Template:Did you know nominations/1935 SMU vs. TCU football game

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 02:59, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

1935 SMU vs. TCU football game

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• ... that after the SMU Mustangs beat the TCU Horned Frogs in their 1935 football game, SMU's marching band performed "California, Here I Come" to celebrate their expected berth in the 1936 Rose Bowl? Source: O'Neal 2017, p. 185
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Stone Breakers

Improved to Good Article status by JJonahJackalope (talk). Self-nominated at 17:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1935 SMU vs. TCU football game; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @JJonahJackalope: Good article, but I don't really see the hook as being that interesting. Could you propose a new one?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Onegreatjoke (talk • contribs) 01:09, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

• @JJonahJackalope: It's been a month since the above review and there's been no response. Are you still planning on continuing this nomination? I agree with the reviewer that the hook isn't great and the nomination needs a new one. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:01, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
  • @JJonahJackalope, Onegreatjoke, and Narutolovehinata5: I thought of a hook that might work. Thoughts?
    • ... that the 1935 SMU vs. TCU football game, known as the "Game of the Century," was the first football game in Texas ever to be broadcast nationally?
  • BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Going to wait for OGJ's opinion. It's not an amazing hook but I think it's better than the original. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:18, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

It's definitely a much better hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:48, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11, Onegreatjoke, and Narutolovehinata5: Apologies for the late response, but the new hook definitely looks better than the original in my opinion, thank you for adding it! -JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:25, 13 July 2023 (UTC)