Talk:Run-pass option

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The result was: promoted by LordPeterII (talk) 22:00, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

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Run-pass option

• ... that the run-pass option variants used in college football are more likely to allow quarterbacks to take downfield shots than the variants used in the NFL? Source: <https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/2/12/17003364/rpo-run-pass-options-nfl-college-rules>
  • ALT1: ... that smashmouth running designs used in some run-pass option plays are more commonly used in college football than in the NFL? Source: <https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/2/12/17003364/rpo-run-pass-options-nfl-college-rules>
  • ALT2: ... that the run-pass option, which has been widely used in college football following a rule change in 2009, was almost nerfed by another rule change proposed the NCAA before the 2016 CFB season? Source: <https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-dangerous-play-in-college-football-1483887869>
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Created by Red-tailed hawk (talk). Self-nominated at 02:28, 13 October 2022 (UTC).

• This is more of a comment than a review for now, but I have some reservations among all the hooks proposed so far. In particular, I'm not really sure if any of them would be interesting to anyone who's not an American football fan, which would be most of the world. Hooks don't necessarily have to appeal to the entire world of course, but unless you're familiar with the sport, the hooks don't really make much sense. Perhaps another direction can be taken here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:15, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

  late, just found it per search: I know nothing about the tpic but find the hooks interesting, especially "smash mouth running design", - a term that when you don't know you want to know about. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

  • According to The Independent, there are over 195 million American football fans worldwide. While the majority (115 million) are in the United States, I imagine that this is significantly larger interest than we would get for, say, German opera. That German opera hooks that talk about the location of premier is considered to be sufficiently broadly interesting makes me think the objection oddly here in light of how that principle operates at DYK; surely there are more fans of American football than of German opera. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 02:55, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    @Red-tailed hawk: My main concern here is that all of the hooks are quite technical. You need to have a decent knowledge of the sport to understand them. It's not like they're basic American football hooks that even someone with little-to-knowledge of the sport can appreciate. As for the opera hooks, it should be noted that there's actually resistance to many of those hooks on interest grounds, and indeed statistics have consistently shown they tend to be among the worst performing hooks on DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:01, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    Also asking for some input from Theleekycauldron regarding the hooks and whether or not something should be done about them. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:08, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    I mean, I mostly got what ALT0 was driving at after a couple of read-throughs – maybe it just needs to flow better. How about (at risk of oversimplifying): theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 05:08, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    • ALT0a: ... that the run-pass option plays used in college football help quarterbacks take shots from farther away than they could in the NFL?

    @Theleekycauldron: How does the following work for you?

    • ALT0b: ... that run-pass option plays designed for use in college football allow quarterbacks to take shots farther downfield than those designed for use in the NFL?

    — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 05:42, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    I believe the final agreed-upon version would be: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 19:45, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

    • ALT0c: ... that run-pass option plays used in college football allow quarterbacks to pass the ball farther downfield field than those used in in the NFL?

    Works for me. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:48, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

article awaits full review. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 20:39, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ALT0c looks good, and everything checks out. Good to go. - Aoidh (talk) 00:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

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