In recent years, according to Ken Owen, "Sports has gotten a lot more complicated, and there's a lot more money on the line," the 1982 DePauw graduate who is special adviser to the president of the University, told OS Sports. "And I think the Monon Bell is one of those things where, if you squint, you can imagine it's 1894. The game the changed, the equipment has changed, we're playing on artificial turf now -- it's still small college football in the trenches." And I think there's something really magical about that." (Ken Owen)