As the game is underway at The Big House, no one is really doubting the Oklahoma Sooners against the Michigan Wolverines, unless their sunglasses are just too blue to see clearly.
FOX's Big Noon Kickoff was in Ann Arbor on Saturday morning ahead of the No. 11 Sooners' Round 2 against Michigan. The entire crew picked OU to beat the Wolverines, except for, of course, former Michigan defensive back Charles Woodson.
Just moments before Woodson was waving his Michigan flag around at The Big House, the ESPN College GameDay crew was in Austin, where once again, it was only a Wolverine who picked against the Sooners. Even known Texas fan Glen Powell, who was the celebrity guest picker, chose the Sooners in hopes his Longhorns could take them down in the Red River Rivalry.
Desmond Howard, who famously doubts OU, was the only one on stage who picked the Wolverines to win. He claimed it was because he couldn't pick the Sooners in front of the Texas faithful, but it was obviously because of his unwavering bias for his Wolverines.
Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson blindly pick Michigan over Sooners
And of course on Big Noon Kickoff, the other former Michigan player is the only one to pick against OU. pic.twitter.com/NreIP6748Y
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Nearly all of college football lost belief in the Wolverines a week ago. They looked awful against defending MAC champion Western Michigan and were able to put up only 276 total yards against the Broncos. Quarterback Bryce Underwood had such a poor performance that head coach Kyle Whittingham made it clear this week that Underwood's job is not safe.
Western Michigan pulled off a 12-7 upset last Saturday, but then suddenly, a phantom second was added to the clock to give the Wolverines one last chance. Underwood then completed a 43-yard Hail Mary to JJ Buchanan with the clock at zero for the second time to survive with a 13-12 "win."
Of course, Howard mentioned on GameDay that all that matters is that it says "1-0" next to Michigan's logo. National voters thought otherwise, though, dropping the Wolverines from No. 16 to unranked in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. The national media didn't believe Michigan was worthy of a ranking next to its name.
The first proof that everyone else had no faith in Michigan was when the Wolverines were suddenly 4.5-point underdogs to the Sooners on Saturday night, per FanDuel. It jumped to 5.5 points on Sunday morning, then peaked at 6.5 points that afternoon.
The spread on FanDuel eventually settled at 4.5 points, but that's still a respectable edge for the Sooners while going on the road to play a fellow blue blood. When the line opened back in April, Michigan was a 2.5-point favorite, but that was long before the Wolverines took the field.
Not even having to bet against a spread, everyone on the two major college football pregame shows picked the Sooners, unless they had previously suited in the Maize and Blue themselves.
Anything can happen in college football, though. OU head coach Brent Venables has made it clear that Michigan is still Michigan, no matter how bad the Wolverines looked in Week 1. We're seeing a better Michigan team in Week 2.
However, there's no reason for anyone with a level head to believe in Michigan over the Sooners on Saturday.
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