Live Updates From No. 11 Oklahoma's Blue Blood Battle With Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sooners on SI offers real-time observations from Michigan Stadium throughout Saturday’s matchup between No. 11 Oklahoma and the Michigan Wolverines. Just keep your browser open and refresh often.

Final Stats

FINAL

John Mateer sacked on the final play of the game.

Sooners lose 17-10.

— Trantham

1:06 4Q

Oklahoma forces the Wolverines to punt.

Sooners start the drive on the 15-yard line.

— Trantham

2:12 4Q

Oklahoma turns the ball over on foruth down following three straight John Mateer misses.

Mateer overthrew Isaiah Sategna and Rocky Beers twice.

— Trantham

3:15 4Q

Michigan goes three and out after a Grayson Miller punt to the 1-yard line.

Wolverines punting from the 8-yard line.

— Trantham

5:12 4Q

John Mateer scrambled for a first down on third and 10, but it's called back for a holding call on Oklahoma by Eddy Pierre-Louis.

Ryan Fodje called for a hold on the next play, but it's declined. OU forced to punt.

— Trantham

7:53 4Q

Touchdown Michigan. 1-yard touchdown run.

Wolverines lead 17-10 after the PAT

— Trantham

8:40 4Q

John Mateer throws an interception.

Wolverines return it to the Oklahoma 7-yard line.

— Trantham

9:36 4Q

Taylor Wein with a massive sack on a Michigan third down.

Wolverines forced to punt. OU ball at the 15 yard line.

— Trantham

11:49 4Q

And we’re all tied up at The Big House.

Oklahoma marched 83 yards, and Lou Groza Award winner Tate Sandell banged a 34-yard field goal through the uprights.

— Chapman

End of Third Quarter

Third quarter stats:

The third period ends with the Sooners driving.

Mateer found Rocky Beers for 43 yards after the flag. Oklahoma’s offensive line held up well to let things develop downfield.

OU will open the fourth quarter with a second-and-5 at the 35-yard line down 10-7.

— Chapman

1:16 3Q

Wow, Oklahoma just got a break.

Michigan is flagged for unnecessary roughness, and the Sooners now have a little bit of breathing room.

— Chapman

2:06 3Q

Huge sack there by Reggie Powers. Brent Venables dialed up the perfect pressure, and Underwood never saw Powers coming.

He dropped Underwood seven yards in the backfield to push the Wolverines out of field goal range.

Michigan punter Cam Brown pinned OU back at the 1-yard line for the second time, however.

And the Sooners are backed up in front of the Wolverine student section, which is the much louder end of the stadium with so few OU fans in that end of the stadium.

— Chapman

4:23 3Q

After looking reluctant to call his own number last week, Underwood is reading things nicely and making plays with his feet. Followed up a QB sneak on fourth-and-short with a 15-yard rush and a 7-yard run.

Oklahoma needs to force a negative play here to push the Wolverines back into third-and-long near midfield.

— Chapman

8:30 3Q

Oklahoma passing yards in the first half: 55. Oklahoma passing yards on that drive to start the third quarter: 77.

The Sooners were finally able to string some plays together. Has given some energy back to the thousands of OU fans who made the trip.

— Chapman

HALFTIME

Well, barring OU handing Michigan a pick six or a scoop-and-score, that half went about as poorly as you could expect for a 10-0 game.

Ben Arbuckle and John Mateer struggled. It seemed like every time Arbuckle dialed up a good play, Mateer and the offensive line were unable to execute, which was then followed by bad play calls from the sideline.

The defense has to clean up its pursuit angles and tackling. That has allowed Bryce Underwood to settle in after a poor performance by the highly touted quarterback a week ago.

Brent Venables’ defense has to set the tone for the second half with a quick stop on the opening drive to bring some life back to Oklahoma’s sideline and reset field position.

— Chapman

Halftime stats:

0:31 2Q

Really good strength and elusiveness there by the Oklahoma QB. RT E'Marion Harris whiffed on his blocker, and John Mateer juked him. Then a second Wolverine grabbed his leg and Mateer still had the strength to complete a throw to Avant for 3 yards.

