It that time of year again for all you loyal Dubsists out there. It’s time yet again for our Thanksgiving-weekend tradition here at Dubsism; today is the day we open the nomination period for our coveted awards for various achievements in the world of sport. For the ninth January in a row, we here at Dubsism will be handing out our coveted awards. Regardless of where you are reading this, the fact you are here means you likely have read a lot of other sports stuff, and therefore likely have a better idea of to whom to give these awards than do the drunken bunch of keyboard droolers on the staff here at Dubsism.
You can always check out our previous awards should you have any questions as to the reasons for which the awards are given, and if you don’t know, you can also do web search on the people for whom the awards are named. They are both telling and self-explanatory.
That brings us to the fact that we have a new award, this year, the The Dick Vermeil Award For Great Moments in Crying.
Having said that, here is the Dubsy award nomination ballot. Simply fill in your nominees (be sure to include pertinent facts; links to supporting evidence are always welcome, and depending on the reason for nomination, it may be required by the Dubsism legal department), then copy and paste your ballot into an email addressed to dubsism@yahoo.com.
There are very few criteria for submitting a ballot:
We also will be giving honorable mentions to the best nominees which are pretty damn good, but didn’t win. For those, we will post your name and a link to your blog/webpage if you wish. If you don’t wish, then don’t give it to us…
Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Eastern U.S. time on Friday, December 29th, 2017.
For more information on last year’s winners, click here.
The Mickey Klutts Award for Unfortunate Naming
Previous Co-Winners: Edgar Allan Poe, Wide Receiver, Army and Weston Steelhammer, Safety, Air Force
The Bobby Knight Award for Achievements in Dramatic Public Meltdowns
Previous Winner: Jim Mora, Former NFL head coach and current TV analyst
The Bevo and Ralphie Award for Mascot Buffoonery
Previous Winner: Every mascot in this video
The Budd Dwyer Award for Excellence in Career Suicide
Previous Winner: Trent Baalke, former general manager, San Francisco 49ers
The Ed Hochuli Award for the Best Call
Previous Winner: Frank Kaminsky, Forward, Charlotte Hornets
The Jason Sehorn Award for Being Completely Overrated
Previous Winner: LeBron James, Forward Cleveland Cavaliers
The Clinton-Nixon Award for Cover-Up Futility
Previous Winner: The English South Yorkshire Police
The Charles O. Finley Award for Achievements in Cheap
Previous Winner: The Florida Panthers
The Joe Kapp Award for Being Run Out of Town
Previous Winner: Bob Bradley, Former Manager, Swansea City, English Premier League
The Bobby Layne Award for Best Performance While Drunk
Previous Winner: Bruce Miller, Former Tight End, San Francisco 49ers
The Artis Gilmore Award for Achievements in Hair Boldness
Previous Winner: Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian High Jumper
The Kyle Orton Award for Achievements in Partying
Previous Winner: Rob Gronkowski, Tight End, New England Patriots
The Vasily Alexseyev Award for Plus-Sized Achievement
Previous Winner: Joey Julius, Place Kicker, Penn State
The Jamie Moyer Award for Excellence in Geriatrics
Previous Winner: Jaromir Jagr, Forward, Calgary Flames
The Vinko Bogotaj Award For Epic Failure
Previous Winner: The National Hockey League
The Joe Theismann Award For Gruesome Injuries
Previous Winner: Brian McGrattan, Defenseman, San Diego Gulls (AHL)
The Dick Vermeil Award For Great Moments in Crying:
This is the initial award, so nominate somebody extra-special.
The Gene Mauch Lifetime Achievement Award
Previous Winner: Marv Levy, Former Head Coach, Buffalo Bills
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