I've spent most of my life in the state I grew up in: Indiana.
Indiana was always known for three things: Corn, Hoosier Hysteria and the Indianapolis 500.
The corn is still growing, although most small farms have given way to conglomerates now. The Indy 500 has changed over the years, too.
And Hoosier Hysteria? Sadly, that's gone, too. Before the NCAA Tournament grew huge, March Madness was originally referred to as the Indiana State Boys Basketball Tournament. All of the high schools were in one tournament, no matter how big or small. If you want to know how it was, watch the movie 'Hoosiers' some time, where a small school wins. The movie was based on a real-life Championship game in 1954 involving small school Milan against big school Muncie Central. With only 5 minutes left in the game and the score tied, Milan held the ball for the final shot and hot it to win the State Championship.
Twenty some years ago, they did away with the single class tournament. Now there are four "classes", which means four State Champions. Attendance has dropped dramatically since and old timers like me miss those days when all people talked about was who would win.
At it's height, they played the final game in an indoor football stadium with over 60,000 people cheering a high school game. Now, they have four separate games without selling out any of them (in an arena built to hold 20,000).
Life goes on. And not all changes are for the best.
Indiana was once unique. Now it's just another small minded, conservative state. Example: It's 2018 and we are just now getting ready to okay Sunday carry-out beer sales.
(sighs)
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