It’s huge. It’s flashy. It’s in-your-face. It’s five and a half pounds of 10K gold “Cuban Link” bling that screams Miami. And, it’s all the rage in college football this season.
The University of Miami turnover chain, a gaudy motivational prop that is the brainchild of defensive coordinator Manny Diaz II (son of the former Miami mayor), has become the emblem of the seventh-ranked Hurricanes heading into Saturday’s highly-anticipated showdown with No. 3 Notre Dame. The chain harkens back to the 1980’s era of fun-loving, end zone-dancing Hurricanes.
It surely will go down as an iconic image in UM football history, as the symbol of when the Hurricanes got their swagger back.