In my daily viewing of all things college football, and having read UV earlier today, the format of Y!Sports' article seems almost copied from mgoblog.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Headlinin-US...
Does anyone else think this is extremely close?
P.S.
I also noticed that earlier on the main page the title of a local article said:
I don't see it.
Plus,
I see it!
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol
I am genuinely impressed
"I hope I can get a bunch of championships - like 15"
As much as we love MGoBlog
I'm pretty sure Brian doesn't have a copyright on writing things in bullet point.
What, like bullet points?
What, like bullet points? Banner? Content in the middle of the page with useful sidebars? Comments section? Those bastards.
For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
ZOMG!! Bloggers are using
ZOMG!! Bloggers are using formats that make it easy for their audience.
Greetings from Bolivia.
"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple." - Gary Moeller
Well I hope they didn't copy
Well I hope they didn't copy everything. I really don't have reliable sports information without Mgoblog or Dr. Saturday, and I don't want to worry about malware again.
I wish negging still actually
I wish negging still actually served a purpose. I miss it :( I'm gonna neg my own post just in sadness
Yeah I don't see it either.
Yeah I don't see it either.
"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing."
How do you not see it? A
How do you not see it? A bullet-post outline with links as the base and an "etc." catch-all at the end.
Apparently time for me to go outside
For the record, Doc Saturday
For the record, Doc Saturday and others have been doing these headline-type posts with smaller tidbits at the end for ages now. Nothing new, and certainly not anything copied.
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I'm pretty sure this is just
I'm pretty sure this is just a fairly standard format for roundup-style blog posts. You could also accuse EDSBS's Curious Index of "stealing" the same format. Given that Brian is buddies with Matt Hinton & Spencer Hall, I don't think any perceived plagiarism is an issue.
Even if Doc Saturday did get
Even if Doc Saturday did get the inspiration for that format from Brian, so what? It's pretty common knowledge that they read and respect one another.
Nothing to see here; move along.
Nuh-uh!
You copied us!
I don't see it.
Plus, they don't have any...whaddya call 'em...
Charts?
Yeah, those.