Venables embraces the chaos of Ann Arbor, demanding defensive discipline against Wolverines quarterback Bryce Underwood as the Sooners face a defining road test to prove their postseason mettle

Barry Switzer's third team was coming off a national championship in 1974, but in '75 needed help from Ohio State and then had to overcome the stout Wolverines with skill and swagger.

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables isn't buying the negative talk about Michigan, despite the Wolverines needing a Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan last Saturday.

JJ Buchanan says establishing a run game against the Sooners will be critical. "That's a big part of us," the Utah transfer said Monday night on the "Inside Michigan Football" radio show.

To not play your best ... still overcome and have a chance to win says a lot about what they have in the locker room," OU coach Brent Venables said.

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables isn't buying the negative talk about Michigan, despite the Wolverines needing a Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan last Saturday.

Sometimes instead of getting north-south, a little too much east-west going on," Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham said of a win over WMU.

ANN ARBOR – As Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham described, there was no “hooting and hollering” after the Wolverines beat enormous underdog Western Michigan on a Hail Mary in the season opener after one second was added to the clock after it appeared the game was lost on a failed Hail Mary.