College football fans are waiting with bated breath as the race for the Heisman Trophy is awarded today. While you're waiting to see who will earn the top honor between Florida's Tim Tebow, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford or Texas' Colt McCoy, check out some of the other bizarre trophies, honors and prizes that are awarded annually that receive far less fanfare than the Heisman Trophy.
For example, did you know that there are annual awards for Best Underwear, Best Celebrity Outfit and Best Toilet? And that military-style medals also exist for gamers who survive the Console War?
Some of the awards, prizes and trophies in the cluster below are dead serious, while others are just meant for fun. Whether you're sitting on pins and needles waiting for the Heisman Trophy results or just looking for a trophy head for your home that doesn't involve hunting, this collection won't disappoint.
40 Bizarre Awards, Medals and Trophies
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Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Nominated for Most Talked About Award
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Awarding Controversial Ads
American Apparel Dubbed Label of the Year
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Posthumous Honors
Heath Ledger Gets Chauvel Award
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Avant-Garde Hair Designs
Alex Moser Wins Austrian Hairdressing Award
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Competitive People Painting
World Bodypainting Asian Awards
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Sports Awards Fashion
ESPY Awards Celebrity Outfits
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Awards for Innovative Package Design
The 2008 Pentawards
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Fake Taxidermy Part IV
Blow-Up Moose Trophy
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Cardboard Taxidermy
PETA-Friendly Trophy Heads
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Wooden Taxidermy
Vlaemsch Plywood Trophies
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"Best Toilet" Awards
Nashville's Hermitage Hotel Wins 2008 Honor
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Lookout Design
Award Winning Wooden Lookout in Norway
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Felt Animal Trophies
Feltidermy
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Swiss Glacial Acrylic Animal Trophies
Plastidermy
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Award Winning Underwear
2008 Best Undies Awards
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Celebs Attempting Viral
Will Ferrell Offers Shark as Contest Prize
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Blooker Prize for Bloggers
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Funky Futuristic Eye Glasses
Opus Design Award Winners
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Turbodiesel Trophy Trucks
The 2008 VW Touareg Baja Racer
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Multi Million Dollar 'X Prize' For Automobile Industry
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Popsicles With Hidden Prizes
Frozen iPods
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Award-Winning PSAs
Animated Amnesty International "Signatures"
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Prized Poop
Vanillin Wins Ig Nobel Chem Prize
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Graffiti Wall Awards
Guerrilla PR for Bamboo
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Toys For Pigs
D2B Award Winning Design
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Trophy Tableware by Emiko Oki: Plates in Disguise
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Bizarre Science Awards
The Ig Nobel Prize Goes to Diet Coke Spermicide
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Trophy Ring
Knotch Up Your Score With This Anti-Engagement Ring
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Animal Bums for Your Wall
Trophy Hangers
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Military Chic Accessories
AMT 'Medal of Honor'
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Ceramic Briefcases
iF Award Winner by Stasinopoulos
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Viral Video Awards
The Short Film Festival Berlin
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High-Profile Art Awards
Turner Prize Nominees Announced
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Awarding Unauthorized Ads
Fake, Naughty JC Penney Ad Gets Cannes Award
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Prizes That Include Security Guards
24K Gold Plated Bicycles
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Platforms for Creative Discovery
Mango Fashion Awards 2008
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Gamer Survival Rewards
Supermandolini Medals for 'Console War' Veterans
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Scholarships for College Bloggers
$10,000 Award for Online Writing
2
Student Ad Contests
Commercial Pitch Offers $15,000 Prize
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Pulitzer Prizes for Bloggers
Online Journalism Officially Vetted
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From Designer Diet Coke to Eco Fun Packaging
Virtual Lingerie Shopping
Knicker Picker
Glass Toilet Cubicles
Swiss Public Bathrooms
Celebrity Lingerie
Pamela Anderson's Sexy Designs + TV Show
Sleaze Marketing?
American Apparel Accused of Being Sleazy
Body Paint Illusions
Emma-Jane Cammack Camouflage Art
26 Cutting-Edge Hairstyles
Sleazy Promotional Items
American Apparel's Boob-Flash Matches
Animal Hair Hats
Nagi Noda Creations
15 Body Paint Innovations
From Models Wearing Nothing to Social Activism
Enormous Futuristic Sunglasses
Maison Martin Margiela Incognito Eyewear
Camouflage Body Painting
Body Art as a Disguise
Helicopter Hair
Extreme Coiffures
Fake BJ Ads
Do American Apparel Ads Cross The Line?