— Hoover

2:14 2Q

Wow. You can not QB draw out of an empty backfield against these d-ends. Horrible play.

Maybe Kyler Murray back in the day.

Not John Mateer.

— Hoover

2:28 2Q

The good? Oklahoma does have all its timeouts and the two-minute timeout here.

The bad? The passing game has misfired all afternoon, so that’s either got to get going or Lloyd Avant has to break a huge run.

Regardless, this is an important drive ahead with the Wolverines getting the ball back to start the second half.

— Chapman

2:28 2Q

Michigan gets just enough offense on that drive to net a Trey Butkowski field goal from 40 yards.

The Wolverines, a marked underdog, lead No. 11 Oklahoma 10-0.

Sooners got a lot to sharpen up in the second half.

— Hoover

7:48 2Q

That’s Tory Blaylock getting his first snaps — way back at the 1-yard line — but the drive goes nowhere when Isaiah Sategna couldn’t catch a stop-fade from Mateer and then Mateer couldn’t connect with Sategna on the other sideline.

— Hoover

8:40 2Q

After losing a fumble on offense, the Sooners are compounding their own errors on defense on this drive: a missed tackle by Omarion Robinson nets a 15-yard pass, an inability to fall on a loose ball after Underwood fumbled, and a hands-to-the-face penalty by P.J. Adabawore has Michigan nearing scoring position.

OU gets a third-down stop, but even then Owen Heinecke can’t hop on another Michigan fumble, and the Wolverines punt it away.

Oklahoma football starting at its own 1-yard line.

— Hoover

13:22 2Q

Oklahoma gets one break on a replay on a fumble by Mateer (arm was moving forward) and then loses a fumble by Parker Livingstone (ball was out before the knee touched) on the very next play.

This SEC officiating crew is absolutely under a microscope today.

— Hoover

13:22 2Q

And like clockwork, Parker Livingstone is deemed to have fumbled the ball. Michigan recovered. Does not look like this one is going to a review.

— Chapman

13:34 2Q

The call on the field, which was incomplete, is upheld.

A sigh of relief for OU, but it just seems like the offense is struggling to build on any kind of positivity right now.

— Chapman

END OF THE FIRST QUARTER

First-quarter stats:

0:47 1Q

Two good throws by Underwood — including a deep ball that resulted in a pass interference penalty by Guillory — and then he pulls a read option, cuts back and hits the sideline for the first score of the day, a 38-yard touchdown run. That was a 91-yard scoring drive, all on the quarterback.

He doesn’t seem to be feeling any ill effects from last week’s struggle.

— Hoover

1:45 Q1

After Grayson Miller pins the Wolverines at their own 11, two pre-snap penalties drop UM deep into their own territory. But on third-and-long, Bryce Underwood finds J.J. Buchanan over the middle for 36 yards.

Missed tackles are hurting Oklahoma, and now Kip Lewis is hurt again.

— Hoover

4:27 1Q

There was almost another special teams error by Michigan, but this time it was deemed that Zeke Berry was blocked into Grayson Miller.

The Wolverines will take over on their own 10-yard line, but not before David Stone lifted Miller into the air in a big celebration.

Regardless, two fantastic punts by Miller on that drive through contact.

— Chapman

4:34 1B

Tough drive for the Oklahoma QB after getting a reprieve on the penalty.

Mateer rolled out and kept for 7 yards on first down, threw a no-go hitch on second, then ran QB power 12 yards for a first down.

Then on second down, Mateer had a short throw tipped at the line, and on third down, he overthrew Rocky Beers on a crossing route.

Mateer’s two high throws were both of that sidearm release, and his accuracy has suffered. He’s staying in the pocket, but he’s kind of got happy feet and might not be trusting his release.

— Hoover

6:28 1Q

Miller “officially” hit that punt 82 yards, although it obviously won’t count as OU accepted the penalty and keeps the football.

Miller crushed the ball over the return man’s head, and it took one wicked bounce and eventually trickled into the zone.

— Hoover

6:37 1Q

Looked like Mateer might have had Sategna open right off the line as Sategna cleared with an inside jab step. But Mateer threw it too high and it’s a punt.

