OU-Michigan Locked in Tight Defensive Battle in Rare Matchup — SkimNews
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- Oklahoma-Michigan Week 2 matchup is described as a tight, defensive battle — only the third meeting between the two programs in their histories.
- Michigan survived Western Michigan in Week 1 when one second was controversially put back on the clock, allowing a game-winning Hail Mary.
- Oklahoma routed UTEP in Week 1, with the source noting the Sooners 'hit the gym over the summer' during the offseason.
- Each of the four teams in Week 2's bookend matchups — Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio State, and Texas — has won more than 900 games in program history.
- Ohio State-Texas forms the other bookend matchup of Week 2, following a Week 1 full of 'drama, delays, controversies and upsets.'
Why it matters: With only two prior meetings ever, this Oklahoma-Michigan matchup serves as a rare measuring stick between two blue-blood programs that each topped 900 all-time wins — and the source's Week 1 recap shows both arrived via sharply contrasting paths: a comfortable rout for Oklahoma and a clock-controversy escape for Michigan.
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