NORMAN, Okla. — On first-and-10 from his own 19-yard line, John Mateer tucked the ball and ran straight ahead. After reaching his offensive line, the Oklahoma quarterback darted to his right and looked down field for blockers. He made a cut, broke a tackle — and after a 19-yard gain, the Sooners had begun the slow suppression of the Michigan football team.

For eight minutes and 26 seconds, No. 18 Oklahoma held on to the ball in the fourth quarter to run the clock from 10:11 to 1:44, and squander any of No. 15 Michigan’s final hopes in the Wolverines first loss of the season.

The Sooners missed a field goal just over two minutes earlier, but Michigan couldn’t respond and had to punt it away — not knowing it would be its last true chance at taking down Oklahoma. Instead of letting the mi

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