Watch Colin Cowherd discuss the Miami Hurricanes football team getting rid of their ‘turnover chain’ at the approval of new head coach Mario Cristobal, as Colin calls the gimmick ‘quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever seen.’Ĭheck out the segment above as Colin details how you can’t ‘fake cool’ in college football. This whole ‘we fell on a football!’… SAN JOSE STATE TOOK THE BALL AWAY MORE THAN MIAMI.” (Full Segment Above) They pushed Ohio State all over the field in Columbus last year. Great recruiting, his teams are as tough as a two-dollar steak, and they win a bunch of games at Oregon, and when Cristobal was at Oregon they were cool. Mario Cristobal said ‘enough’, you can’t fake it. In recent years, Miami football has been known for its infamous turnover chain that was introduced during the 2017 season. Miami coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday that the Hurricanes have retired the iconic sideline reward, a blinged-out necklace given to defensive players. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) A Miami native, Cristobal came to the. No city in America has more old guys trying to be cool who aren’t than Miami. The turnover chain is officially no more. Thank you.' We will not see a turnover chain on the Miami sidelines in 2022. Miami was celebrating this: ‘HEY, WE TRAIL 27-10, THERE’S A BALL ON THE FIELD, FALL ON IT! GIMME MY CHAIN!’ It was embarrassing. Cristobal, 51, played offensive tackle at Miami during two of the team. Miami was 118th in takeaways, that means San Jose State, UCONN, Central Michigan, and Rutgers took the ball away more, I looked it up. Since the unveiling of the Turnover Chain in 2017, Miami leads all Power-5 with an average of 1.95 turnovers forced per game. Alabama didn’t need one, they DO take the ball away. The turnover chain is really quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. No, you used to be cool because you won games. You didn’t have enough good players so you tried to fake it and pretend you were cool. Miami was trying to create swagger and you can’t fake it. “I have never done ,” Cristobal said.Colin Cowherd: “I saw something this morning that made me really happy… Mario Cristobal said ‘yeahhh, we’re going to retire that turnover chain thing’… two words: THANK GOD. The first four turnover chains featured the 'U' logo, the retro Sebastian the Ibis logo, a '305' chain as an ode to Dade County's area code, and then the State of Miami chain highlighting the tri-county area with orange and green diamonds across the Hurricanes primary recruiting landscape.Ĭristobal did note that his Oregon teams never used a turnover prop when he was the head coach. There are a total of 2,754 sapphires on the helmet - 2,245 white, 366 orange and 143 green. It's a sight that Miami Hurricanes football fans have become. Miami coach Mario Cristobal is officially ditching the tradition. Miami Hurricanes football head coach Mario Cristobal revealed why he shockingly decided to get rid of the infamous turnover chain. The 2021 turnover chain featured a sapphire-encrusted Miami helmet with the traditional ‘U’ logo on the sides and the orange and green stripes coming over the top. Nick Schultz 07/20/22 Michael Reaves / Stringer PhotoG/Getty The Turnover Chain is no more. In 2021, Miami ranked 115th in the country while forcing only 11 turnovers. Rather than leave the turnover chain in 2017, the UM program featured a new chain each season from 2018-21 as well.

It was the perfect storm of hype and results as Miami finished the 2017 with a 10-3 record. The first year of the turnover chain, the Hurricanes forced 31 turnovers, which ranked third best nationally. In 2016, UM’s defense ranked 67th in the country in turnovers gained with 19 on the year. Miami’s turnover chain was an idea born by then defensive coordinator Manny Diaz in 2017 in an effort to reward a defender for making a game changing play. Facebook Twitter Email You may also like. Anything involved with the program will always be addressed with players and staff because you have to grant everything a respectful due process and figure it out.” Check out some of the best turnover chain moments as Mario Cristobal announces its retirement. “I haven’t used one or know exactly what it is.

“I haven’t even thought about that,” Cristobal said. Is the 'Turnover Chain’ here to stay at the University of Miami following a coaching change from Manny Diaz to Mario Cristobal?ĭuring a breakout interview session with media following his introductory press conference, Cristobal wouldn’t definitely say one way or another as to whether the prop would continue under his leadership.

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