{"id":3247,"date":"2018-03-11T01:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/speaktherights.com\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:42:51","slug":"50-years-50-days-day-43-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwestfootballwriter.com\/?p=3247","title":{"rendered":"50 years in 50 days Day 43 Only in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today my good friend Steve Hanger and I were in the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium in Seymour to watch the Regional Semi-Finals.\u00a0 We came home after they were over.\u00a0 As I type this New Albany, winner of the second game, and Center Grove, winner of the first game, are playing for the championship.\u00a0 New Albany is leading in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

There were over 8000 people in the gym to watch the games this morning and early afternoon.\u00a0 It was quite a sight.<\/p>\n

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I was glad to be able to witness this.\u00a0 Only in Indiana will you find such crowds for high school basketball. Folks were standing all over the place…in the corners on the floor, around the perimeter up top, it was crazy.\u00a0 I ran into my radio hero Robert Becker.\u00a0 He was there to make notes for Monday’s Speaking of Sports report.\u00a0 Becker told me he hope his sidekick Jim Plump was in the house to help him out on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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A young man by the name of Romeo Langford playing for the New Albany Bulldogs is on of those you hope to see come along some day.\u00a0 He is the real thing.\u00a0 He is the best high school player I have ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Langford at the foul line.<\/p>\n

When I pulled into Depauw to let Steve out at his house, I told him one of these days we’re going to be watching an NBA game remind each other of the day we went to Seymour to watch that his team play.<\/p>\n

If New Albany makes in to Indy, I will be interested to see how many show up at the big barn.\u00a0 Seymour has the 3rd largest gym in the land.\u00a0 Bottom line, we in Southern Indiana have not seen the likes of this since Damon Bailey led Bedford North Lawrence to the championship his senior year and they played in front of over 40,000 in the Hoosier Dome. That was over the top.<\/p>\n

I hope Romeo Langford plays his college ball at Indiana University.\u00a0 Word is he is down the IU, Vandy, and Kansas as potential landing spots.\u00a0 But..if he only wants to play one or two years, I hope he goes to Kansas.<\/p>\n

It sure was fun today I can tell you.<\/p>\n

Speaking the rights.<\/p>\n

Danny Johnson<\/p>\n

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