Your 2020 Takie Awards Cheat Sheet: Categories, Nominees, and Winners for All 22 Honors
Fresh off the holiday weekend, Pardon My Take returned with one of the most popular shows of the calendar year: the 2020 Takie Awards! There are 20+ awards to hand out, including appearances from Tommy Lasorda, Chris Hansen, Cassius Stanley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, BIGTIME TOMMIE, Kato Kaelin, James Garretson, Butterbean, Kermit the Frog, and Curt Schilling.
Below is a Takie "cheat sheet" that includes every category, nominee, and winner (listed in italics).
1. Worst Take of the Year
Dan Wolken (LSU hiring Coach O)*
Skip Bayless - Throwing away Zeke jersey with microwave
John Elway - Joe Flacco entering his prime
Dave Portnoy - Telling TMZ TB12 wouldn't leave New England
Big Cat - Inject corona if March Madness is canceled, thanks for coming out Chiefs, Laker Dan
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2. Trend of the Year
Richard Mille watches - Odell watches
Going for 2 down 14
Disavowing the royal family
Cheating - (Astros, SVP Sliders, etc)*
3. Football Guy of the Year
Will Muschamp: “Thanksgiving is a meal, not a day.”
Dan Mullen: Learned to multiply by sevens before any other number so he could count TD’s
Coach O: Winning Natty, befriending the sun, everything*
Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan Chris Matthew who hadn’t worn pants in 18 years until his team won the Grey Cup.
4. Rising Star
Jason Whitlock
Woody Paige*
Jake Marsh
5. Family-Friendly Chain Restaurant Offering A Sports Bar-style Setting For American Food and Arcade Games
Chuck E. Cheese
Dave & Buster's*
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6. Premature Celebration
Egg Bowl
49ers Instagram picture*
State of Florida
7. Postseason Tourney that Duke Didn't Qualify For of the Year
NCAA Tournament*
NIT
CBI
CIT
8. Lib of the Year
Chris Long*
Mike Gundy*
Drew Brees*
Billy Football*
NASCAR*
9. Question We Asked Rob Lowe to Ask Magic Johnson on Rob Lowe's New Podcast When He Had Magic Johnson On As A Guest
Rob Lowe Asking Magic Johnson The Question We Asked Him*
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10. Canadian of the Year
Don Cherry
Lucas Magnota
Luke Willson*
11. Invention of the Year
Listerquil
Coronavirus Vaccine*
NFL 100 Logo
Elon Musk's Truck
12. PFT's Dad of the Year
Mike Florio
Marlins Man
PFT's Real Dad*
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13. Thirst Trap of the Year
Doja Cat
Brooks Koepka's GQ Spread
Julian Edelman on Father's Day*
14. Apology of the Year
Rudy Gobert
Drew Brees Handshake Picture*
Mike Gundy
Big Ben Roethlisberger
15. Still Alive Person of the Year
Willie Mays
Kim Jong-Un
Tommy Lasorda*
16. Preemptive Take of the Year
Mike Gundy
Antonio Brown
Dan Dakich (eventually saying MJ is better than LeBron because of divorce)*
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17. Worst Prediction of the Year
Clay Travis Tweet 1 (1,000 deaths)*
Clay Travis Tweet 2
Clay Travis Tweet 3
Clay Travis Tweet 4
18. Retirement of the Year
Conor McGregor*
Rob Gronkowski
Leroy the Dog
19. 19-year-old of the Year
Addison Rae
Lil Pump
Maverick Baker
Blake Gray
COVID-19*
Lovely Peaches
Hunter Roland
20. Holy Shit That Show Came Out This Year
Tiger King
Love is Blind
Don't Fuck With Cats
XFL*
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21. Blake of the Year
Blake Bortles
Blake Koepka
Blake Griffin
(We're not spoiling this one!)
22. Podcast Listeners of the Year
Daddy Gang
Cum Boys
Rob Lowe's Lomosexuals
AWL's*
And with that, the 2020 Takies are in the books. 22 awards, plenty of winners, and so many memories. Congrats to everyone who is taking home a trophy this year. We'll be back and better than ever in 2021.