Michigan-OU recap: What went wrong for the Wolverines in road loss at Sooners?
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🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down the ins and outs of the Michigan football team’s 24-13 loss at Oklahoma.
They open with a look at the offensive side of the ball, where they discuss Michigan’s struggles along the offensive line, a conservative and cautious play-calling approach, a few bright spots and what to make of Bryce Underwood’s performance.
In the second half of the episode, they look at the defensive side of the ball, discussing a disappointing showing by the defensive front, mixed results in the back seven, special teams analysis and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm here, I'm here. Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me. We're talking Michigan, Oklahoma. This is the recap episode. The Wolverines lost to the Sooners. 24 to 13. They never led in the game. Oklahoma had to lead the entire time. |
| 0:20.5 | We're going to talk about both |
| 0:21.4 | sides of the ball. We'll talk about what we saw in offense, what we saw in defense. I think in |
| 0:25.5 | some ways the game transpired as expected. I mean, I think a lot of people expected some of the |
| 0:32.0 | offensive struggles. Obviously, 2413, another low scoring loss to a ranked opponent. |
| 0:38.5 | I believe in eight games against ranked teams since the start of last season, |
| 0:42.8 | Michigan has failed to score 20 points in all but one of them. |
| 0:47.5 | But Steve, I got a few opinions on the offense. |
| 0:49.9 | I'll let you take the first swing, though. |
| 0:51.8 | What jumps out to you most about what you saw from the offensive side of the ball in this game? |
| 0:56.7 | Well, they really, really missed Marlon Klein. |
| 0:59.4 | And I think I wrote last night, I posted some quick stuff last night. |
| 1:04.1 | I don't think it would have changed the outcome of the game necessarily, |
| 1:06.5 | but it definitely feels like a tight end who can make catches consistently is really going to be one of the big drivers in this offense if they're going to throw the football, right? |
| 1:16.7 | And someone that Bryce Underwood can look for earlier on in his progressions and stuff. |
| 1:24.1 | Absolutely. The game plan, yeah, I think there's reason to be critical of the game plan. |
| 1:29.7 | I think one thing that was just kind of frustrating was, A, it really at least looks like right now that Underwood is more comfortable, like, or just more effective when they run some more design rollout type stuff for him. |
| 1:43.7 | It just seems like it makes it easier for him to make some plays. |
| 1:47.6 | I mean, I think those were Michigan's two biggest plays of the game besides the McCulley |
| 1:51.3 | throw. |
| 1:52.3 | You know, I didn't mind them sticking to the running game for the most part. |
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