CFBAs 2007-2008: THE JOB AWARD

by Orson on Mar 3, 2008 7:49 PM EST

The CFBAs roll on through today and tomorrow.

We now present the Job Award. This is given to the website that, when served a shit souffle this year, cracked out the silverware without hesitation and did so with as much dignity and charm as possible. Without further fecal/culinary parallels...

The Job Award: Why, Football Gods, have you forsaken me?

For you, sir: the heaps of ashes, the losses to crap teams.

The Runner Up: Card Chronicle. Endured the agonies of being Kragthorp'd with humor, well-spoken anger, and wit.

And our winner is...

Corn Nation. Faced the slow disintegration of the Bill Callahan era and the creeping pallor of doom with admirable honesty, never forgetting the only thing that can really help you in times of trouble: a bitchin' sense of humor, as evidenced by their inclusion of this image when wondering about Bill Callahan's future employment.

It amounted to a De Profundis every football fan could feel in their teeth, a testament to fan despair and irrational hope that made for essential reading in 2007. Judging from their writing on Pelini, 2008 will have them in the running for happier awards, too.

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Brian Cook can have Emo week all to himself. Nebraska has had Emo decade.

by poguemahone on Mar 3, 2008 7:54 PM EST reply actions

so we now have as a secret debt that we must be glad to think we can never possibly repay, eh orson?

by kleph on Mar 3, 2008 8:08 PM EST reply actions

Congrats Jon & Mike! Let’s hope no Husker blogs are nominated for this award next year. ;)

by Jason on Mar 3, 2008 9:35 PM EST reply actions

I thought the kittens would have won Mgoblog at least a runner up.

by OhioDawg on Mar 3, 2008 10:08 PM EST reply actions

Agree regarding Michigan: from the Double A apocalypse to the macabre search for a head coach, a proud program suffered mightily.

by Allaha on Mar 3, 2008 10:17 PM EST reply actions

He’s the Jets problem now. Good riddance, jackass. That Okie State game last fall scarred my kid for life.

by Flatlander on Mar 3, 2008 10:21 PM EST reply actions

Didn’t the A.D. give Callahan a big, fat new contract about 15 minutes before Dr. Tom breezed back into Lincoln and started kickin’ ass and takin’ names?
Callahan was a horrible choice from the gitgo. I’m glad that the children of the corn had a good sense of humor and a funny blog, otherwise it could have gotten nasty. At one point, things got so ugly that Warren Buffett actually pledged to give most of his $25 Billion fortune to Bill Gates.

by J.J. on Mar 3, 2008 10:47 PM EST reply actions

Yessir, that would be Steve Pederson “A nationally-recognized advocate for college football”. (His NU department bio sez so… you can look it up)

by Flatlander on Mar 3, 2008 11:33 PM EST reply actions

With Pederson and Wannstache now high fiving while concurrently coming to fruition tag teaming the finest the Steel City has to offer, I’m going to go ahead and set the odds for a Pittsburgh blog sighting in this category at 8/1.

by worstfan on Mar 4, 2008 12:04 AM EST reply actions

“Didnt the A.D. give Callahan a big, fat new contract about 15 minutes before Dr. Tom breezed back into Lincoln and started kickin ass and takin names?”

yes.

nebraska owes a debt of gratitude to USC for showing on national television how badly the blackshirts has fallen from grace. the Okie State and Kansas game just underscored the point.

nebraska is have a full-on BOGASM for pelini right now and hope that he sets things right in lincoln again.

by rudy (not the guy from notre dame) on Mar 4, 2008 2:41 AM EST reply actions

Have I not had enough coffee, or is there a problem with the pay day ad? Somebody help me here.

by citiesaregreat on Mar 4, 2008 8:55 AM EST reply actions

it saddens me that no domers are funny enough to put up a blog worthy of this award, b/c surely nobody had a more seppuku-inducing season than my beloved Irish

by okiedomer on Mar 4, 2008 9:59 AM EST reply actions

#12,

That’d be one helluva gash.

by MiseanAuFan on Mar 4, 2008 10:25 AM EST reply actions

Have I not had enough coffee, or did okiedomer just have a post that appeared #12 referring to a problem with an ad for Payday loans?

by MiseanAuFan on Mar 4, 2008 10:26 AM EST reply actions

Nevermind, #11 there it is, citiesaregreat.

by MiseanAuFan on Mar 4, 2008 10:27 AM EST reply actions

& #5

I would have thought so too, but then look at how Michigan closed out the season (bowl win vs. Florida) compared to how Nebraska finished (I think they dropped the defense off in Grand Island on the way to Boulder, because it was like they weren’t even there).

by Cochese on Mar 4, 2008 11:25 AM EST reply actions