Template:Did you know nominations/1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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The result was: promoted by Alex ShihTalk 18:47, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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ALT1: ... that the 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was not recognized as college football national champions despite being the only undefeated and untied team at the end of the season?

5x expanded by Patriarca12 (talk). Self nominated at 23:09, 22 July 2013 (UTC).

  • Article is new enough and long enough. The main hook is the most interesting but exceeds 200 characters (currently 234). Can you tighten it a bit in an alt hook? Cbl62 (talk) 03:38, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
How about ... alt 2 ... that Vince Lombardi said of the 1966 Crimson Tide, "I don't know, we haven't played Alabama yet", when asked how it felt to have the world's greatest football team after winning Super Bowl I?
I have struck through the original hook and agree alt 2 does work better and support it as the preferred hook. The only change I made is a wikilink back to American football in the hook. Thanks for the review and suggestion! Patriarca12 (talk) 12:59, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Everything checks out. However, since I proposed alt 2, someone else needs to step in to give this the green tick. Cbl62 (talk) 00:45, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
    • ALT 2 is fine. SL93 (talk) 20:38, 1 August 2013 (UTC)