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The NUGies are coming: Submit categories and nominees for Boise State's end-of-year awards

Throw on a sportcoat and dry-clean your going out pants. The NUGies are coming!

The best Boise State award show of the year kicks off next week, and I need your help getting ready. What categories do you want to see? What players need lionizing? What moments need frozen? How can we get David Augusto's name in there without being too obvious?

All suggestions are welcome, so leave your thoughts in the comments or shoot me an email. After the jump, I'll list some of the categories that will be returning for this year plus some new ones I'm considering. Rock the NUGies, Bronco fans.

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Annual NUGie faves that will likely be returning:

  • Player of the Year NUGie
  • Marty Tadman Honorary NUGie
  • NUGie Offensive MVP
  • NUGie Defensive MVP
  • NUGie Game of the Year
  • NUGie Play of the Year

In addition to these, I would like to feature the most anticipated future Bronco, the Boise State theme of the year, and something belittling about the University of Idaho - probably a Shiloh Keo joke. What else do you got? Share your categories and nominees in the comments.

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Best 3 running back “Stable” formation we never saw.

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"Everyone counted us out. I don't know why they keep doing that." -- Kyle Wilson
"It takes no talent to give great effort."
"We’re not going to play to the outside noise." -- Chris Petersen
"[Kellen] Moore is a walking Staples® button." -- Ivan Maisel
"I’ve been around football a long time and I’ve never seen a better prepared team than the Boise State Broncos and it was a privilege to watch them play." -- Lou Holtz

by Loque on Jan 7, 2011 7:41 AM PST reply actions  

Hamster

Best Doug Marin impression,
Best Titus Young catch

by AAFORS on Jan 7, 2011 7:58 AM PST reply actions  

Need criteria for "play of the year"

So I know whether to vote for the most awesomest, or the most impactful.

Impactful? Oh, lord, did I just write “impactful”? DAMN YOU FOOTBAW ANNOUNCERS THAT IS NOT A WORD.

We want to build a university our football team can be proud of. -- Dr. George Lynn Cross

by marktgarten on Jan 7, 2011 8:42 AM PST reply actions  

How about

The Winston Venable almost borderline illegal hit of they ear?

It leaves the fool who got steemrolled laying on the ground senseless and the fans of that team blowing up message boards and blogs about dirty plays and cheap shots.

In other words, the hugest hit of the year.

http://broncochase.blogspot.com/

by zelf112 on Jan 7, 2011 8:47 AM PST reply actions  

Most notable opposing player

who got his ass kicked feelings hurt. C’mon, man, target rich environment.

by kcam on Jan 7, 2011 8:51 AM PST reply actions  

Needs a better name, but....

“I thought Kellen couldn’t throw the deep ball” pass of the year.

by Cougarflounder on Jan 7, 2011 8:54 AM PST reply actions  

“Lack of Arm Strength” Pass of the Year perhaps?

Good Night. Game Over. Drive Home Safely.

by MiketheTransplant on Jan 7, 2011 9:03 AM PST up reply actions  

Some suggestions:

Gecko Hands Catch of the Year
Most insane sticky hands grab. This is hardly an automatic to Austin Pettis…lest we forget the one-handed grab of totally awesome in the Virginia Tech game. You know who.

Long Haul Trucker Award
Best running back collision. Some stiff competition here, I’d imagine. Doug Martin’s thorough trucking of Shiloh Keo is a fan favorite, but you can’t discredit Jarvis Hodge’s run of 4th quarter annihilation. The man killed a defender once.

The Great Clips/Head & Shoulders Haircut of the Year
If I have to explain this, you’re probably a U of I grad.

Best KM Touchdown Celebration
Fistpump? Double pistols? Jumping man-hug? OH THE CHOICES!

by graybandit on Jan 7, 2011 9:04 AM PST reply actions  

Oh, and before I forget

Winston Venable Intimidation Moment of the Year
Think about it.

by graybandit on Jan 7, 2011 9:07 AM PST up reply actions  

Don't forget Wyoming

Dougie steamrolled a safety in that game too. Keo saw it on film, and knew what to expect.

by ElPepeGrande on Jan 7, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions  

The hardest shoes to fill award.

Oh, so many candidates……..

"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee

by blue4areason on Jan 7, 2011 9:41 AM PST reply actions  

Best TD celebration

is it double pistols by Kellen against Idaho
is it running opposite direction with TD signal by Kellen against VT
is it the endzone flip by Pettis against Wyoming
is it Titus Young lying on his back and flipping the ball in the air against Fresno
is it Daryl Acrey with the pick six on senior day doing a Ray Lewis impersonation

There are probably others I am not remembering

by flyfishferg on Jan 7, 2011 10:30 AM PST reply actions  

Mr. Fiskers Award

For sticking your foot in your mouth about non-AQ football.

And that's another Bronco... FIRST DOWN!!

by FirstDown on Jan 7, 2011 10:30 AM PST reply actions  

Gordon Gee?

