Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners' defense gave the Michigan Wolverines' offense and their freshman quarterback absolute fits during the first half of the highly anticipated top-20 matchup between two blue bloods.
The Sooners went to the locker room pitching a 14-0 shutout at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium as Venables, the head coach who calls the defense, completely stifled the Wolverines for two quarters. The Wolverines' lack of production on the field was so frustrating that, since they couldn't go after Venables, they went after each other on the sideline.