Well, since there isn’t a lot going on in the world of college football, the powers that be have now declared open the nominations for the 2007 College Football Blogger Awards. You have until Midnight, Sunday 27 January 2008 to vote.

Do you regularly read college football blogs? Have a favorite team blog? Want pretend that your opinion really matters, because your Mother never hugged you? Like receiving money in return for your nominations? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the 2007 CFB Awards needs you to nominate your favorites. You need not be a blogger to vote, you only need to know how to point and click.

There are a wide variety of categories which are listed after the jump.

Since Gate 21 is — as the title says — a college football blog, I would appreciate any and all nominations the folks out there in blogworld see fit to bestow upon me. I’m not much an electioneer, but any votes you’re willing to cast for Gate 21 would be greatly appreciated. Not to tell you what to do (but I’ll do it anyway) I — lawvol, the master of ceremonies here at Gate 21 — feel that this blog is deserving of consideration for a nomination in the following categories:

1. Best New Blog
2. Brady Quinn Award (Prettiest Blog)
3. The Jenn Sterger’s Rack Award (Best Photoshopping / Farking of a photograph)  (Click for List of Examples)
4. Tyrone Prothro Award (Best Individual Post) (Suggestions:  Thoughts on the BCS Championship, and Sam and Andy’s Forever)
   

Anyway, here’s a link to the nominations page: 2007 College Football Blogger Awards, or you can click the banner at the top of the Right Sidebar.

The award categories (as listed on the official nomination page) include:

• • Best MSM Blog
    FOR: The best blog piloted by an Official Journalist, defined as someone employed by a newspaper company or a major website like SI.com or ESPN.com.
  • The Dr. Z Award
    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.
  • The Trev Alberts Quits To Do Construction Award
    FOR: comic relief; overall hilarity. CRITERIA: The funniest college football blog.
  • The Job Award
    FOR: The blog that has suffered through its chosen team’s dismal season with the most dignity.
  • The Keith Jackson Circa 1995 Award
    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.
  • The Brady Quinn Award
    FOR: The prettiest blog. CRITERIA: An aesthetic appeal and usability. The best looking and most functional blog.
  • Best New Blog
    FOR: The best new college football blog. CRITERIA: Must have launched sometime after last year’s national championship game. Transitioning to a new blog or affiliating with a network mid-stream doesn’t count.
  • Best Community
    FOR: The blog with the best community interaction.
  • The Tyrone Prothro Award
    FOR: The finest individual post of the college football year. CRITERIA: There aren’t any, really. The post that you liked the best for whatever reason. VOTING NOTE: Individual post award; please leave direct link to it.
  • The Old Faithful Award
    FOR: The best recurring feature of the year. CRITERIA: The feature should be posted weekly and be generally good and stuff. VOTING NOTES: Please leave a link to the most recent in the series; we’ll extrapolate from there.
  • The Jenn Sterger’s Rack Award
    FOR: The best photoshop or other counterfeit gag of the year.
  • Best Multimedia Thing
    FOR: The best audio thing, podcast, or web-video type thing of the year. Highlight clips not eligible.
  • The People’s Champ
    FOR: Similar to the MNC award, this one goes to the best blog, no restrictions. The major difference: whereas most awards are voted on by bloggers, the final voting on this one is open to all. No, you can’t vote for Auburn 2004.
  • Best ACC Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering an ACC team or the ACC in general. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome.
  • Best Big Ten Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering a Big Ten team or the Big Ten in general. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome.
  • Best Big East Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering a Big East team, the Big East in general, or Notre Dame.
  • Best SEC Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering an SEC team or the SEC as a whole.
    CRITERIA: None specified.
  • Best Big Twelve Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering a Big Twelve team or the Big Twelve in general. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome.
  • Best Pac Ten Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering a Pac Ten team or the Pac Ten in general. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome.
  • Best Non-BCS Blog
    FOR: The best blog covering a team not from a BCS conference, a non-BCS conference, or non-BCS conference football in general. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome. Note that independents other than Notre Dame are filed here.
  • Best National Blog
    FOR: The best blog that covers the sport of college football as a whole. CRITERIA: None specified. Just, you know, whatever you think is awesome.
    Mythical National Champion
    FOR: The best blog, overall. CRITERIA: None specified.

You can vote for as many blogs as you like, and I will be posting my nominees throughout the week for all to see. Click here to Vote: 2007 College Football Blogger Awards Nominations.

In the meantime, vote early, vote often … (Deadline is Midnight, 27 January 2007)

- Go Figure …

Images Courtesy of: 2007 College Football Blogger Awards

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