"I did not send you to go-kart camp." - Maury Garner

by Kevan Lee on Jan 7, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions  

Best .gif of the year

Best Post by a non-admin (so not Kevan, Drew or Nick)
Best Post by an admin
Best blog to read not OBNUG

"Speak softly and wear a loud shirt" - Kimo's Rules

by greekpadre on Jan 7, 2011 10:53 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

Best Weekly Contribution

named “This Week At The Diggity’s” goes to….hell i’ll probably lose to “Live From Riverside” love ya GreekPadre…

Noel.Diggity.....NO DOUBT!
Bronco Nation...where the heavens and our hallowed ground are both BLUE!

by Noel.Diggity on Jan 7, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I have a few:

1) Best Nickname of the year.
2) Best Hair of the year.
3) Best Hit of the year.
4) Best Catch of the year.
5) Best Sack of the Year.
6) Best Defensive Line of ….ever?
7) Best Senior Moment
8) Greatest One Handed Catch
9) Best run of the year
10) Best Inspirational Story of the Year
11) Best Continued list of the year (Me)
12) Black Friday
13) Most exciting recruit
14) Most likely to replace Harsin, even though he will still be playing this year.
15) Best Uniforms of the Year
16) Best Picture of the Year
17) Highest Vertical Leaper of the Year
18) Best Celebration of the Year
19) Most embarassing moment of the Year (The funny ones, not the depressing ones)
20) The DQ Award

Please Just add them all….its the offseason!

I once meet Coach Pete and shook his hand. I knew at that very moment, I had touched God.

by BleedBlue75 on Jan 7, 2011 11:23 AM PST reply actions  

Worst Media Hit Job

something along the lines of this by Sports by Brooks.

12 years in a row. 22-17-1 overall record.
Suck it Vandals
Twitter: @damiensports
"[O]ne play can win a game but one play cannot lose a game." - Coach Petersen

by Grindhouse on Jan 7, 2011 11:29 AM PST reply actions  

tunnel vision sucks

Pretty sure that same exact things happen to our players as well…in fact, I could have sworn that one of our players got injured too… was it Linehan or am I smoking something?

by Bdiddy11 on Jan 7, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions  

How about

The best D and O players of the year that we didn’t really talk about??

by 4EverBleedBlue on Jan 7, 2011 11:39 AM PST reply actions  

I don't have a solid contribution

just wanted to say that I big puffy sparkly heart love the NUGgies.

OBNUG Resident Mom

by Crissie on Jan 7, 2011 12:24 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

That's a solid contribution

I’ll count it.

"I did not send you to go-kart camp." - Maury Garner

by Kevan Lee on Jan 7, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Maybe an award for....

The NUGie giving out the most “big puffy sparkly hearts?”

And the award goes to Crissie!!

"It takes no talent to give great effort" -Chris Petersen
"It's hard to imagine a more complete football team than Boise State" - Kirk Herbstreit

by JRig on Jan 7, 2011 4:53 PM PST up reply actions  

Wrong-first (non)-Moving Infraction-"Impersonating a Speed Bump"

How ’bout Book of the Year club entry: “Architectural Perspectives from the Floor of the Kibbie Dome” S. Keo. Great coffee table gift

tvmunson

by tmunson on Jan 7, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Or singer/songwriter " Da' Bowlin' Pin Blues" Shiloh "Hush my 'Mowf" Keo

Or avant garde filmmaker “I am a Pancake”
Or first year Intro class: Basics of Astro Turf 100 (note: Vandals need not take-automatically admitted to upper division seminar Yearly Humiliation-Its Purpose and Meaning)

tvmunson

by tmunson on Jan 7, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Being Dominated by Boise State

Winner: The Rest of the WAC

Thanks guys, its been real. See you all in the Mtn West. LET THE DOMINATION CONTINUE!

by MooreWalksOnWater on Jan 7, 2011 1:03 PM PST reply actions  

Ugliest opponent

Not necessarily in looks, but maybe. I mean, Kaepernick’s beak? Anyone?

by freshbreff on Jan 7, 2011 2:44 PM PST reply actions  

Sorry, that award has been retired

Chase Holbrooke, NMSU QB took that Lifetime Achievement award a few years ago.

by kcam on Jan 7, 2011 3:02 PM PST up reply actions  

I only have 1 more to add

Best Quarter played.

"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete

by Broncograd96 on Jan 7, 2011 5:36 PM PST reply actions  

How about the

Frank Stallone award?? For a Bronco who achieves much but often goes un-noticed.

by hatemay on Jan 7, 2011 5:53 PM PST reply actions  

College Gameday Sign of the Year

Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34

by howiestheman on Jan 7, 2011 7:01 PM PST reply actions  

Inception NUGie

The best "what the hell just happened moment (or play) of the year.

by BoyCeeState on Jan 8, 2011 10:09 PM PST via mobile reply actions  

OK I came up with 1 more

Worst call by the REFs.

"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete

by Broncograd96 on Jan 9, 2011 9:50 AM PST reply actions  

Off topic

Did anyone else see the run by Lynch last night and think that looks like Doug Martin.?

"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete

by Broncograd96 on Jan 9, 2011 9:54 AM PST reply actions  

Great run...

But terrible tackling. However, I can see Doug Martin doing the same thing in the NFL.

"It takes no talent to give great effort" -Chris Petersen
"It's hard to imagine a more complete football team than Boise State" - Kirk Herbstreit

by JRig on Jan 10, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Best Pie Chart?

I'd rather be surfing.

by Pac 10 Alum on Jan 10, 2011 5:20 PM PST reply actions  

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