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Plagiarism is kind of a big deal
Published 5/18/2007 by Skin Patrol <info@hogshaven.com> at Hogs Haven: Front Page Posts
... It is with both great pride as well as empathetic frustration for what's happened to them, that I point readers to a suspicious situation whereas NFL.com's

Blizzard: a few Friday afternoon flurries
Published 5/18/2007 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... Gil Brandt seems to have plagiarized from the Football Outsiders.

Gil Brandt's Got Some Explainin' to Do
Published 5/19/2007 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... for NFL.com, the fourth paragraph looks eerily similar to two paragraphs Football Outsiders editor-in-chief Aaron Schatz wrote for ESPN's 2007 NFL Draft magazine. You can draw your own conclusions, but I think it's pretty obvious somebody got a little cut-and-paste happy but forgot to credit the original author. And after three weeks of waiting around for something, anything , Brandt still hasn't acknowledged the mistake. Look, I'm sure it was an oversight -- apparently,

Plagiarism: is there a bigger turnoff?
Published 5/22/2007 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
... http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/05/18/ramblings/5144/

Showing T-Jack Some Love
Published 5/23/2007 by Brandon at Acme Packing Company: Front Page Posts
... There are a few reasons not to be jumping on the T-Jack bandwagon. First is the Football Outsiders college quarterback projection system (shame on Gil Brandt). In a nutshell, David Lewin's research says the two main indicators that a college quarterback will be a successful NFL quarterback is the number of games started and his completion percentage. Although Jackson started 36 games at Alabama State, he only completed 55% of his passes during his college career. However QB Donovan McNabb  

Link-Fest: May 29th
Published 5/29/2007 by Hank Worrell at Winning The Turnover Battle
... - A little late, but looks like some plagirism went down on NFL.com. (Football Outsiders)