NORMAN, Okla. – The expectation heading into the season was that Michigan’s run game would help carry the offense and give young freshman starting quarterback Bryce Underwood a chance to breathe as he learned on the job.

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Haynes led the team with 125 yards on 19 carries in the loss, but without that 75-yard run, he was 50 yards on 18 carries, averaging 2.7 yards a carry. Jordan Marshall had 28 yards on only nine carries but averaged 3.1 per carry.

“We had an explosive run. We had a couple runs early,” Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore said Saturday after the game. “The running game really was just OK, and we didn’t get the rhythm we needed to, didn’t get the quarterbacking rhythm we needed to, and that’s everybody. That’s not just one person, that’s just not the calls,

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