Only, Michigan is flagged for running into the kicker on third and 4, giving OU a first down.

OU punter Grayson Miller is getting mobbed by his teammates.

— Hoover

7:21 1Q

Really promising opening drive for Michigan halted by a holding penalty, and the Sooner defense rose up for two stops by Bishop Thomas and Owen Heinecke.

Sooners take over at their own 18.

— Hoover

9:14 1Q

19-yard run by Savion Hiter into the OU red zone is negated by a holding penalty. That felt like a big save for this Oklahoma defense.

— Hoover

9:55 1Q

Big development after the Wolverines moved the chains.

Kip Lewis pulled up and was unable to put any weight on his right ankle. He hopped all the way back to the sideline.

— Chapman

10:30 1Q

After review, the targeting call on Michael Boganowski was overturned.

Needed, as the Sooners keep their starting safety.

— Chapman

11:12 1Q

What a bad call on that pass interference against Courtland Guillory. More like an interpretation. Yeesh.

— Hoover

12:31 1Q

Oklahoma’s starters on defense:

Adebawore — Jackson — Stone — Wein

Powers III — Heinecke — Lewis

Guillory — P. Bowen — Boganowski — E. Bowen

— Chapman

12:48 1Q

After one possession, advantage Michigan. John Henry Daley squeezes through blocking from Ryan Fodje and Eddy Pierre-Louis to sack John Mateer on third down. E’Marion Harris had his hands full with Dom Nichols at the other tackle.

Those edge rushers for the Wolverines are talented. Gonna have to block better than that.

— Hoover

15:00 1Q

Oklahoma’s starters on offense:

Fodje — Pierre-Louis — Maikkula — Best — E’Marion Harris

Sategna — Hansen — Beers — Trell Harris

Mateer — Avant

— Chapman

Two minutes until kickoff

Oklahoma called tails. Michigan won the toss.

The Wolverines will defer until the second half. John Mateer time in Ann Arbor.

— Chapman

41 minutes until kickoff

Oklahoma’s starting offensive line, per warmups, from left to right:

Fodje — Pierre-Louis — Maikkula — Best — Harris

No surprises there.

— Chapman

44 minutes until kickoff

Michael Fasusi traveled and is dressed out, though he stood off to the side during the initial stretching portion. Standard operating procedure for Venables and Co. to dress out even if you are not going to play.

— Chapman

45 minutes until kickoff

Just ran into former Oklahoma media relations assistant and OU alumna David Bassity in the Michigan press box. He’s now doing the job with the Big Ten Conference after running things for the Atlanta Falcons the last few years.

Good thing they’re easing him in slowly. Not much really going on in that league.

He did say he learned a lot about the league’s video replay process this week.

In a couple weeks, I'll be in Athens/Atlanta, and I'm gonna get me a burger that was apparently named the DB in his honor. Can't wait.

— Hoover

53 minutes until kickoff

Jake Maikkula, Caleb Nitta, Noah Best and Gunnar Allen are out on the field snapping right now. The plan is for Maikkula to start, as has been reported. Nitta is snapping to Whitt Newbauer in the “backup” spot.

— Chapman

63 minutes until kickoff

As Brent Venables said on his Coaches Show Monday, sophomore running back Tory Blaylock has made the trip. He’s going through warmups as usual with the returners. He does appear to have a full-leg compression sleeve on his left leg. He’s been dealing with a hamstring injury that he sustained early in Fall Camp.

— Chapman

67 minutes until kickoff

OU kicker Tate Sandlel is having no issues booming kicks in pregame. It should be a good day for kickers. The flags on top of the goalposts are barely moving. It’s overcast as well, so the sun shouldn’t play any tricks on returners if this holds.

— Chapman

90 minutes until kickoff

As expected, plenty of Crimson made its way to Ann Arbor.

Oklahoma fans took over campus yesterday, and there was a large OU contingent at the Detroit Tigers game last night.

I’ll be curious if it reaches the level of Sooner fans who traveled to South Bend the last time Oklahoma took on Notre Dame.

With the Michigan fans staging their annual Maize Out, every member of the OU contingent will stand out today.

— Chapman

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