After countless hours of work (ok, roughly 2-3) and hundreds of votes (or maybe closer to 15-20), it’s now time to present the first annual MGoAwards!

These awards are voted on by you the MGoUser. Votes are the total of the online poll votes, plus the original e-mailed in votes. I realize that some votes may have counted twice (poll and e-mail), but that’s the benefit you get from following directions the first time.

For a refresher on the nominees, go here.

Before we begin, I’d like to ask that the recipients limit their acceptance speeches to 2 minutes, and no Kanye-type interruptions please(unless it's funny).

The "Thank you for making us smarter" award for the Best Diary (Analysis) goes to:

Misopogon – Decimated Defense (Part I, Part II, and Post Perdue Update)

http://mgoblog.com/diaries/decimated-defense

http://mgoblog.com/diaries/decimated-defense-part-ii-statisticating

http://mgoblog.com/diaries/decimated-defense-post-purdue-update

The "Laughter is the best medicine" award for Best Diary (Humorous) goes to:

Treehugger -

Forcier/Barkley Chat Room

http://mgoblog.com/diaries/forcierbarkley-chat-room

The "Future moderator" award for Best Diary/Post (recurring) goes to:

The Mathlete – By the Numbers

The "Laughter is the best medicine, jr." award for Best Post (Humorous and/or OT)

We have a tie between:

chitownblue2 – Members Only

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/members-only

GoMBlue – Very OT: Showering

http://mgoblog.com/content/very-ot-showering

The "Misopogon" award for Best Poster (so named because he damn near swept the voting) goes to:

Misopogon

The "Misopogon of commenting" award for Best Commenter goes to:

chitownblue2

The "Redemption" award for Comeback Poster of the Year goes to:

bouje

The "Irish" award for Best Troll (see "Misopogon" award for genesis of name) goes to:

Irish

The "Visual Distraction" award for Best Avatar goes to:

Another tie:

Estours77 – Zoomed in Tom Hammond

Misopogon – Desmond to Helmet morph

The "Way too much time on your hands" award for Best Graphic Art goes to:

The Shredder (or The Shredded if you make a typo)– MS Paint

The "How did we get on this subject?" award for Best divergent conversation goes to:

Yet another tie.

Adrian Witty is Qualified – Math Discussion

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/adrian-witty-qualified

Good Idea, Bad Idea – 12 Weeks of Michigan

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/good-idea-bad-idea-post-osu#comment-292538

The "Father of k06em01" award for Biggest Meltdown/Negbang goes to:

BlueFront95

http://mgoblog.com/diaries/jurys-still-out-rodriguez

Congratulations to all the winners! I hereby present you…nothing really, except our respect (in most cases). May your username live on for eternity.

As of now, the plan is to do this again near the beginning of next season (the offseason awards). Hopefully I'll be better at this and it'll go more smoothly.