Grade Session: Michigan offense vs. Oklahoma
Michigan beat Oklahoma, protected the football and walked away 2-0.
That alone makes this a much more encouraging offensive review than the Western Michigan opener.
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Grade Session: Michigan defense vs. Oklahoma
Michigan's defense was good enough to beat Oklahoma comfortably. Michigan's own mistakes are a big reason the final margin never looked that way.
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Michigan hosting loaded recruiting group for Oklahoma game
Michigan will have one of its biggest recruiting weekends of the season Saturday when No. 11 Oklahoma comes to the Big House.
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The Game Plan: How Michigan can beat No. 11 Oklahoma
There is a version of Saturday where Western Michigan ends up being the best thing that could have happened to this team. Not because needing a Hail Mary to survive a MAC opponent was somehow good. It wasn’t. The value would be in what happened after it.
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Gameday Calls: Five predictions for Michigan vs. Oklahoma
Michigan's first game gave us plenty to work with. The second one should tell us a lot more.
Oklahoma is a different test, and the numbers around this matchup point to a game that looks a lot more uncomfortable than the opener. The Sooners are expected to move the ball. John Mateer is expected to make plays. Michigan probably isn't winning this one because Bryce Underwood throws for 350 yards and the Wolverines cruise.
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Dom Nichols gives Michigan’s defensive front a different ceiling entering Oklahoma
The encouraging part of Michigan’s season opener was not simply that Dom Nichols had the best game of his career.
It was how he did it.
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What Michigan really has to decide if Bryce Underwood struggles again
Kyle Whittingham said Monday that Underwood is Michigan’s quarterback “right now,” made it clear the job is not untouchable, and said eventually every position reaches a point where the staff has to consider alternatives if it isn’t getting the level of play it needs.
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Why Michigan’s best Week 1 performances matter with Oklahoma next
Michigan survived Western Michigan, but the more useful question now is what from that game actually carries forward. The Wolverines have a much different test coming Saturday against Oklahoma, and a few of the strongest individual performances from Week 1 came at positions Michigan desperately needed to feel better about entering the season.
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Grade Session: Postgame Analysis of Michigan Defense vs Western Michigan
Michigan's offense needed a Hail Mary to escape Western Michigan. Its defense spent most of the night making sure one miracle was enough.
That distinction matters.
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Grade Session: Postgame Analysis of Michigan offense vs Western Michigan
Michigan won Saturday, which is still a slightly ridiculous sentence considering where things stood with 35 seconds left.
The Hail Mary to JJ Buchanan erased the loss. It did not erase what came before it.
