CUTLER BAY — Miami Hurricanes players can represent “The Crib” when they take it to “The Crib” with their new Touchdown Rings that were revealed on Thursday night in the season opener against UAB.
After UM debuted its pair of four-finger rings for the offense last season to complement the defense’s famed Turnover Chain, the Hurricanes now have an enhanced second installment that made its first appearance when Cam’Ron Harris scored on a 66-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
The originals simply read “Hurricanes” when put together with knuckles from both fists. The new edition reads “The Crib” for the double meaning of the slang term for home, like South Florida is for so many UM players, and referencing a term commonly used for scoring a touchdown, “taking it to the crib.