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 Postgame Live with Dennis Fithian
Join Dennis Fithian on Michigan Football Postgame Live as he recaps the Wolverines’ 17-10 win over Oklahoma.
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Bryce Underwood, dominant defense, leads Michigan past Oklahoma
This was more like it.
Michigan didn’t play a perfect football game Saturday. It didn’t suddenly answer every question that came out of an ugly opener against Western Michigan. In fact, there are a few problems Kyle Whittingham and his staff should probably spend most of the next week obsessing over.
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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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NCAA says Michigan-Western Michigan result cannot be overturned; Big Ten stands by ruling
The Mid-American Conference may believe Western Michigan should have beaten Michigan on Saturday night, but the NCAA says there is no mechanism to turn that belief into a different result.
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MAC reverses itself, says Western Michigan should be recognized as winner over Michigan
The strangest Michigan win in recent memory somehow got even stranger Tuesday.
Two days after accepting the Big Ten’s explanation for the controversial final second of Michigan’s 13-12 win over Western Michigan, the Mid-American Conference has completely reversed course.
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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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Everything Kyle Whittingham said after Western Michigan, ahead of Oklahoma
Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham met with reporters Monday following the Wolverines’ dramatic 13-12 win over Western Michigan and ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Oklahoma at Michigan Stadium.
