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By John Brice First joining ND from Cincinnati a year ago with Marcus Freeman, Bowden now is the Irish’s brand-new director of recruiting They turned the dogs loose. Left them out on the road. As Notre Dame absorbed a somewhat-unexpected-but-perhaps-it-was-time split as last November froze its way into December, the Fighting Irish were left to find a new head coach and hold together an elite recruiting class – not necessarily in that order. But while veteran Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick worked to retain strength guru Matt Balis, wunderkind young offensive play-caller Tommy Rees…