We've awarded all 20 of the first annual 'Matty's' - which you can view here.  It's time to conclude the first annual 'Matty Awards' by announcing who you - the great Phinsider community - voted into the Joe Robbie Memorial Phinsider Hall of Fame.

This inaugural class will feature four community members.  The voting results can be found below.  All of those who were included on at least 10% of the ballots are listed below.  And please note that from this point on, only three members will be inducted per year into our Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to all those who received votes!

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It's time to finish up with the winner announcements of the first annual 'Matty Awards.'

You can see the complete list of winners, including the previous 15 awards we handed out, by visiting the 'Matty Awards' page - either by clicking here or clicking the link in the left sidebar underneath the countdown.

Next up after these awards is the announcement of who got voted into the inaugural class of the Joe Robbie Memorial Phinsider Hall of Fame.  But for now, let's get to the final five 'Matty's.'

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It's again time to continue announcing the winners of our first annual "Matty Awards' - which were voted on by all of you, the great people of our Phinsider community.

And remember that you can check out all of the winners of these awards by heading over to our 'Matty Awards' page - which is located in the left sidebar of the front page, directly below the countdown.

Onto the next five award winners...

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It's time to continue announcing the winner of the first annual 'Matty Awards' - which were voted on by all of you, the great people of our community.

Incase you missed it, you can check out the first five award winners by clicking here.

The next five are below...

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It's time to begin announcing the winners of our first annual Matty Awards - more affectionately known as "The Matty's."

While these "awards" might not seem like much, I think that each winner should be proud simply because these awards were voted on by all of you - the great Phinsider community members.  And while the winners won't actually receive anything, we will feature permanently a list of all the winners each and every year in the left sidebar.

Now onto the unveiling of the first five award winners...

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So we've finally made it through the voting for all of the 'Matty's.'  Now it's time to talk about (and vote on) the greatest honor within our community.

Yes - I'm talking about The Joe Robbie Memorial Phinsider Hall of Fame.  To me, it's the highest honor any member of our community can receive.  And that's because the vote is done (securely, I might add) by all of you.  After all, there's no greater honor than being recognized by your own peers.

Making this even more special is that this will be the inaugural class.  And the four members who get voted in will forever be known as "Mount Phinsider" - like Mount Rushmore, only better.  And after this year's inductions, only three members per year will be inducted - not four.

All the nominees and the poll itself is located after the jump.  Click on "continue reading" to view them and cast your four votes.  And please note, you must vote for no more than four.  If you vote for more, your votes will simply be erased by the system and the poll will not allow you to re-vote.

There are 16 nominees.  Congratulations to those who have been nominated.  The Phinsider community consists of over 1,100 members - with over 80% of those members having been active in the past 9 months.  So it truly is an honor just to be nominated.  Good luck to everyone who has been nominated.  And remember, there is no campaigning within 100 feet of the polls.

Voting for this award will end at 11:30 pm eastern on Thursday, February 26.

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It's time to vote on the final 4 'Matty Awards' - with the Hall of Fame vote the only vote that will be left once these 4 categories are voted on.  These 4 categories are:

The Larry Csonka Old Guard Award - given to the best older blogger (40 and up).

The Patrick Cobbs Award - given to the hardest working do-everything blogger at the Phinsider.

The Zach Thomas Leadership Award - given to the blogger who best exemplifies sportsmanship and level-headedness when posting and commenting.

The Bill Parcells Award - given to the blogger with the most insightful and knowledgeable posts and comments. Bonus points for a Matty I ‘Well Said.'

The nominees and polls can be found after the jump.  Click "continue reading" to view them and cast your vote.  Voting for these 4 awards will end on Friday at 11:30 pm eastern.  Good luck to the nominees and happy voting...

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Below are the next 3 categories that are up for awards in the first annual 'Matty's':

The Ricky Williams Picture Perfect Award - given to the blogger who best used pictures in his/her posts and/or comments.

The Jim Mandich NewsFlash Award - given to the blogger who posts the most up-to-date and breaking news stories.

The Davone Bess Little Guy Award - given to the best underage blogger (17 and under).

The nominees can be found after the jump.  Click on "continue reading" to view them and to cast your vote.  Voting for these 3 categories will end on Wednesday at 11:30 pm eastern.  Good luck and happy voting...

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