When your program is known as the inventor of swagger in modern college football, maybe even modern sports, then yes, you will be imitated. And while they say intimation is the highest form of flattery, it doesn’t mean all imitations are created equal.
It’s no surprise then that when Miami debuted the Turnover Chain last season, programs began scrambling to find their own turnover prop. Most schools wanted a prop that would, on one hand, emulate the chain and pride behind it but also make it unique enough to be its own spectacle.
A plethora of programs have put their own spin, or not, on the turnover chain in 2018, some good and some not so good.