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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Back in the swing of things. Did physicals & passed conditioning test.
Excited to b/w my teammates & get back to business...go chiefs!"
--- Via Twitter
@DwayneBowe82
Bowe was selected 23rd overall by the Chiefs in 2007 NFL Draft
NFL.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Bowe was recruited to play football at Louisiana State by what head coach?
A: Nick Saban
ESPN.com
THE MORNING BREW Chiefs line-up set with Bowe contract
The Kansas City Chiefs have it all coming together this year. After a season riddled with injuries to critical players, each piece of the team puzzle seems to be falling in place for the upcoming year. While some players like Jamal Chalres, Tony Moeaki and Eric Barry missed nearly the entire last season. One key piece of the puzzle was absent in during the length of the off-season.
welcome back Dwyane Bowe.
Bowe signed his franchise tender
Friday Aug. 17 in a one-year deal for
around $9.5 million after holding out on
signing for the entire off-season.
That means two things. One, Bowe will be paid handsomely for what many believe is his final year in Kansas City. Two, Bowe will be on the field for what many believe is his final year in Kansas City.
Before signing on Friday, many thought Bowe could continue this hold out into the regular season schedule. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike
Wallace still hasn't signed his franchise tender and is a strong candidate for doing just that.
What does this means for Chiefs fans? The front office and the medical staff have secured the successful return of nearly all important players. Excluding the loss of cornerback Brandon Carr, the Chiefs have found upgrades and depth through the NFL draft and free agency.
Carr's hole was filled with the signing of ex-Raider corner Stanford Routt. Eric Winston is a gigantic pick up at right tackle and the bull dog that is running back Peyton Hillis could bring back the
bone-crushing running game that took the Chiefs to the playoffs two years ago.
Signing Dwayne Bowe is the final mark in a complete offseason from the Chiefs. Bowe topped 1,000 yards receiving for the second straight year and the third in his last four seasons.
Here's the scary thing: half of the games were started by either Kyle Orton or Tyler Palko. That's your NFL equivalent of taking the doorman at the Hawk and throwing on the field at Memorial Stadium on Saturdays. Bowe simply didn't have a quality quarterback throwing him the ball much and no running game to take the pressure off him. Take a look at the numbers.
Despite being targeted less in 2010, Bowe amassed more 1,162 yards and 15 touchdowns. The Chief's offense depends on all of its parts to be tough to defend. The Chiefs are not the Patriots or Packers who can sling the rock 50 times a game and get away with it. In 2011, with an offense absent of a running game, the Chiefs became one-dimensional and
scored just 20 touchdowns. With a complete and healthy team in 2010, Bowe and company tallied up 44 touchdowns.
This Kansas City team is good and the running game is the driving force behind it. However, that doesn't happen without having a guy like Bowe. He keeps safeties out of the box and demands attention in the secondary. Hills and Charles will get theirs, its inevitable. But as they do, they open the doors for Bowe. He has the strength and size to run in the middle and the speed to burn corners deep. Bowe is a perfect fit for what the Chiefs want to do.
G get excited Chiefs fans. Bowe is bringing the swagger back to Arrowhead. And hopefully the touchdowns too.
This week in athletics
Edited by Hannah Wise
Tuesday No Events Scheduled
Wednesday
No Events
Scheduled
Thursday
No Events Scheduled
Friday
Women's Volleyball
Northwestern State
4:30 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Women's Soccer Georgia 5 p.m. Lawrence, Kan
Saturday
Women's Volleyball
Tennessee-Martin
1:30 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Women's Volleyball
Arkansas
7 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Sunday
Women's Soccer
UNLV
1 p.m.
Lawrence, Kan.
Monday
No Events Scheduled
VOLLEYBALL
Miami graduate joins Jayhawks
GEOFFREY CALVERT
gcalvert@kansan.com
Graduate student outside hitter Sylvia Bullock and junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc of the Blue team get ready for their opponents attack from the Crimson队 during the Crimson and Blue match Saturday afternoon at the Horeisi Family Athletics Center. Bullock is a transfer student who has spent the past four years playing basketball at Miami.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
An already veteran Kansas volleyball team deepened with the addition of a former Miami basketball player.
Sylvia Bullock, a graduate student transferred from University of Miami where she played played four years on the Hurricanes' basketball team. As captain at Miami in 2011 Bullock helped lead them to a No. 8 ranking in the AP poll and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Bullock, who started playing volleyball so one of her friends would have someone to hit with, hasn't played the sport competitively since high school, but coach Ray Bechard said Bullock can still contribute immediately because of her athletic experience.
Although Bullock will be a graduate student, she is eligible to play volleyball at Kansas because of an NCAA rule that allows a graduate student-athlete to play immediately
"She was their team captain a couple of years," Bechard said. I think she knows what leadership's about, she knows work ethic, she knows what it takes to be a high level athlete."
at his or her new school if that student is pursuing a graduate degree in a program not offered at the student's original school.
Bullock is pursuing a Master's degree in English, and according to the athletics department, she has one year left in her eligibility.
"I'd go to the Miami volleyball games and I was like 'I can do that,'" Bullock said. "I'm competitive, and I just like getting out there and seeing that I'm able to do this."
Bullock said playing basketball helped her quickness and jumping ability, which are also important volleyball skills.
Bullock averaged 1.4 blocks per game for the Hurricanes as a senior, which was fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
She said that the biggest adjustment for her right now is picking volleyball terminology back up and knowing where to be on the court.
Bullock said her new teammates have helped her in practice so far by talking to her on the court and telling her where she needs to be.
Bechard said Bullock's volleyball ability will come back to her with practice.
"In volleyball there's a lot of fine motor skills involved with handling
the ball and getting hand contact on the ball and just hand-eye coordination," Bechard said. "All of those things are going to come back to her, hopefully sooner rather than later."
To get back into volleyball rhythm, Bullock has been working with Kansas assistant coach Laura "Bird" Kuhn, who was a volleyball coach at Miami during Bullock's time on the basketball team.
"I had known Coach Bird previously," Bullock said. "She's close with my basketball coaches at Miami. I told them I wanted to play volleyball and they were like, 'Oh, well coach Bird, you should look at her.'"
Even though Miami is far from her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, Bullock said she chose Miami because she felt a family atmosphere, and it was a smaller, private school with a coaching staff that was willing to give one-on-one
instruction.
During her sophomore year at Miami, Bullock said the Hurricanes suffered through a number of close losses. In 2011, the Jayhawks had a 3-13 conference record and lost 42 sets, but 16 of those set losses were by three points or fewer. Bullock said she can immediately contribute to the Jayhawks by helping the team push through close matches.
One of her new teammates,
redshirt junior Caroline jarmoc,
said Bullock is already pushing the Jayhawks through her dedication.
"Sylvia's super athletic and she gets at me at the weight room all the time," said Jarmoc. "She's so strong."
—Edited by Luke Ranker
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