If a rowdy road crowd, the allure of a ranked matchup between two blue bloods and the presence of ESPN’s College GameDay isn’t enough to motivate the No. 15 Michigan football team for its Week 2 contest versus No. 18 Oklahoma, the Wolverines will be playing with an added edge in Norman.

This past Saturday, in the third quarter of Michigan’s season opener , senior linebacker Jaishawn Barham beat his man off the edge and collided with New Mexico’s quarterback. The ball popped out, Barham corralled it and ran into the endzone. When the play was reviewed shortly after, Barham’s hit was deemed targeting and the Wolverines’ seven points from his supposed scoop-and-score were wiped off the board.

The overturned call resulted in an ejection that will last until halftime of Saturday’s game in

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