I suspect Oklahoma is going to handle Michigan pretty easily ...

Posted on September 9, 2026 at 06:38:16 PM by Cutter

The alarm bells went off on Underwood in the spring game. I know I was pessimistic about his performance coming into the season, despite having a position coach and a run friendly offense. He's just horribly inconsistent at this point in his career and I expect the Oklahoma defense is going to give him fits.

I wrote this before, but I expect OU to try to run between the tackles and play action the Michigan defense to death with a few quarterback runs in the mix. I'd try to wear down the UM DTs because that's a position really lacking talented depth.

And after the game, who knows? Is it decision time on Underwood with the UTEP game coming up? We'll find out.

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This is really a huge game on Saturday - By Paul September 9, 2026 at 05:10:25 PM
- I suspect Oklahoma is going to handle Michigan pretty easily ... - By Cutter September 9, 2026 at 06:38:16 PM
- Your point four is what is so striking to me. To most if not all of us, the offense looked genuinely inept. It was shocking. Having to face Oklahoma right away doesn't seem like the best situation, but here we go.* - By Brandt September 9, 2026 at 05:45:00 PM
  - Yeah, it looked like a team that didn’t have a coach and never practiced. Really shocking (nm) - By danny September 9, 2026 at 06:18:14 PM
    - Hasn't Whittingham said he wanted a player led team? I guess he was serious* - By Rich September 9, 2026 at 07:03:17 PM
- Re: This is really a huge game on Saturday - By ameriKa September 9, 2026 at 05:24:41 PM
- I really resonate with the point you first made this past Sunday about the expectation vs. performance shock from the game. I've never felt that before from a Michigan football team. Even Rodriguez's dogshit teams gave reason for optimism. - By weebay September 9, 2026 at 05:13:57 PM

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I suspect Oklahoma is going to handle Michigan pretty easily ...