Brent Venables gets it. He watches college football too, and he’d prefer to see games like Saturday night’s in Norman: No. 15 Michigan at No. 18 Oklahoma.

Both teams played cupcakes last week and will feast again the following week. But this is a monster matchup.

“Two incredible programs that represent all the excellence in college football for a long, long time,” Venables, Oklahoma’s head coach, told local reporters on Tuesday. “Going to be really exciting from an environment standpoint.”

It will be challenging, too. Just as Sherrone Moore pointed out the day before, it’s an exciting game partly because it figures to be very competitive. After Moore talked up the Sooners , Venables praised the Wolverines: 51 returners from last season; a national championship in 2023; 31-5 in their l

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