Hopefully the staff can settle the score with Bowen. He's been loving everything OU on Twitter per usual.
At the end of the day, I'd love to have him, but our secondary is in pretty good shape with or without him. He can go play for a terrible defense at OU just to follow his GF and high school QB friend if he wants, which is a really terrible life decision. It's on him.
I think the most important player to this class is not P Bowen, despite his high ranking by 247. I think Schuler and Minich are both going to be very good players. Christian Gray and Micah Bell are very important to our secondary. A big issue at ND is receiver, so I'd argue Greathouse, James, Flores are more important recruits than P. Bowen. Then there's obviously Minchey, an absolute stud and massive need at QB. While I love P. Bowen's abilities, I think there are at least 5 players in this class that are more important to our needs. J Love is an absolute stud and possibly a future game changer. Edwards might be a consensus five star if he were 2 inches taller, which is stupid. I think Keeley was a huge loss. I'm not as freaked out over losing P. Bowen, despite really wanting him in the class. The crappy part is the way he might do it, waiting until the last minute, when according to OU, his mind has been made up for months. It also tanks our class ranking, which was nice for optics. It sucks that 1 player can impact the composite score so much, when you have legit 4 star guys like Minchey committed that don't impact that score much at all. I personally disagree with the way that's done, particularly since so many 5 star players don't pan out.