I can’t speak, specifically, for the players you named, but I disagree that the chains would have been some sort of affront to football players manhood.
Mid-late 80’s/early 90’s the chains would have been worn by every single player I can think of (A certain HOF Nole DB, had chains with dollar signs, etc). Entertainers and club-goers wore chains. Michael Irvin? Yup.
NFL legend Michael Irvin says he wants to 'beat that boy up' after seeing what he spent money on the day he was drafted
NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin cringed when he saw a video of himself from the day he was drafted, specifically calling out the expensive gold chain he wore.www.businessinsider.com
I love the turnover chain(s). I liked the “305” last year, but that “Ibis”… loved it! I’m hoping that 50 years from now the U still has a turnover chain.
Nah the guy you quoted, talks as if its still the 80's and 90's all day. Allegedly knows all the teams including Butch Davis etc. While that may be true, he's living in the past.
We gotta move forward to the future man, I'm with you, when your 18 to 22 its all about doing it for the 'Gram, and when you get older you stop caring about it. Either way, that's part of the cultural problem of the program in my opinion is our fans are getting to be old guys talking about how it used to be. I agree that those days were awesome, it's why I became a fan and why I played the way I did, but kick out the old with the new and move forward. Bigger everything, more noise, bigger chains, bigger rings, bigger smoke, bigger fire, if it were up to me, i'd have some of @Paranos girls dancing on the sideline every time something BIG happens! That'll get ya motivated!