Award

Criteria / Official Nominees

Winner determined by:

The Job Award

FOR: The blog that has suffered through its chosen team’s dismal season with the most dignity.

CRITERIA: Continued engagement in the face of crippling, misery-inducing defeat. A stiff-upper lip and sane reaction to everything crumbling to dust.

OFFICIAL NOMINEES:

• Card Chronicle
• Corn Nation
• MGoBlog
• Rakes of Mallow
• Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician

Blogger vote

Best MSM blog

FOR: The best blog rocked by an Official Journalist. For the purposes of this category, "Official Journalist" is anyone blogging in said capacity at either a newspaper website or one of the big internet sites like SI.com or ESPN.com; Official Journalists with indie side projects go elsewhere.

Official Nominees:

• Greg Auman
• David Ching
• Bruce Feldman
• Spencer Hall
• Stewart Mandel

Blogger vote

Best analysis

FOR: Cogent, interesting analysis.

CRITERIA: Emphasis placed on statistical manipulation, well researched pieces that reveal something new, and/or solid argumentative pieces that function as the authoritative last word on a subject

OFFICIAL NOMINEES:

• Blue Gray Sky
• Burnt Orange Nation
• Saurian Sagacity
• Smart Football
• Statistically Speaking
• Sunday Morning Quarterback

Blogger vote

Best writing

FOR: The blog with the most consistently expressive and excellent writing.

CRITERIA: Mechanical competency, yes, but the ability to turn a devastatingly funny phrase or write something compelling is probably more important. This isn't an award for copy editing; it's an award for kickin' prose.

Official Nominees :

• Braves and Birds
• Dawg Sports
• Hey Jenny Slater
• MGoBlog
• Sunday Morning Quarterback

Committee (excluding the nominees)