It’ll be part of a difficult process. No matter who’s under center, a top-10 team in the country boasts a strong offense. The Wolverines will have the support of over 100,000 people. Texas will have to make sure it plays play a complete defensive game like it did against Colorado State.

“That’s something in this game for us that’s going to be critical,” Sarkisian said. “Clearly, we’ve got to be great at stopping the run. We’ve got to be better at stopping the run than we were a week a go, but we surely don’t want to do that at the expense of giving up explosive plays in the pass game.”

Similarities to Tuscaloosa?

The Longhorns are bringing to Michigan a lot of players who were in Bryant-Denny Stadium last year when they topped the Alabama Crimson Tide.

“I think it’s 46 guys that are going to be traveling this week with us that were in Tuscaloosa a year ago,” Sarkisian said. “About half the guys that will be on the trip were in Tuscaloosa a year ago.”

That’s a considerable amount of experience for a team that’s trying to make headway in the Southeastern Conference and advance farther in the College Football Playoff than it did last season. But the Big House is still the Big House. It’s possible almost 115,000 pack Michigan Stadium.

No matter what, that’s a challenge. But what did it take to win in Tuscaloosa and what will it take to win in Ann Arbor?

“One, you have to have great poise and composure when you’re on the road in these types of environments,” Sarkisian said. “This is a game of emotion, there’s no question. But we need to make sure that we don’t get emotional in the arena.”