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Best Of The SB Nation Network: July 19, 2011
Baseball
- Beyond The Boxscore unveils their updated catcher defensive rankings.
- Bucs Dugout summarizes Monday’s blogger chat with Pirates GM Neal Huntington.
- South Side Sox says this is a quieter contract year for Mark Buehrle than his last one in 2007.
- Bless You Boys introduces us to Smoltz’s Law and says we should keep it in mind as baseball’s trade deadline approaches.
Basketball
- Humorous tale of trying to find the perfect Jonas Jerebko highlight on YouTube.
- Why in the lockout, the owners are still in the catbird seat.
- An early look at Draft-day acquisition Beno Udrih and how he can help the Bucks.
- Interior designs of the new Barclays Center of Brooklyn.
College Sports
- In breaking out a detailed analysis of college football strength of schedule between 2007-10, Football Study Hall finds that the real reason Oregon State’s won-loss record hasn’t matched what its statistical performance record would predict is the degree of difficulty of the Beavers’ schedule. Also, the SEC is the toughest conference in the country. But you knew that.
- Burnt Orange Nation clears up some misconceptions about the new Longhorn Network, and argues that it is already a big victory for the University of Texas.
- For the X’s and O’s inclined, Barking Carnival has an essential post on how new Texas offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin builds the passing game off of the running game.
- Big 12 Hoops brings news of a breaking story involving college hoops, a ponzi scheme, and, now, a dead body.- Block U ranks the Pac 12’s football stadiums along a variety of factors and concludes that Stanford’s stadium is the best of the bunch.
- Regarding Georgia Tech’s surprising infractions report, From The Rumble Seat grimly acknowledges that the cover up was once again the biggest crime.
Hockey
- So, this Peter DeBoer guy. How will the Devils look with him behind the bench?- Western College Hockey Blog looks at more realignment, this time between the CCHA and Atlantic Hockey.
- Broad Street Hockey looks at what happens when little moves have large impacts.
- The Cannon on Blue Jackets’ GM Scott Howson’s tenure, comparing then and now.
Soccer
- It’s been an interesting year for Chivas USA under first-year head coach Robin Fraser. The Goat Parade look at how Fraser stacks up against previous Chivas USA coaches in their first seasons.
Combat Sports
- Cage Side Seats analyzes the WWE’s Vince McMahon announcement.
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