"During your visit to the area for the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday, we are committed to showing you our best version of your famed "Hoosier Hospitality." Unfortunately, we've discovered that we don't really know much about your fine state, other than it being one of the nicest suburbs of Chicago and the Orthopedic Capital of the World. (We have something in common already!)"
"Cold snappy: If locals seem to be walking around looking kind of grumpy, it's not you, it's the Arctic blast. Brrr! When the weather gets below 60 degrees, much less 50, we start putting bourbon in our Starbucks. We're afraid we might have to start wearing those pants that go all the way down to our Crocs. This may even call for socks."
South Florida will host the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium and intends to welcome Indiana football fans with Hoosier Hospitality. The piece acknowledges limited local knowledge of Indiana and leans on cultural references like Parks and Recreation and Tom Haverford. Practical local notes include unusually cool weather advice—residents reacting strongly when temperatures fall below 60 or 50 degrees—and humorous coping habits like bourbon in Starbucks and wearing Crocs with socks. The region also notes tribal presences, comparing Indiana's Miami Nation with Florida's Seminole Tribe and citing Hard Rock properties.
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