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Bowen cut his teeth as a coordinator at KU under the tutelage of Bill Young, and said he felt comfortable in the Big 12 because that was all he had ever known.

“My first year ever coordinating a defense (alone) was 2008 when the tempo took off,” Bowen recalled. “This kind of tempo is what football has been my entire time. Facing a team that huddles is what’s different to me.”

In addition to understanding spread offenses, the 40-year-old Bowen said he learned a lot during his two years away from Lawrence that pushed him to grow as a defensive coordinator.

“That’s a different league,” he said of the Sun Belt Conference, which both UNT and WKU called home during Bowen’s time. “(Offensive coaches) tried things. You see things in that league that, if it doesn’t work, the one beat writer and the 20 fans in the stands saw it and nothing happened. Offenses in that league are crazy. It really tests you.

Read more: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2013/aug/11/bowen-ku-football-assistants-adjust-roles-maximize/

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Bowen cut his teeth as a coordinator at KU under the tutelage of Bill Young, and said he felt comfortable in the Big 12 because that was all he had ever known.

My first year ever coordinating a defense (alone) was 2008 when the tempo took off, Bowen recalled. This kind of tempo is what football has been my entire time. Facing a team that huddles is whats different to me.

In addition to understanding spread offenses, the 40-year-old Bowen said he learned a lot during his two years away from Lawrence that pushed him to grow as a defensive coordinator.

Thats a different league, he said of the Sun Belt Conference, which both UNT and WKU called home during Bowens time. (Offensive coaches) tried things. You see things in that league that, if it doesnt work, the one beat writer and the 20 fans in the stands saw it and nothing happened. Offenses in that league are crazy. It really tests you.

Read more: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2013/aug/11/bowen-ku-football-assistants-adjust-roles-maximize/

Yeah cause Kansas is gonna bring in more than Sunbelt teams? Get over yourself.

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Shows you that even coaches who were coaching in the conference didn't respect the Sun Belt. Glad to be gone and hoping we somehow manage an invite to the MWC.

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Compared to what he sees every weekend in the Big XII, the SBC probably did feel that way. As far as the one beat writer, that is damn straight. f it weren't for Brett Vito, we'd have no one covering us in the Metroplex.

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