Oklahoma Sooners WR Deion Burks is not afraid to admit that he will have a bit of extra hatred towards Michigan next week

Sooners WR Deion Burks reveals why Michigan is personal

To start last season, we saw what Burks can be for the Sooners. He had a game with three touchdowns. Then, he was hurt pretty much the rest of the season, where he was either missing games or playing through injuries. On Saturday, we still didn't see the best of him, but that's mainly because of the Sooners getting everyone involved in a game where they were blowing their opponent out. With Michigan coming to Norman next week, Burks could be set to go off.

"I'm not going to say," Burks said with a big laugh when asked if he grew up a Michigan fan. "No, Michigan did not recruit me, so I do not like them. Yes, it's definitely personal. It's definitely going to be big. I just can't wait, I know the atmosphere is going to be crazy."

Michigan is more of a run defense team than a passing defense. But, they aren't just bad there, either. Against New Mexico on Saturday, Michigan held them to 51 yards rushing on 1.9 yards per carry and 217 passing yards on 4.5 yards per attempt. After what we saw on Saturday with the Sooners, it seems their offense is more likely to be successful through the air than not. And that would mean Burks is going to be needed in a big way.

Then again, maybe the run game looked poor from Oklahoma because things were vanilla, as Brent Venables said. It's going to be fun to watch how the offense unravels and unwrinkles against an elite defense in Michigan, and it will be even more fun to see how Burks plays.

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