FIFhY51X4o/UWN_7LVYKAI/AAAAAAAARlU/9qPxnuVuJy0/s1600/the+bling+ring7.jpg' alt='The Bling Ring Full Movie Megashare' title='The Bling Ring Full Movie Megashare' />Clemson Tigers Dabo Swinney big business of college football championship rings. Aug 2. 7, 2. 01. 7David M. Hale. ESPN Staff Writer CLEMSON, S. C. Dabo Swinney wanted the moment to be special, not the typical cattle call for free stuff. So he planned an event befitting the prize that would come at the end. This was during spring practice, and his Clemson team met for a nice dinner in the cavernous new cafeteria in the opulent new football facility. On the TVs, a video played. Swinney had sent staff to Texas, to the facility where the Jostens company makes championship rings. The coach wanted his players to see the craftsmanship that went into the rings three hours of labor per ring just to set the stones, with jewelers hunched over a magnifying glass, tediously placing each piece and understand what each detail meant. The video compared the process to Clemsons epic final drive, which toppled Alabama for last seasons national championship. On each ring is, of course, an image of the championship trophy with the iconic tiger paw embedded overtop. Five stones are offset, representing the five straight bowl wins for the Tigers. Share this Rating. Title The Bling Ring 2013 5. Want to share IMDbs rating on your own site Use the HTML below. Watch Major League 4Shared on this page. Courtney Ames Fellow Bling Ring crew member Jonathan Ajars exgirlfriend, Ames had the famously awesome idea to wear a necklace that belonged to Lindsay Lohan to court. The Bling Ring Full Movie Sa PrevodomThere are 8. Swinneys 8. Clemsons head coach and a reminder that the players who came before had earned a part of that championship, too. Everything we do here is with a purpose, and if were ordering a ring, were not just going to wing it, Swinney said. Its got to be representative of what that season was all about. When the movie ended, Swinney led a countdown, and then, at the same time, each player opened the box containing his rings. This was, after all, a team effort. There were three rings total one for the ACC title, one for the national semifinal bowl win over Ohio State, and one for the national championship. Watch All Good Things HD 1080P. It was an instant celebration. We all put on the rings and were taking pictures and calling parents, tight end Milan Richard said. It was a big deal as it shouldve been. Of all the photos taken of the rings, one stood out a close up of former Clemson linebacker Ben Boulwares right hand displaying the myriad rings all gaudy and sparkling hed won with the Tigers. There were seven in all, two on each of his first three fingers, and the national championship ring on his pinky. He clicked the photo, uploaded it to Twitter and sent a message to the masses. In the four months since the photo hit social media, it has been retweeted more than 4,1. If the ring was a symbol of the teams work and determination and success, the photo was something else. It was brilliant marketing. Its become so recognizable that its being utilized for schools to really embrace their brand and make their brand more prominent, said Chris Poitras, Jostens national director of college and sports accounts. Theres no more pinnacle state than a championship ring. It says, Were the best. To be sure, the bling has evolved. While the idea of a ring as a symbol of a championship is an old one, the ability to market that jewelry as a storyboard for a program, as bait for recruits, and as some audacious attire for the players is a relatively recent development. Former Alabama center Barrett Jones has a hefty stock of rings, including three from national championships. Truth be told, he rarely wears any of them. Theyre just not utilitarian jewelry. Theyre gaudy and cumbersome and, while they might make an impression at a charity event or a school function, theyre not ideal for lunch at Chipotle or a trip to Home Depot. They mostly sit in a drawer in his house, making rare appearances upon the requests of guests. Theyre incredibly big, almost unwearable, Jones said. Thats not to suggest the rings arent meaningful to Jones. Its just theyre not entirely his style. When he was a freshman on Alabamas 2. By his senior season, players got more of a say in the design, and plenty of Jones teammates preferred some serious bling. Thats the trend across the sports world, Poitras said. One years opulent design is replaced, usually just a year later, by something even more lavish. I can guarantee you that the team that wins the national championship in this coming year will ask us to do something new and something more prominent than Clemson did this year, Poitras said. So its on us to figure out what is next, what will be bigger and better. The beauty is, no matter the size or ostentatiousness of the ring, everyone can find something to like. Maybe you appreciate the style. Maybe, like Jones, youre simply drawn to the meaning behind it. As a competitor, if you want to be the best, Jones said, you see something like that and its a reminder that, at Alabama, we compete for rings. Of course, there are other rings, too. Two years ago, Florida State bought rings for its players as a reward for winning the 2. Miami and Florida. If it was meant as a nice reward for the team, the optics didnt quite play out that way. Coming off back to back undefeated regular seasons, the 1. Seminoles felt like a disappointment to many fans, and the idea of handing out rings to a team that lost to Houston in its bowl game seemed a little like a participation trophy. FSU is hardly alone in giving out rings that represent something less than an elite performance, however. After all, if a garish piece of jewelry can help with recruiting, why not buy one for any taste of success Theres a ring for all seasons. The amount of rings that are made, it seems its out of control, Jones said. But thats up to its own interpretation. Still, looking back at Boulwares tweet, its not just the seven rings on his hand that made the statement. The tag he provided for the photo was part of the story, too, and it set those rings conference titles, bowl wins, a national championship apart from the rest. If you knew what it took. Thats the point, after all. The rings come at the end, and coaches such as Swinney have made it fashionable to tell the story of the journey in stones and engravings. But what it really takes to get some of that bling thats what makes the jewelry so precious.