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Best Of The SB Nation Network: February 10, 2011

We have 294 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

- #5 Duke rallied from a 16-point deficit on its own court to beat #21 North Carolina 79-73 last night. Duke Basketball Report has nice things to say about the Tar Heels’ Kendall Marshall but is still enjoying the Blue Devils’ biggest halftime comeback since 1959. Carolina March, meanwhile, takes a brief moment to engage in a bit of self-medication through self-deception and just pretends there was no second half.

- #11 Georgetown beat #13 Syracuse on the Orange’s floor, prompting Casual Hoya to declare Christmas in February. The three straight home losses for Syracuse has Nunes Magician saying that the Carrier Dome is collapsing.

- Yes, unranked Rutgers scored four points in less than a second last night to beat #10 Villanova by one point.

- Rakes of Mallow and Card Chronicle are both still processing #7 Notre Dame’s overtime win over #15 Louisville, although Card Chronicle is enjoying Kyle Kuric’s authoritative dunk.

Baseball

- Purple Row has Part 2 of their incredible analysis of Ian Stewart’s 2010 season.

- Camden Chat sits down for a, well, chat, with SB Nation’s baseball expert Rob Neyer.

- Twinkie Town says that exploring trade options involving Francisco Liriano is the responsible thing to do.

- The Crawfish Boxes wonders if the Astros will hit enough home run sin 2011.

Soccer

- Coming Home Newcastle reminisces about the greatest ever comeback in the Premier League, which happened last weekend.

- Aston Villa’s diminutive Scottish midfielder Barry Bannan may be best suited as a trequartista.

- Hot Time in Old Town takes a look at MLS teams farming out statistics to outside organizations, and how that limits the public’s access to those potentially interesting numbers.

- The Daily Soccer Fix rounds up all the best in today’s favorite Twitter hashtag, #TheMLSScheduleIsLateBecause.

Hockey

- Does momentum mean anything in the late stages of the season? Behind The Net answers the question. (Hint: no.)

- Litter Box Cats is sick of the complaining about invading fans in South Florida.

- Winging It In Motown wonders which team in the NHL has the best one-two punch.

Football

- A Bears blog congratulates the Packers on their Super Bowl win? Yes, Windy City Gridiron does that, and tells us why the rivalry is so great.

- Remember when the Vikings stadium roof collapsed? Daily Norseman says they need a whole new roof, and that could affect the Vikes 2011 season.

- Cam Newton is climbing up a lot of teams draft boards, so Cat Scratch Reader wonders if the time is now for the Panthers to trade the #1 pick.

- The franchise tag is now available to teams, Bleeding Green Nation opines about the possibilities of Michael Vick getting tagged.

Combat Sports

- Bloody Elbow’s Brent Brookhouse defines Success in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament for Fedor and every other competitor

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