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For a half, Michigan made this far more complicated than it ever needed to be.
Then the Wolverines came out of the locker room and turned the game into exactly what everyone expected.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are games you win and feel good about. There are games you win and immediately start figuring out what went wrong.
Michigan can put this one firmly in the second category.