I don't know. Did you watch the game? Just some really odd choices by Kiffin. Henry should have gotten about 10 more touches at least.
Also, I think it's safe to say that Bama is the toughest defense OSU played this season. Elliott never came close to 11 ypc versus anyone else. So something was amiss with the defensive play calling there.
Obviously OSU is a good team and more than capable of beating Bama, but your theory doesn't make sense when you dig into the stats.
And look I was pulling against Bama in this one so it's not like I'm biased. Clearly a poorly coached game by Bama.
Certainly should have run ball more bc they put too much on a QB that wasn't that good. But the defense got destroyed by a 3rd stringer. Bamas secondary was awful all year long and tOSU knew they could throw the ball downfield at will. Bama was lucky to even be in game