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Michigan injuries: Availability report released for Oklahoma game

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Marlin Klein
Marlin Klein (Photo by Junfu Han for USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The Michigan Wolverines hit the road for the first time this season on Saturday night against the Oklahoma Sooners as one-score underdogs. The program released its Big Ten-mandated availability report two hours before kickoff with a handful of U-M designations, including the team captains, tight end Marlin Klein and defensive back Rod Moore.

Here’s the full report for this week:

OUT

QB Davis Warren
RB Donavan Johnson
RB John Volker
RB Micah Ka’apana
DT Ike Iwunnah
DB Shamari Earls

QUESTIONABLE

QB Mikey Keene
TE Hogan Hansen
TE Marlin Klein
CB Caleb Anderson
DB Rod Moore
DB Jo’Ziah Edmond
EDGE Derrick Moore
OT Andrew Sprague

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore weighs in on Oklahoma

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore returns to his alma mater this weekend, and he thinks more games like this must take place in college football.

“I think it’s necessary,” Moore said. “I think you have to have match-ups like this in college football. Two blue blood programs going at it on a national stage. It’s college game day. It’s why you come to Michigan. It’s probably why you go to Oklahoma, right? I mean, those are the type of games that you want to be a part of and games you remember. Obviously, every game is important. But yeah, playing against Oklahoma, one of the winningest programs in college football, is huge to us. And to have Michigan and Oklahoma helmets on the field at the same time, what is it, the second time we’ve played? So it’s going to be a cool match-up to be a part of.”

One of the keys to the game will be slowing down Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer, who is a potential Heisman Trophy candidate.

“He’s an electric quarterback and he’s a gunslinger,” Moore said. “People keep comparing him to Baker Mayfield because he’s a shorter quarterback, but he’s got his differences. He’s a quarterback who can make every throw, off-schedule throws. He can run the football. So we got to do a good job of keeping him off schedule, but not making sure that he can’t just have free windows and covering guys up when they’re downfield, because they do have speed on the outside lanes to run, and the O-line is good. So we just got to do it.

“We just have a great plan to keep him rattled and change the picture on him. So it’s not, he’s not comfortable. I know they’re going to be fast. I know they’re going to be physical. They’re going to be fundamentally sound and they’re going to try to tackle as well as they can. So, but our job is to try to make a miss and be explosive on offense. So we’ve got to do things to counteract his thought process and how he puts together the plan. So that’s what we’re going to attempt to do.”

Michigan and Oklahoma have met only once on the gridiron, a 14-6 Sooner victory in the 1975 Orange Bowl. Saturday’s game will also be a homecoming of sorts for head coach Sherrone Moore, who went to Oklahoma and played offensive line from 2006-07.

Saturday’s game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. ESPN’s College GameDay will also be live from the Norman in the morning. The trip down to Oklahoma will be the first road game U-M has played against an SEC opponent. BetMGM has U-M as a 5.5-point underdog with the over/under set at 45.5 points.

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