Grade Session: Michigan Defense vs UTEP
UTEP scored 17 points against Michigan. That sounds a lot more competitive than the defensive performance actually was.
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Grade Session: Michigan Offense vs UTEP
Michigan's offense spent the first half making a blowout look much harder than it eventually became.
The Wolverines moved the ball on their opening possession, reached the UTEP 24 and then lost a Bryce Underwood fumble. Savion Hiter coughed it up on Michigan's fourth possession, handing UTEP the ball at the Wolverines' 18 and helping the Miners take a 14-7 lead.
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The Game Plan: Michigan vs UTEP
UTEP is Michigan’s last game before Big Ten play begins, and this should not be another afternoon where Underwood has to become the run game because nothing else works. Michigan should be able to control this matchup physically. The interesting part is whether it can use that advantage to fix the things before Iowa.
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Gameday Calls: Five bold predictions for Michigan vs UTEP
UTEP comes to the Big House as the kind of opponent Michigan should handle comfortably. That shifts the focus. This week is less about whether the Wolverines win and more about what they can fix, who they can get rolling and which players start to carve out bigger roles before the schedule gets serious again.
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Nate Marshall’s game-ending sack was the payoff to a much bigger transformation
Nate Marshall had already missed one.
Late against Oklahoma, with Michigan's defense trying to protect a seven-point lead, the sophomore edge rusher wanted another chance.
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Savion Hiter knows what Michigan’s run game is missing — and why it’s coming
Savion Hiter has been thinking about one run all weekend.
The Michigan freshman made one defender miss, cut back and found another defender waiting for him.
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‘It’s the standard’: Michigan defense believes its early success is only the beginning
The Wolverines didn't simply survive John Mateer and an Oklahoma offense that entered the Big House expecting to test a Michigan defense still learning a new system under defensive coordinator Jay Hill.
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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.