Celebrity Lingerie
JLo's Yamamay Collection
85 Viral Blogovations
From Blog Book Deals to Political Clout
Top 20 Innovative Underwear and Lingerie Trends in 2007
Mixing Cinema & Advertising
Intimissimi Lingerie Featuring Monica Bellucci
83 Bizarre Video Games + Viral News for Die-Hard Gamers
Historic Olympic Records
Michael Phelps Wins 8 Gold Medals in Beijing
Competitive People Painting
World Bodypainting Asian Awards
DIY Experiments
The Top 19 Things You Can Make
Toilet-Themed Restaurants (Update)
Now in China, Expanding Globally
Modified VW Bugs
Monster and Jet Powered Beetles
Rejecting Olympic Medals
Swedish Wrestler Ara Abrahamian Loses Due to Politics
27 Hairovations
From Shaving Stencils to Head Tattoos
Wild Intimates
Animal Print Lingerie
Mega Lingerie Fashion Show in Paris
The Salon de Lingerie International
Edgy Aerobic Ads
American Apparel Goes 80s Glam in Striking Adverts
Bizarre Fashion Firings
American Apparel's Conservative Bean Counter Axed
Fake Taxidermy Part IV
Blow-Up Moose Trophy
Wooden Taxidermy
Vlaemsch Plywood Trophies
Dressing As Video Game Heroes
Slobs Of Gaming Costumes
Couture Lingerie and Hosiery
Valentino Designs for Wolford S/S 08
Literal Packaging
Alphabetical Milk Carton
"Best Toilet" Awards
Nashville's Hermitage Hotel Wins 2008 Honor
Off-Road Mobile Home
TerraCross "Home On Wheels"
Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment 137
Expect Your Kids Follow
Cooking Eggs With Cell Phones
Russian Experiment Shows Its Possible
All-Terrain Police Cars
Off-Road Russian Criminal Chasers
Limited Edition Lingerie (Part 2)
Niki Loveletter Collection with Matching Lockets
Fast Food Packaging Makeovers
McDonald's Revamps Their Image
Fake Taxidermy Part VI
Ghost Antler Coat Rack
Toilet Seats that Rock
Jammin' Guitarlet & Pee-ano by Jammin' Johns
Color-Changing Eyewear
RGB Rainbow Glasses
Rocking Horse Toilets
Perry Dixon's Saddle Toilet
Apple Compatible Toilet
Air Poo
Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments II
The Dominoe Effect
27 Inch Mohawks
Eric Hahn's Record-Breaking Hair
4-Wheeled Off-Road Bicycles
The CarvX
Ultimate Off-Road Buggy Kit
Giant Baja 5B
Olympic Athlete Butter Sculptures
Silver Medal Gymnast Shawn Johnson in Grease
Multi-Media Sunglasses
Thanko All-In-One Video Glasses
Real Life Ghost Towns
Amazing Public Art In Rhyolite
Subliminal Food Packaging
Smiling Faces Hidden in Broccoli Florets
Offensive Video Games
‘Fat Princess' Outrages Feminists
Portable BBQs
The BBQ Briefcase
Interactive Olympic Maps
Medal Count From 1896 to 2004
Dangerous Microwave Experiments
Nuked Cell Phone
Limited Edition Lingerie
La Perla's $1,000 Sultry Outfits
From Blog To Book
27 Websites In Print
Bizarre Science Awards
The Ig Nobel Prize Goes to Diet Coke Spermicide
Graffitisements
Street Art Used in Canadian Youth Services Centre Ads
Bar Briefcase by Carl Mertens
Glasses That Translate
The Translayferers
See Through Briefcase
Skeleton Attache
Blog Book Deals
Stuff White People Like
Iconic 3D Wall Art
The 'I Love NY' Poster
Jurassic Eco Car
Helios Off-Roader Spreads Solar Panels When Stopped
Fake Taxidermy Part V
White Antler Candelabra
High-Profile Art Awards
Turner Prize Nominees Announced
Grants for Rural Youth Bloggers
Taming China's Wild, Wired West
Scholarship 2.0
Students Pick $10,000 Winner at CollegeToolkit.com
Awarding Unauthorized Ads
Fake, Naughty JC Penney Ad Gets Cannes Award
Pixacao Protests
Graffiti Artists Deface Street Art Exhibit
Nerdy Marriage Proposals
Geek Hacks Video Game to Pop the Question
Self-Cleaning Eyewear
ClearVision Glasses
MacBook Handle-It
The Instant Mac Briefcase
Scholarships For Future Reality TV Stars
American Idol Teen Summer Camp
Olympic Horse Doping
Norway To Lose Olympic Bronze Equestrian Medal?
Scholarships for College Bloggers
$10,000 Award for Online Writing
Gadgets Turn Gamers Into Readers
The Nintendo DS Lite 100 Classic Book Collection
Mobile PA Systems
The Orator Briefcase for Impromptu Speeches