2007 College Football Blog Awards: Official Nominees

by Peter Bean on Feb 5, 2008 11:39 AM CST in Texas Longhorns Football

The 2007 College Football Blog Awards move forward into the voting phase, with nominations already rolling out today at EDSBS, MGoBlog, and DawgSports. And now here.

Nominees were selected by reader-submitted ballots and blogger-authored posts. There were literally dozens of nominees in each category, a reflection, we think, of the depth and quality of college football blogging today.

A NOTE ON VOTING: As you can see from the nominations, some awards will be voted on by bloggers (instructions to come soon at EDSBS), while others are selected by committee. The People's Choice Award will be a public vote open to readers and bloggers alike.

BEST NEW BLOG
FOR: The best blog started within the past year.
CRITERIA: Must have launched sometime after the prior year's national championship game. Transitioning to a new blog or affiliating with a network mid-stream doesn't count. Note: we tried to spread these out among several conferences.
WINNER DETERMINED BY: Committee
LAST YEAR'S WINNER (INELIGIBLE): Fire Mark May

2007 NOMINEES

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BEST LOOKING BLOG
FOR: The coolest-looking/prettiest blog, the best layout and design.
CRITERIA: An aesthetic appeal, whether from a stylish banner, a pleasing layout, or an eye-catching incorporation of blog technology
LAST YEAR'S WINNER (INELIGIBLE): BevoSports
WINNER DETERMINED BY: Blogger Vote

2007 NOMINEES

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BEST PHOTOSHOP
FOR: The best doctored picture.
CRITERIA: Must be a picture that's been altered in some way to make it funny, poignant, whatever.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER (INELIGIBLE): New award for 2007
WINNER DETERMINED BY: Blogger Vote

2007 NOMINEES

Bob Stoops Lays Eggs, by Mr. 2Cents
Fark of the Covenant, by LSUFreek, et al.
Oh, the Humanity!, by The M Zone
Shed Scene, by LSUFreek
Sparta Needs a Bigger Bottomless Pit, by Mr. 2Cents
They Live, by LSU Freek

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BEST RECURRING FEATURE
FOR: The best recurring feature of the year.
CRITERIA: The feature should be posted weekly and be generally good and stuff.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER (INELIGIBLE): Friday Morning Quarterback, by SMQ
WINNER DETERMINED BY: Blogger Vote

2007 NOMINEES

Animated BlogPoll, by Rocky Top Talk
Fulmer Cup, by Every Day Should Be Saturday
Life on the Margins, by Sunday Morning Quarterback
The Weekly Top 10, by Snarkastic
This Week in Schadenfreude, by Brian Cook @ The FanHouse
Upon Further Review by MGoBlog (NOTE: Left off of original post. Click through. Marvel at the charts. Amazing, amazing weekly feature.)

Joel at Rocky Top Talk will have the last batch of official nominees (for The Job Award, Best MSM Blog, Best Analysis, and Best Writing) at around 2:00 EST.

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dude, hornbrain

you got nominated.

by billyzane on Feb 5, 2008 1:20 PM CST reply actions

Oh Damn!

I didn't even notice until you posted this and I hunted around. Didn't even know anyone still remembered that. Poor Billingsley is about to be exposed to everyone who clicks through. I love it.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Feb 5, 2008 4:42 PM CST up reply actions

I call BS

That PB did not get nominated for his MS Painting skills.

by Wells on Feb 5, 2008 2:11 PM CST reply actions

"What Kind Of BONer Are You?"

I think the penis imagery alone was worth a nomination...oh well, maybe next year.

Congrats to Horn Brain

Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.

by 54b on Feb 5, 2008 3:41 PM CST reply actions

Yes...

... phallic overtones usually attract football bloggers in droves. Creepy but usually true.

Thanks, 54b. Loved that BONer post. Don't know how I got on with my boring page full of numbers when that didn't get a nom. I can only think that it was a long time ago and probably a little "insider".

Oh well, there's always next year. Good luck, and keep that thesaurus open to "penis".

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Feb 5, 2008 4:50 PM CST up reply actions

Best youtube

That Major video should have been nominated IMO. Way better than Mike Hart for Heisman thing...

Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!

by Cyrus on Feb 5, 2008 7:47 PM CST reply actions

Eligible next year

Remember it and bring it up.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Feb 5, 2008 9:31 PM CST up reply actions

Criminal

it is criminal that EDSBS has 5 of the 6 photoshop nominations. Some of them are not that funny. I can think of others that were more deserving.

Look, I am not trying to flame, but these entire process should be renamed to the Orson Swindle awards. Then he is left has judge jury and executioner?

He is going to look unfavortably on blogs that campaign? When he is the guy that makes a post tooting his own horn (a pun, longhorn, get it?).

Incredible.

by Big Un on Feb 6, 2008 12:42 PM CST reply actions

A few things

Did you make any nominations?

Orson didn't nominate anything - we pulled all these nominations from readers and other bloggers.

Also, the photoshops appear on EDSBS but they aren't his; they're the work of some of his readers.

Truth is, the only way to spot all the best stuff is to have everyone help us with nominations. Definitely point us out to your favorite stuff next year.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Feb 6, 2008 1:12 PM CST up reply actions