2006 College Football Blogger Awards: Official Nominees, The End of the Road

by Joel on Jan 10, 2007 4:15 PM EST in College Football Blogger Awards Comment 12 comments

Hey! Welcome back. Thanks for letting us lead you around by the nose this afternoon. Hope you enjoyed the trip.

To recap:

MGoBlog's Brian announced the nominees for the Trev Alberts Quits To Do Construction Award, the Best New Blog Award, the I'm Just Like You But I Have a Podcast Award, and the new Best MSM Blog Award.

Peter at Burnt Orange Nation then announced the nominees for the Keith Jackson Circa 1995 Award, the Tyrone Prothro and His Amazing Catch Award, and the Jenn Sterger's Rack Award. BON also kicked off the Blogger Championship Series by announcing the nominees for Best SEC Blog.

Orson of Every Day Should Be Saturday then got into the action by announcing the nominees for the Dr. Z Award, the Brady Quinn Award, and the Jay Sherman Award. He also posted the nominees for the Job Award once he located them. Apparently, they were in the pocket of the pants he wasn't wearing.

Orson then handed off to Kyle at Dawg Sports, who, after washing his hands, announced the nominees for the Best Regular Feature, the Best Community Interaction Award, and the Best ACC, Big Ten, and Big 12 blogs.

And now, I'm going to wrap things up by announcing nominees for the remaining categories in the Blogger Championship Series. A refresher:

Blogger Championship Series

...it's just like that other BCS except completely different. We'll be handing out Best Blog awards for each of the BCS conferences, plus one for mid-major coverage (including all independents other than Notre Dame), and one for more general, national coverage blogs. After long debate we decided to put Notre Dame blogs in with the Big East, as the "non-BCS" category is supposed to be an award for mid-majors, which Notre Dame is certainly not. Since ND shares bowl affiliations with the Big East and plays the rest of their sports there, it seemed the logical choice.

And now, the Official Nominees:

Best Non-BCS Blog

Best Big East/Notre Dame Blog

Best Pac-10 Blog

Best National Blog

The Mythical National Champion Blog

And there you have it. I hope to have the entire list in one place for you tonight or tomorrow.

If you're a college football blogger, head over to the MGoBlog Voting Machine to register and vote. Voting will remain open for one week, or until the end of the day on Wednesday, January 17, 2007. We hope to announce the winners the following week. Happy voting, and congratulations to all of the nominees.

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Aw man

No "Sports Fans Don't Cry" award? I thought I had a shot at that one.

Anyway, great work guys. Obviously a lot of time well spent.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
SBNation's Penn State Blog

by Mike on Jan 10, 2007 4:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not quite dismal enough

The Sports Fans Don't Cry Award was renamed The Job Award. Sorry, Mike. That's what you get for beating Tennessee in the Outback and finishing 9-4. Penn State was ruled out for not having a dismal season.

;-)

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jan 10, 2007 4:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I knew it

Well, next time somebody tells me Penn State sucks I'll just retort, "Oh yeah? Then how come I didn't qualify for the Job Award?"

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
SBNation's Penn State Blog

by Mike on Jan 10, 2007 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Guaranteed result

That ought to be worth it just to see the blank stare you get in response.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jan 10, 2007 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Waaaaaait a minute!

So only the cool "bloggers" get to vote on the winners after telling us "common folk" that we could actually make a difference?!? I knew it was too good to be true!!

(Aerobab heads to the corner now and starts to softly wimper.)

by Aerobab on Jan 10, 2007 4:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

It's a republic

We bloggers are merely a reflection of the communities we serve. I for one will serve as a delegate for the RTT community.

So who should we vote for?

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jan 10, 2007 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Poor Aerobab

Cheer up. It doesn't mean you suck. It just means we're better than you. Doesn't that make you feel better?

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
SBNation's Penn State Blog

by Mike on Jan 10, 2007 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks guys

Thanks for all your hard work fellas, this turned out really well.

by Card Chronicle on Jan 10, 2007 4:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Dammit Mike...

I got shut out entirely... at least you got a mention on Best of the Big-10.

I was crossing my fingers for best new blog. Alas, twas not be. Instead of remaining a young upstart, I became an old hand far too quickly.

However, I did get a new site out of it!

(too shameless of a plug?)

by Maize n Brew Dave on Jan 10, 2007 6:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely not

I said it by email (and tried on your site), and I'll say it again here. Welcome to SBN. I'm a fan, and I'm looking forward to your launch at Maize n Brew.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Jan 10, 2007 6:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't sweat it dude

I really don't think anyone has a chance of winning Best Big Ten Blog unless their name is Brian.

Keep doing your thing and you'll be fine. You write some funny stuff. Believe me, I am thrilled to have you on board. SH and Around the Oval hardly ever posted. I don't think OTA did one post on the championship game. I felt like I was the only Big Ten blog in SBN, so welcome aboard.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
SBNation's Penn State Blog

by Mike on Jan 10, 2007 9:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs