll observes four key factors to watch.

- LSU Tiger blog And The Valley Shook notes that everybody has a plan . . . until they meet a Les Miles-coached team.

- And The Valley Shook and Roll Bama Roll and also got together to discuss the big game.

- EDSBS breaks down the match ups in the Game Of The Century Of The Week!

- The Smoking Musket has obtained on an open letter from Rich Rodriguez to Big East Commish John Marinatto.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow’s Anton Tabuena returns with another installment of his MMA on Twitter round up, the feature so good that UFC.com copied it exactly.

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