The team - led by guys such as safety/leading tackler Jaquan Johnson, linebacker Shaquille Quarterman, defensive end Trent Harris, quarterback Malik Rosier and running back Travis Homer - is as counterculture as Allen Iverson was to the Jordan years of the NBA. College football, fun but far from radical, needed Miami’s swagger again. The U’s ascension back into the ranks of the elite programs in the game is directly tied to the allure of its turnover chain.
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Why are pro athletes obsessed with ‘Call of Duty’? - we asked them.Miami rivalry is the most relevant in this monstrous weekend of college football And it goes beyond - just ask Raekwon about his classic 1995 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. The Miami Hurricanes’ turnover chain is Miami culture to its core. Miami is famous for many things, and the swag of a Cuban link chain is one of them. But this 6.5-pound, 10-karat piece of jewelry - like so many trophy-esque watches, tennis bracelets and pearl chokers - is loud, boisterous, arrogant. The chain’s true price remains a mystery, part of its ongoing fascination. “But we need to add a little something to it.” “In Miami, what are we famous for? We’re famous for the Cuban chains,” Machado told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in September. Not just the campus, but the community’s culture.
Super Bowl champion and former Canes standout Vince Wilfork was at Machado’s shop for an unrelated piece of custom jewelry and told Machado and Rumph the chain had to personally reflect who and what Miami stood for. Cornerbacks coach and Canes alum Mike Rumph told famed jeweler Anthony John “AJ” Machado an idea he had for a necklace that defensive players could wear each time they forced a turnover. First-year Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz was looking to motivate his players. The Miami Hurricanes’ chain was inspired by a quartet. And it didn’t become anything like the cultural phenomenon the gaudy slab of diamonds and Cuban links so connected to brothers and sisters in the 305 area code. But unlike Miami’s chain, the belt didn’t have black South Florida roots. Miami is hardly the first college team to rally around an inanimate object, the most recent high-profile example being Alabama’s “Ball Out Belt.” Much like Miami’s chain, the Crimson Tide’s belt was given for performance on the field. “ Just as a reminder to myself / I wear every single chain even when I’m in the house …” - Drake, 2013’s “ Started From The Bottom”
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