Best of SB Nation Network: January 12, 2010

Here is the best of the SB Nation network for Tuesday, January 12, 2010:

College Football

- Rocky Top Talk has plenty to say about Lane Kiffin leaving Tennessee high and dry and going to USC.

- Meanwhile, Conquest Chronicles has some quick thoughts on the Kiffin hiring with the good, the bad and the unknown.

- Bruins Nation, meanwhile, is refuting the reports that Norm Chow is leaving to USC.  And Team Speed Kills puts the whole thing together in a nice, succinct package.

Hockey

- An epic goaltending duel in New York ends with the Devils winning in the shootout.

- Bird Watchers Anonymous asks, what would your team give up to get Ilya Kovalchuk?

- Die by the Blade wants to know can a team with a really bad power play win the Stanley Cup?

Baseball

- Mark McGwire talks in detail about the past.

- Is Drayton McLane selling the Astros?

Basketball

- Rockets general manager Daryl Morey gave a lecture at a business school and The Dream Shake was there for the highlights.

- The Hornets have given up on Hilton Armstrong, a decision that had to made, according to At the Hive.

Soccer

- Sounder at Heart takes a look at the upcoming MLS draft.

Football

- Hogs Haven has a plan for fixing the Redskins...sort of.

- It was a lack of leadership that lead to the season ending all too soon for the Patriots, according to Pats Pulpit.

- Buffalo Rumblings puts the Bills GM under a microscope.

College Basketball

- Casual Hoya hands out the weekly awards for the Hoyas.

- The UConn Blog joins SB Nation and hopes that the loss to Georgetown isn't a curse of joining SBN.