2018
SPEEDY AWARDS
It is
hard to believe that we have already reached that time again, but it is time
for the annual SPEEDY Awards. All awards decisions are official immediately,
unless I change my mind. In that case, Awards changes will go in this order:
Revised Final, Final Revision, Final Final and Ultimate Final (pending review).
With
all of the above understood, we go to the Awards:
BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD: That Bloody Hill: Hilliard’s Legion at
Chickamauga. Published by McFarland, available online at the publisher’s
website, as well as on Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s.
STAND UP AND FIGHT AWARD: To
the heroic men and women who fought California’s terrible wildfires in
December.
SO WHAT, IT ISN’T MY MONEY AWARD: To
the California state legislature for adding an additional ten cents (or so) tax
on every gallon of gasoline sold in the state. The new tax is supposed to help pay for repairs
to roadways and other important infrastructure which, of course, was what the
previously assessed taxes were supposed to pay for. The new tax actually will
pay off the billions spent on a failed effort to build a massive train system
that nobody in the state wanted.
COMMON SENSE AWARD: Discontinued
due to a lack of nominees.
MEME OF THE YEAR AWARD: Dear Math, I am not a therapist. Go solve
your own problems.
TURNAROUND AWARD: The
Los Angeles Rams. Congrats to the coaching staff and players, they’ve gone from
zero to hero.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE AWARD:
The San Diego Chargers for moving out of a stadium in San Diego that the team’s
ownership said wasn’t good enough for an NFL team in order to play home games
on a soccer field with a seating capacity smaller than some high school stadiums.
NEEDS SUNBLOCK AWARD: Two
winners for this award, a tie between the National Football League and NASCAR.
Both entities are over-exposed on television and their ratings are
under-performing.
SPORTS COLOR COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR:
Perhaps the most crowded field for any award we’ve ever issued. For the first
time in SPEEDY AWARD history, we’ve split an award into three divisions in
order to avoid making a decision.
Pro
Football: Tony Romo, CBS Sports. Best NFL color man since the
retirement of the great Hank Stram. Romo is the first commentator we have ever
compared to Stram in a positive way.
College
Football: Gary Danielson, CBS Sports. Has great enthusiasm for
his job, sees the field as well as any commentator in the business, understands
the ebb and flow of a game and always works well with the play-by-play man.
Seamlessly transitioned from working with Vern Lundquist (a former SPEEDY
winner) to SPEEDY nominee Brad Nessler.
High
School Football: Jorge Grihalva, KXO Radio (El Centro,
California) live streaming, Imperial High School football. His enthusiasm for
the game and the kids playing it is obvious and he does an excellent job of
keeping statistics as well. Joins Imperial play-by-play man Mickey Dale as
SPEEDY winners.
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