*official 2005 Clannie Award Nomination Thread*

Okay, time to get in your nominations for the 2005 Clannies.

Here are the rules:

1. Nominate one - and only one - poster/thread for each category. If you nominate more than one in a single category, the nomination won't be counted.

2. Mods and banned posters are not eligible for the individual categories. You may nominate a thread started by a Mod as Thread of the Year.

3. Each poster/thread receiving at least 2 nominations will be placed on a poll to determine the winner.

4. Nominations must be made before 12:00 noon EST on May 19. After that, the polls will go up.

Here are this year's categories.

Most Valuable Poster
Which poster brings the most to ClanRam to help make it the best Ram site on the web?

Most Knowledgeable Poster
Which poster provides the best information and insight regarding the Rams and the NFL?

Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With
Which Clan member seems like the kind of guy/gal you'd like to toss back a cold one with?

Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle
The game is on the line... McNair goes back... he hits Dyson at the 5... Mike Jones is nowhere to be seen... which Clan member has the personality to make that tackle when the game's on the line?

Breakout Poster
Which poster has, in the past 12 months, established him or herself as an up-and-coming member of the Clan?

Funniest Poster
Who makes you laugh?

Best Board Catalyst
Whether by posting interesting topics, or stirring the pot with a bit of controversy, who does the best job of keeping things hopping?

Thread of the Year
So many threads - which was the best?

So, get your nominations in now!

For ease, you can cut and paste this ballot:

Most Valuable Poster:
Most Knowledgeable Poster:
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With:
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle:
Breakout Poster:
Funniest Poster:
Best Board Catalyst:
Thread of the Year:

I'll break the ice:


Most Valuable Poster: general counsel
Most Knowledgeable Poster: general counsel
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: Ramstiles
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: Ramtime
Breakout Poster: viper3
Funniest Poster: Rampete
Best Board Catalyst: Moklerman
Thread of the Year: Interactive Mock Draft

here are mine.

Most Valuable Poster:
Most Knowledgeable Poster: general counsel
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: RealRam
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: ZigZagRam
Breakout Poster: 1st & Goal
Funniest Poster: coy bacon
Best Board Catalyst: Ram Family
Thread of the Year:

Here are my official nominations:
MVP - ZigZagRam
MKP - General Counsel
Beer - Viper3
Tackle - Shades of Grey
Breakout - Psycho9985
Funniest - Adarian_too
Catalyst - Moklerman
Thread - Rams' Martz Knew Bulger Would Be Special

...but I've got to give props to some other posters as well, people that make this board what it is, such as:

RamFamily, Fearlessone, thoey, AugustaRamFan, theodus69, tanus, maineram, SFCRamfan & UtterBlitz...just to name a few.

Most Valuable Poster: general counsel
Most Knowledgeable Poster: ZigZagRam
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: RealRam
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: Shadesofgrey
Breakout Poster: viper3
Funniest Poster: adarian_too
Best Board Catalyst: moklerman
Thread of the Year: Rams' Martz knew Bulger would be special

Where are they now?: Yodude [yo, dude, where you at?]

Most Valuable Poster: general counsel
Most Knowledgeable Poster: ZigZagRam
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: r8rh8rmike
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: talkstoangels61
Breakout Poster: psycho9985
Funniest Poster: adarian_too
Best Board Catalyst: Tony Soprano
Thread of the Year: Today, Mike Martz lost my support. Its time for a change.

Man, this is tough without Mods being eligible.

Most Valuable Poster: G.C.

Most Knowledgeable Poster: G.C.

Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: RamTime (I'm buying, I really appreciate that work he did with the crock that is the Rams/Patriots Superbowl.

Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: shades (look at that sig)

Breakout Poster: psycho9985

Funniest Poster: Count_of_Monte_Fisto

Best Board Catalyst: theodus

Thread of the Year: Whatever the hell the thread was that first linked us to stlouisrams.net.

Most Valuable Poster: ZigZagRam
Most Knowledgeable Poster: RamTime
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: Theodus69
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: Tanus
Breakout Poster: Ramsfamily
Funniest Poster: Adarian_too
Best Board Catalyst: Moklerman
Thread of the Year: Caption the photo

Heres mine

Most Valuable Poster: general counsel
Most Knowledgeable Poster: ZigZagRam
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: RealRam
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: ShadesOfGrey
Breakout Poster: viper3
Funniest Poster: adarian_too
Best Board Catalyst: majorram
Thread of the Year: Interactive Mock Draft

Most valuable poster.......GC
Most knowledgeable poster......GC
Poster you'd like have a beer with ..... Ramtime
Poster you'd like to see make a tackle..... Dez
Breakout poster.....viper3
Funniest poster...adarian_too
Best board catalyst.....moklerman
Thread of the year.......Ramtime... the superbowl thread....


steve :ramlogo:

After much reviewing and studying, I think I have finally decided.

Most Valuable Poster: GC
Most Knowledgeable Poster: GC
Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With: RamTime
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: Mom (I live with her...I know how bad she wants it!)
Breakout Poster: Psycho
Funniest Poster: Coy Bacon
Best Board Catalyst: r8rh8rmike
Thread of the Year: the superbowl thread....because of the work involved in revealing the scam

MVP zig zag ram
knowledgeable zig zag ram
beer real ram
tackle Rams family (two for the price one one, i hear mom really moves to the ball!)
Breakout Psycho
Catalyst tie tony soprano and mokelerman
thread Rams time- superbowl 36

ramming speed to all, i really hate singling anyone out as this board is one of the most fun things in my life. Special mention to our clan brothers across the pond, their level of knowledge is truly amazing considering they for the most part have not been with the squad or american football for that matter for 20 plus years!

All kidding aside, thanks again to dez for making it all possible.

general counsel

Most Valuable Poster: GC
Most Knowledgeable Poster: RamTime
Poster You'd Like to Have a pizza With: RealRams
Poster You'd Like to Have a beer With: Tie between theodus69 and tanus
Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle: ShadesOfGrey
Breakout Poster: viper3
Funniest Poster: adarian_too
Best Board Catalyst: majorram
Thread of the Year: Interactive Mock Draft

1. MVP: zigzag
2. MKP: General council
3. Like to guzzle some beer with: Pthor
4. Poster I'd like to see make a tackle: UtterBlitz
5. Break-out poster: 1st and 10
6. funniest poster: Bernie M.
7. Best board Cat: Moklerman
8. Thread of the year:Superbowl 36

These nominations are never easy or taken lightly for me. I would like to personally thank every member of ClanRam for making this the greatest Rams site on the planet.

Every ClanRam member deserves a hand!

And without further ado, my nominations are as follows:

Most Valuable Poster
Monetary value of his Rams memorabilia collection aside: general counsel

Most Knowledgeable Poster
He might be dumb, but he's not stupid: RamTime

Poster You'd Like to Have a Beer With
Gee just about everyone: r8rh8rmike

Poster You'd Like to See Make a Tackle
And after the tackle everyone says: Yodude, you put the hurtin' to em!

Breakout Poster
From the evergreen state, of course: viper3

Funniest Poster
none_the_less: adarian_too

Best Board Catalyst
The QB Guru: Moklerman

Thread of the Year
Rams Martz Knew Bulger Would Be Special




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